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.

at Matilda. “Your mom

“Yeah. She said she has difficulty breathing,

they were done with dinner, he held her hand and went out for a walk, leaving Matilda and William

her finger.

you mad? Why would I wear that kind

sentiment. “Is it? I think it’s fine. I actually wanted it bigger, but the designer

Sophia rolled her eyes.

about Ian. “You’re going to see Ian when he comes back, aren’t

“Yeah. I have to.” They had to,

the time comes. Under the current circumstances, I can’t

alone with the current state of things. Halfway through their stroll, John’s

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 hide, and he stayed in a secluded temple

smart one? Do whatever you can and try to capture him.” The subordinate obliged, and John hung

she thought it’d be useless, for the details she found out would be of no help anyway, so she

walk, only Matilda and William were left in the house. William asked if she was feeling better, and it took her a few moments to reply that she was fine. Matilda was a bad liar, and even the smallest lie would sell

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