The Returning Ex

Zack came out after John rang the doorbell, and he looked like he had just gotten ready.

Then, Zack looked at Sophia, who was standing behind John. “Sophia Gwendolyn, are you feeling better?”

Sophia grunted after staring at Zack for a good two seconds.

She was indeed a lot slower than usual.

Zack sighed. “You’ve suffered so much throughout this trip.”

At this point, John recalled what he did to Sophia yesterday, and he felt that he was to be blamed for what happened to her.

But in his defense, Sophia was under the influence of alcohol when she went into the bathroom and stood below the showerhead, so he should not be blamed for causing her to take the cold shower.

He should only be blamed for what happened after that, and he reckoned that under those circumstances, the average person would not be able to prevent that from happening.

After the three had entered the elevator, Sophia stood furthest away from the door and was silent the whole time.

Her head was leaning on one side, and the marks on her neck were clearly visible.

John saw them but dared not look at them again; he thought he might have lost control yesterday.

Zack was not as attentive. He glanced at Sophia then looked at John before commenting in a deep voice, “Sophia, you look a little upset.”

John glanced at Sophia from the corner of his eyes.

not feeling upset. It was just

jumped in, “Perhaps she just

still silent the entire time,

last time when they were here, Sophia was really aggressive and

orders, Zack turned to

Sophia blinked. “Anything.”

a frown when he

reminded him of what she was like before the divorce—quiet, obedient, easy-going, and with no sense of

a sense of annoyance welled up within John that came out of nowhere, and that confused and irritated him, but Zack was totally nonchalant. After ordering for John and Sophia, he passed the menu back to the

she felt that her first reaction was

what happened in the past. It was like something that he could not break through, and those memories were what

eating, Sophia was still not talking, and John was just being habitually quiet. They were completely silent

Gwendolyn, now that you are sick,

the effort you put into chit-chatting

puckered up his lips. “I do put in

did not respond

meal, John took out the antipyretic for Sophia. “Take some of

and received it from him. She swallowed it without

eyes widened and John

helpless, John passed the glass of water next to his hand to her.

glass of water without even giving

worried Zack. “Did the fever