The Returning Ex

The next day, Sophia was woken up by a knock on the door. It wasn’t coming from the door outside, but from the door to the bedroom.

Thus, she drowsily opened her eyes. Before her mind cleared, she asked, “Who is it?”

Then, John replied rather speechlessly, “Who else could it be?”

She grunted in reply. “What do you want?”

In response, he said, “Can you come out for a bit? I need to use the restroom.”

However, she simply rolled over and hugged the blankets to her. “Come in then.”

After waiting by the door for a while, he finally pushed the door open and entered the bedroom. Neatly dressed in his pajamas, he stood by the door and studied her. Then, he said in a flat voice, “Please come out for a moment. I need to use the restroom. I’ll be quick.”

She replied without opening her eyes, “As long as you’re not using the bed, you can do as you please. I’m going back to sleep.”

Still, he didn’t move and just stood there motionlessly. To be honest, she knew what he wanted, but she kept her eyes closed, and her heart leaped with joy.

He waited and waited. In the end, he walked in.

came over to the bed. First, he pulled the

surprise, she opened her eyes to glare at

sofa, he unceremoniously dumped her on it. After that, he expressionlessly returned to the bedroom and locked the door

Her hair was completely disheveled. As she stared at the bedroom

John desperately needs to use

over it for a bit, then hugged the blankets to her and lay back down on the sofa.

long time before John came back out. He had taken the chance to wash up and brush his teeth while he was

had fallen asleep on the sofa. He pondered

medicine sitting on the bedside table—it was a whole

his gaze away, he stood next to the window. The early morning breeze was very cool, and it blew away all the frustrations building up inside him.

from the outside. He didn’t even need to ask

out, intending to open the door for

was hugging the blanket to her, and her nightgown had slid up over her thighs. Therefore, he walked over, pulled the blanket out

he anxiously said, “Hurry up! I’ve already rented a

lying on the sofa, he paused abruptly,

Then, he went over and stood by

nudging,

her from rolling over. “Do you want