The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

William answered with a gruff voice, “I’m staying back for overtime work. Just a little busy recently.”

Old Mrs. Constance responded by letting out a sigh. “What’s going on now? Why am I now back to being alone at home again? With John, Sophia and you away, I don’t even have anyone I can talk to during dinner.”

William forced a smile and replied, “Well, we never talked during our meals anyway.”

“Do you seriously think that way? Times are different now than before,” Old Mrs. Constance retorted.

William opened his mouth, ready to speak his mind, but he soon decided to swallow his words. What do you mean different? How different has it become?

Meanwhile, Old Mrs. Constance only complained in a helpless manner and proceeded to remind her son to take his meals regularly amidst his busy schedule.

In response, William responded with an affirmative grunt before shifting his eyes to the food that had gone cold on the desk. At the sight of that, his gaze instantly darkened. Upon hanging up the call, he leaned back in his chair and let out a heavy sigh. Well, I’ve already got myself dinner, but I’m just not in the mood to eat right now. Then, he reached for his phone and browsed through his social media news feed, only to see John’s post. Since his son rarely posted anything on his social media, William decided to take a closer look at the picture, in which John and his friends were seen enjoying a buffet.

As William noticed the smiling faces of Sophia and Matilda, he was soon reminded of the man he saw earlier that afternoon. What’s his name again? Uh… Oh, yeah. Richard. What a common name! I guess that’s why I can’t remember it.

thinking about giving John a call and pretending to ask what he was doing. However, his rational mind stopped him from doing that since he knew he had to stay behind and

phone down and closed the file on his desk. Fine! Fine! I guess I’m

desk buzzed and he quickly grabbed it, only to be

he hesitantly picked up the call. Judging from the noises in the background, William could tell that she was probably watching television at

call connected, she asked what William was doing, to

“Are you still in the office now? Have

eyes to the untouched food on his desk, but he went on

see. Maybe you should save your work for tomorrow if it’s not too urgent. After all, you don’t want to stress

course, it’s not urgent, but I can’t think of anything else better to do when I get back to my empty home, and that’ll only annoy me even more. That is why I’m here, trying to distract myself while wisely making use of my time. Despite his thoughts, William only gave a brief reply to signify his acknowledgement. Then,

talk to William about, she answered no after a brief contemplation and brushed it off. Instead, she merely told him she was bored. Shortly after that, she hung up the call because she didn’t want to bother William any longer since he was still at

spun his chair around while sitting in it, crossing his fingers on his knees as he gazed outside the window. The city is so lively and busy at night, but

go home. I guess I’m going out like a light right after a shower when I get back. Upon packing

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