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?”

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

for a walk, leaving Matilda and William in the house. Before they left, she looked

finger. “Where’s your

Why would I wear

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

Sophia rolled her eyes.

going to see Ian when he comes back,

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

you when the time comes. Under the

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

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

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

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

asked if she was feeling better, and it took her a few moments to reply that she was

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