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.

Matilda. “Your mom is

She said she has difficulty breathing,

held her hand and 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

held her finger. “Where’s your

“Are you mad? Why would I wear that kind of ring

it’s fine. I actually wanted it bigger, but the

Sophia rolled her eyes.

Ian. “You’re going to see Ian when

to.” They had to,

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

of things. Halfway through their

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

the report, John smiled. “Isn’t he the smart one? Do whatever you can and try to capture him.” The subordinate obliged, and John hung up. Then, he

but then she thought it’d be useless, for the

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 her out. Even so,

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