Next One Is a Babe

Fabian chuckled quietly; his expression was slightly ironic. “What’s the use of regretting their actions now that things have reached this point?”

Sophia pursed her lips, and she couldn’t comment without knowing the whole picture.

After a while, Fabian exhaled. “Let’s just go with the flow. I’m not hoping for much now.”

Lowering her head, Sophia squeezed the glass. “How’s that girl now?”

Fabian froze, then he looked at her. “She’s okay. After leaving me, she’s naturally having a good life.” The resentment in his tone was so palpable that Sophia had nothing to say. I’ve no idea what happened, so how am I supposed to comfort him?

As they ate, darkness gradually fell outside. Upon answering a call, Fabian seemed a little flustered and hurried away. Sophia and John slowly returned to the car, but Sophia didn’t want to go home. It was mainly because William was at home now, and she wanted to give him and Matilda more alone time. Thus, after some thought, she said, “Let’s just drive around for a while.”

There was nowhere to go anyway, but John agreed, so he started the car and drove out. After driving around the city twice, Matilda called. Squeezing the phone, Sophia stared at it for a long time, and finally chose not to pick it up. I’ll just pretend I never saw that call. John glanced at her, then he chuckled without saying a word.

When Matilda saw that nobody answered her call, she realized what was going on and sighed silently. These two have really made things a little awkward by doing that! I’m already at this age now, yet I’m stuck in a game that only teenage lovers will play. Ugh, how embarrassing!

William was also on the phone in the corridor at this time. At first, it was Old Mrs. Constance who had called and asked him why he was not home yet. He was afraid that Matilda would feel embarrassed, so he went to the corridor to answer the call. However, the door wasn’t closed fully, so Matilda could still hear what he said. Old Mrs. Constance didn’t press William about where he was staying the night. Instead, she only told him to drive carefully should he wish to go home later.

Then, William hung up the call before immediately answering another call. Matilda knew about this too. During the second call, he suppressed his volume, but Matilda could still hear what he said. It was probably Yolanda on the phone. She was just making a random phone call to ask William what he was doing.

Matilda didn’t really want to eavesdrop on them, mainly because she was afraid that she herself would feel distressed if she heard what they were chatting about, but as the voices drifted over, she couldn’t stop herself from listening.

Fortunately, William was quite frank and told Yolanda honestly about where he was. He also explained that Matilda had sustained an injury and he was here to take care of her.