Next One Is a Babe

Chapter 55

When evening rolled around, Zack helped them order dinner, and the room service staff delivered it to the room. He had ordered a lot of food and included his portion in the order too.

Sophia was leaning against the bed, playing a game. Despite hearing the commotion outside, she didn’t move, pretending to be unaware.

After a while, John pushed open the door and came inside. Standing at the door, he said, “It’s dinnertime.”

Thus, she shifted her gaze from her phone to him.

How do I explain this feeling? It’s like I’m in a different time and place and the roles have been reversed. In the past, John always used to shut himself in his study after returning home. Most of the time, I was the one that invited him to dinner. However, I didn’t dare to enter his study. I could only knock on the door and stand by the door to tell him that it’s dinnertime.

Withdrawing her gaze, she replied, “Okay. I’ll go over once I finish this game.”

John said nothing, turning around to leave instead.

In the past, he used to reply in just the same way: ‘Okay, I’ll go over once I finish looking through this document.’ However, most of the time, he only came down after I finished eating.

At the time, I had very low-esteem. Thus, I couldn’t help wondering whether this man was deliberately trying to avoid me—so much so that he even had to stagger his mealtimes.

Just thinking about the past made her extremely uncomfortable.

Unfortunately, Sophia failed to get past that stage. However, it had not even been two minutes since John had left. Thus, she put her phone down, took a deep breath, and got off the bed.

Zack and John were already seated, but they had yet to touch their chopsticks. It looked like they were waiting for her.

Walking over, she pulled out a chair and sat down emotionlessly.

Then, John said, “Let’s eat.”

Zack glanced over at Sophia. “He refused to let me touch my chopsticks before you came.”

She grunted. “Are you blaming me?”

He was taken aback. He didn’t expect her to react in that way. After being stunned for a moment, he explained in a small voice, “I wasn’t blaming you.”

She said nothing. Instead, she lowered her head to eat.

He had ordered a nutritious soup for her. The taste wasn’t special, so she took a few mouthfuls before putting her spoon down.

John had been eating his food with his head lowered. However, when he saw Sophia putting down her spoon, he said in a low voice, “Finish the soup.”

His tone wasn’t nice, but it wasn’t harsh enough to make a person uncomfortable.

Sophia frowned slightly and turned her head to look at him.

Still, he didn’t even look at her as he continued eating.

She pondered over it, then picked up her spoon again and took a few more mouthfuls.

Zack looked at the two of them cautiously. He couldn’t help but feel that the atmosphere between them was strange. At first, he could have straightened out the atmosphere between them. Unfortunately, he didn’t even dare to say another word now.
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