The Returning Ex

John did not pay any attention to her and just began to drive.

They did not drive for very long before arriving at a western restaurant.

In fact, Sophia was not too used to that cuisine as it could never fully satiated her.

John, on the other hand, always opted for western food because he found it less troublesome.

Once they sat down, she told him, “I’m going out by myself this afternoon. I’ll come back right before you get off work and we can return to Constance Residence together.”

He looked up at her briefly. “Okay.”

That was the only exchange they had throughout the entire meal.

John was a bit busy and had to answer a few calls in between.

He was always strict when it came to work.

She stared at him while he was on the phone. It seemed like he treated her the same way he treated the employee on the other end of the call. He did not repeat himself when something only had to be said once. Lowering her eyes, she thought, perhaps I’m no different than his work to him.

She was someone Old Mr. Constance threw at John.

It felt like he had simply accepted a bigger project to work on and was just doing his job.

Yeah, that’s exactly what it is.

At the thought of that, she felt a little stifled.

John was the first man in her life; the first man she had feelings for.

She had even yearned to be with him for the rest of her life.

a total of three calls, she was done with her

and knife and wiped her mouth. “You can carry on eating. I’m going to head

appeared on

disrespectful, but he did not think about how he had been on the phone the

up before he said anything. “This is my treat,” she announced, then

she exited the place. She did not get a cab or had any place in particular that she

chose a direction

her for she had

just a girl who

the ladder and ended up at the

a sigh and

she looked around and noticed a dessert

Thus, she went inside.

was not big and there was not a huge variety of desserts

girl working at the cashier

customers which made

dessert varieties

cashier took her money, she went to the

to sit on

her point of view, she could see the buzzing crowd outside. The saying that all beings suffer probably came from these people who are working tirelessly to make ends meet. She suddenly thought of Elder Mr. Bailey. Those wealthy people are the ones who don’t have to suffer. Their

looked at

was a look

quite petty and she made

Constance for

she and John would go

she knew that one day, she would be able to get

remember those things, she still had a