The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Glancing at the time, Matilda wanted to tell him to go back, for driving late at night was dangerous, but in the end, she swallowed her words. Deep down, she wanted to get along with William.

Before this, all she did was complain when they had any alone time. She’d either grumble about Sophia, the servants, the other Constance branch families, or William. Everything she could think of could be used as a complaining tool.

Sometimes William would console her, but sometimes he’d say nothing, for he was exhausted. Now that she thought about it, aside from her incessant complaining, she couldn’t remember what they did during their alone time. So now she asked about his work and whether he had any troublesome business to settle. Matilda never cared about his work, but since she asked, William told her about it. He had a lot of problems related to work, but William chose the simplest ones.

Matilda listened to him closely. “I never knew you had to face so many troubles.”

William chortled. “I got used to it.”

Matilda looked at him quietly. “I’m sorry for what I did. I know I’ve caused you a lot of trouble.”

was elegant, but William thought it was too forced. She looked so much younger after giving that look up. Her casual wear and ponytail looked so much fresher to William. Then he

his only fault was being overly nice to Matilda, and it made her think life was supposed to be nice to her.

“She might’ve had something to tell

caressed her leg reflexively. “It’s normal even if you guys are

Matilda. After all these years, his love had been torn to pieces. Every

felt after the divorce was freedom. He could finally break free of that suffocating life, but he had a price to pay. After the initial high, William started feeling weird. Something felt missing from his life the moment he realized he’d never hear anyone nagging him

awkward silence fell between them, and William was the first to give in. He stood up. “It’s late, so I’ll be going back now. Since you’re

and went to send

is thinking. I think he still loves your mom, but then he didn’t even seize this chance to confess. I might be wrong

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