The Returning Ex

At the same time, Sophia stood beside Trevor quietly. She looked into the bonfire, falling into a trance.

John looked at where Zack was pointing, then Zack continued, “But she is really pretty. I mean, the moment she went there, everyone else just looked subpar in comparison.”

John squinted. Everyone acknowledged her beauty, and when Old Mr. Constance forced him to marry Sophia, John’s mother told him, “At least she’s pretty, so your kids won’t look too bad.” That was the only good part his mother could come up with.

Now she was standing out among the crowd. With her floral dress and her pair of pigtails, she looked more like a young lady than a divorced woman.

Zack lowered his voice, saying, “Boss, why didn’t you fall for a pretty lady like her?”

Why couldn’t I fall for her? John looked at Sophia and turned back. “Because that’s all she has going for her,” he said softly.

Sophia did only have her looks going for her. She didn’t come from a good family, nor did she graduate from any famed university. Before she was married to John, she

who adored John, and any one of them was better than Sophia. However,

looked down, out

huddled around John. “Why don’t we take a

pondering for a

didn’t want to know the deeper reason for this. This trip was all about business for him.

woman liked John. It was obvious from how she looked at John, but Zack disliked her. At

“Everyone says you’re a workaholic, but I didn’t believe them. I guess I have to change my mind now. You even work when you’re

hotel if I wanted to relax. I came out

to play, but all he wanted to talk about was work. However,

At the same time, he