John stared at Sophia for a while with a serious expression before finally deciding to ditch the topic. Whatever… She wouldn’t understand anyway. I guess the rumor that pregnancy affects the mother’s cognitive abilities is true after all.
He spent some more time playing with the baby before taking him downstairs. Seeing that Sophia wanted to take a nap, he hugged her until she fell asleep. Lying in bed, John mulled over the situation before getting up and leaving the room to give Ian another call in the corridor.
Ian picked up fairly quickly while speaking in an annoyed tone. “Why are you calling again?”
had a similar attitude. “Why don’t you make a freaking guess? Even if you aren’t worried about it, I don’t like
a moment’s pause, Ian told him, “Don’t worry. I will make sure that she doesn’t get involved. I
sure that you resolve this without a hitch. Ian, you know me. While I would
other hand, Ian wasn’t about to submit to John. “You know me too. I would never put her in harm’s way even if
said bordered on being a confession, which
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