The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Chapter 1836

Chapter 1836 Ian’s Connections

Having walked out of the design company, Ian reached for Cindy’s hand. “You looked like you were hesitating back there. I take it that you haven’t made up your mind?”

She nodded. “Not just yet, especially since the meeting with Hannah today at the company. Decisions, decisions.”

Hannah had already submitted an application on Cindy’s behalf for the grant money, and it didn’t seem right that she took that money for her own intents and purposes. There was an almost selfish element to that plan that Cindy couldn’t bring herself to overlook.

Ian sighed when he heard this and turned to pull her into his arms. “Well, it’s up to you. Hannah and I will have our hands full during these few months of filming for the TV show before we wrap things up. You don’t have to follow me to the set, for the time being, so try to focus on what you want to do here instead. I won’t mind.”

A little reluctant, Cindy hummed in response just to humor him. “Okay, I’ll think about it.”

They flagged down a taxi to take them home, but they didn’t go back to their place immediately. Instead, they headed over to Aurora’s.


Aurora was speaking on the phone when she opened the front door for them, and the person speaking on the other line happened to be Hannah.

Ian and Cindy were quiet as they made their way through the threshold and toward the couch, then sat down.

Aurora exchanged a few pleasantries with Hannah before hanging up the call. Keeping her phone, she sauntered over to the couch and joined the quiet couple, asking, “So, what did you guys talk about at the company today?”

Frankly speaking, they hadn’t discussed anything important earlier other than work arrangements. Ian was the first to speak, answering, “She was just keeping me up to date on my schedule and the progress we’re supposed to make by a certain time, that’s all. How about you? I thought you’d be going to the company with me today, so why didn’t you?”

Aurora had texted him early in the morning and told her that she wouldn’t be going over to the company, then asked that he go on his own instead. Her sudden change of mind had left him confused, seeing as they had agreed to going together the day before.

With a tired sigh, Aurora explained, “Hannah called me earlier this morning and said something about paparazzi hanging around the company entrance. If we went together, the press would have a field day; Hannah thinks it would be best for us to show up separately in the future.”

Upon hearing this, Cindy understood what had happened. While the Morgan Family’s recent affairs had flipped the narrative in Ian and Aurora’s favor, that would only remain the case if it concerned their history with Bryce.

However, if Ian and Aurora insisted on making appearances together, the public might turn against them once more and think they were conspiring for the sake of fame.

Worse still, everyone might think they had planned this from the very beginning to rebuild Aurora’s reputation.

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