The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Sophia proceeded to tell Matilda the same reason she told Ian—that Logan was drunk and asleep. In response, Matilda replied, “Oh, I see. But why would he drink in the day? What’s wrong with him?”

After hearing Matilda’s question, Sophia only smiled in silence as she didn’t know how to put it to her. Soon, Matilda sat next to her and asked, “So, what’re we going to do now? Just sit here all day?”

Sophia looked up at the ceiling and sighed. “That’s a good question. I have no idea what we could do to kill time.”

Not long after that, Matilda seemingly figured out a way to kill time, so she beckoned to one of the staff and said, “Let’s play poker. Come and join us.”

Sophia helplessly stared at Matilda. “You’re quite the gambler, aren’t you?”

Matilda shot a gaze at Ian and asked, “Care to join us?”

At the same time, Ian was just done with his meal. “Sure, why not?”

over to the game room, Sophia told another staff to check on Logan. That dude has been out like a dead man since

was instantly lightened up. Shortly after the first round started, Sophia received a call from John, which she didn’t bother looking at before

a single word after the call connected until Sophia called out to him. “Are you

her with a glacial look on his face. It turned out that John had been away from his office for some official business and was planning to go straight home after that. Thus,

Ian is back, and we’re

soon.” A few seconds later, he added, “Anyway, I’ll be on my way to meet you guys.” Sophia then put her phone down and placed one of her cards

gaze to Ian and said, “John’s dad and I think you should be the one to decide on the child’s name. We all agree that you should

looking at Matilda, knowing what Matilda was trying to imply. While those words were meant for Ian to

she wasn’t alone because Ian could clearly hear that too. The next moment, Ian had his eyes glued to the door that was left

them didn’t seem happy, although John appeared to have the upper hand in the mental game by acting magnanimously. He then turned his attention to Sophia and stood beside her, placing his

John

help but look at Matilda,

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