The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Elder Mr. Bailey sighed. “She is a girl after all, so she’d be swayed by her emotions.” He continued, “Looks like we can’t count on her to help Dexter.” Old Mr. Bailey didn’t say anything, and his father squinted at him. “We should do this ourselves.” A long while later, Old Mr. Bailey nodded.

On the other hand, Sophia and Matilda strolled for a while longer before going back. “Did you see? Isabelle looked like she was smiling, but she was upset,” Sophia said.

Matilda giggled. “Is that so? I didn’t know.”

Sophia looked at her. “Odd. What’s going on between you two? Are you guys fighting?”

“No.” Matilda looked at her through the corner of her eye. “And you make us sound like kids. I just think that maybe Isabelle isn’t what I think she is. How should I put this? I think she’s more… complicated than I give her credit for. But I’m not saying this is wrong. Nobody’s really naive, you know, but she disappointed me.”

Sophia nodded. Wait, we’re straying from the topic. “Well, you’re naive. You don’t even know where you went wrong.”

Matilda glared at her. “Hey. Do you want my help in teaching John a lesson or not?”

her arm. “Okay, okay, sorry. You’re the most

wasn’t exactly a compliment, so Matilda gave it a long thought,

talking to Zack on the phone. From the way he was talking, the matter they

an appointment to meet up at the company. When he hung up, Matilda

I have to handle some

for lunch? We won’t be waiting if you

differently. Even though she was annoying, she loved John. No matter where or when, she was nice to him, but now she sounded like she didn’t want him anywhere in the house. John took a deep breath and approached her. “What

snorted and rolled her eyes. “You should know what you did. Why ask me? I promised Sophia I won’t tell, so think about it on your own. Ask her if you can’t figure

Matilda was about to go upstairs, but John held her arm. “Why did you become so close to Sophia, Mom? I thought

her hand back. “What? Are you worried I might bully her again after she gives birth? She’s so much

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