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.

mom

she has difficulty breathing, and her chest feels stuffy. I wonder

walk, leaving Matilda and William in the house. Before they left, she looked back and thought, Hey, this

held her finger. “Where’s your

mad? Why would I wear that kind of ring in the house?

I think it’s fine. I

Sophia rolled her eyes.

about Ian. “You’re going to see

calmed down and sighed. “Yeah. I have to.” They

you when the time comes. Under

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

what they found, he 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

whatever you can and try to capture him.” The subordinate

ask if there was any progress, but then she thought it’d be useless, for the details she found out would be

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

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