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.

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

difficulty breathing, and her chest feels stuffy.

eyes smiling. He never knew Sophia was this smart. When they were done with dinner, he held her hand and went out for a walk, leaving Matilda and William in the

her finger. “Where’s

you mad? Why would I wear that kind of ring in

her sentiment. “Is it? I think it’s fine. I actually wanted

Sophia rolled her eyes.

“You’re going to

“Yeah. I have to.” They had to, for they used to be

comes. Under the current circumstances, I

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

middleman in case he got caught. If someone wanted some beaters or killers, he’d hook the clients up with the service

smart one? Do whatever you can and try to capture him.” The subordinate obliged, and John hung up. Then, he held Sophia’s hand tighter.

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

better, and it took her a few moments to reply that she was fine. Matilda was a bad

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