The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Sophia looked up at him. “How do you know about that?”

John froze. “Um, I asked Lorraine.”

Sophia glanced at him from the corner of her eye, meaningfully. “Is that so?”

John nodded earnestly. “Yeah. How else should I know about it?”

William looked at him. “Our company just—”

“Dig in, Dad. You don’t want to have the food cold,” John quickly said.

William then realized what John was getting at, so he said nothing else and dug in.

Matilda put her knife and fork down. “You guys carry on. I’m done.” Then she left the dining room.

up at Matilda. “Your mom is still unwell?” he asked

Sophia answered, “Yeah. She said she has difficulty

went out for a walk, leaving Matilda and William in the house. Before they left, she looked back and thought, Hey, this is my house. Why do I get the feeling someone else is going to stay in

her finger. “Where’s your

would I wear that

didn’t share her sentiment. “Is it? I think it’s fine. I

Sophia rolled her eyes.

then talked about Ian. “You’re going to

“Yeah. I have to.” They had

comes. Under the current circumstances, I can’t let you go

her to go out alone with the current state of things. Halfway through their stroll, John’s phone rang. His subordinate told him that they found

used to be a swindler and a convict, but then he ditched that business and chose to be a middleman in case he got caught. If someone wanted some beaters or killers, he’d hook the clients up with the service providers and earn the commission from it. Old Leopard knew where to

can and try to capture him.” The subordinate obliged, and John hung up.

lips. She wanted to ask if there was any progress, but then she thought it’d be

and it took her a few moments to reply

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