The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

William nodded. “I see.”

Matilda went on to say, “I’m sorry that I left your home the other day without informing you. My family wanted me to go home immediately.” Forcing a smile, she said, “Nevertheless, I don’t think you care about this.”

Without continuing this topic, William raised his chin to point in the direction of Richard. “Are you dating him?”

“No no no,” Matilda explained hurriedly. “I’m not dating him. He’s just a friend.”

William turned to glance at Richard again, who happened to look in his direction as well. As a confident man, Richard flashed a smile at William, whose expression remained glacial.

After a pause, William said, “Why didn’t I know you have this friend?”

Behaving like a cheating student who was caught red-handed by the teacher, Matilda answered in an honest manner, “We got to know each other two days ago. My mom said he’s a nice guy—” Noticing that she had said it in an inappropriate way, Matilda caught herself and rephrased her words. “Well, since I don’t have many friends, my mom told me to try to make new friends and… that’s what happened.”

Why do I feel that the more I explain, the more it sounds suspicious? Eventually, Matilda decided to keep her mouth shut so that the misunderstanding wouldn’t worsen.

William gave her a dispassionate smile.

she wasn’t sure what he made of the situation now. Is he angry with me? But he doesn’t look like

they were divorced, William didn’t have a reason to be mad. At any rate,

Feeling more confident than William, Richard said, “Hi, Mr. William.

knowing who Richard was, William gazed at him and asked, “You are?” He sounded rather

feeling embarrassed at all, Richard grinned and introduced

nodded in a perfunctory

turned to Richard and questioned in a lowered

volume, Richard replied, “Since you were not coming back, I decided to come over instead.” The smiling tone in his words sounded like

for a while, William slowly relaxed his furrowed

“Are you

shook her head and said she

could speak, he looked at William and added, “Mr. William, please enjoy your

took Matilda’s arm, and she rose as well. After picking up Matilda’s bag, Richard said, “I think the color of the last

grabbed by Richard, Matilda turned to

like how he had been seated since

adjacent restaurant. Before they could finish their food, Sophia received a message from Matilda. ‘We’re done with lunch. When are you

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