The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Sophia retracted her gaze from Isabelle after taking a look at her and said to Matilda, “Let’s go. I would like to drop by the shop after shopping. I’m a little worried about leaving Robin alone.”

“Alright,” Matilda replied and gestured toward Isabelle with a look before leaving with Sophia and John. When she passed by them, she commented, “Miss Jaeger seems to be an honest person and it’s hard on her for helping you out like this. Why don’t you give her an increment?”

With a hint of a smile in her tone, Sophia uttered, “I’ve already decided to give her a commission, which is higher than an increment.”

Matilda grunted and said something else which was inaudible to Isabelle because of the growing distance between them.

Frowning, Mrs. Bailey asked in astonishment, “Since when did the relationship between the three of them improve so much?”

Shaking her head slowly, Isabelle answered, “Beats me.” Staring at Matilda and Sophia’s back with an icy look on her face, she muttered, “How did the two of them become so close now?” But just a split second later, she snorted. “Well, seeing how hopeless Matilda is, she’ll be useless to Sophia as well. She’s probably just an extra person to say sweet things next to her.” With that, she grabbed her mother’s arm and said, “Let’s go. Forget about them.”

Still, Mrs. Bailey was worried. “Looks like Matilda has accepted her now, and it will be a piece of cake if Sophia wants to return to the Constance Family.”

thing for Sophia to return

through her daughter’s words and nodded. “You’re right, and it seems like John doesn’t really heed

car. On the way there, John asked, “So you’re not contacting Isabelle

Matilda replied. “There’s nothing odd, but it’s true that we’re not contacting each other so often recently. She said she’s busy, so

business dealings between our family and theirs has nothing much to do with her. If I don’t get in touch with her, she usually won’t be

the past couple of days. Besides going to the office, she would stay at home and

tone, “Since she said she’s busy, so be it. There’s nothing especially important when we meet

always discussing how Isabelle could get closer to John with her help, and it seemed like there was nothing else they spoke about besides this. Back then, she really liked Isabelle a lot, and she longed for her to be married into

more issues, and she couldn’t help but wonder what she used to like so much about Isabelle in the past. In fact, she had seen a lot of ladies from similar backgrounds

in a rut. That probably resulted in her monoscopic point

seemed a little uneasy at the sight of

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