The Returning Ex

Sophia was starving, since she only had some tea to drink back there, and the snacks were left untouched. Now, she didn’t care about Mrs. Constance or Isabelle, for what she wanted to do was fill herself up. John was serious about his acting, so he took some food for her and even whispered, “Take it slow, or your stomach’s going to complain.”

Old Mrs. Constance looked up. “Sophia, I made an appointment for you. When John has his off day, ask him to take you to the doctor. You have to treat that condition as soon as possible.”

Sophia looked at Old Mrs. Constance, thinking that the old lady only mentioned it in passing, so she was surprised Old Mrs. Constance acted so quickly. John chimed in, “Got it.”

Isabelle looked at Sophia and John, then she looked down. Seemingly thinking about something, Sophia slowed down for a bit. A moment later, she took a piece of pork belly and bit off the meat, leaving only the skin on. Then, she fed it to John. “Aw, this is too oily for me. Here you go.”

Mrs. Constance was stunned. “Just throw it away if you don’t like it. You chew a part of it off and give John the leftover? It’s not right.”

still millimeters away from John. “Why? It’s not the first time he did this. We’re a couple,” she replied

then he looked at Sophia. Even though she was looking at him innocently, behind that innocent gaze, she was gloating.

part away before handing the rest to her. “Sure. Here, have some.” Sophia froze up and blinked, but she took it anyway, and both of them gulped it down without

was the gloomiest she had ever shown, nor did she have the mood to talk, so she kept on having her dinner. Meanwhile, Isabelle pursed her lips stiffly. She ate a bit more and looked up at John. Most of the time, John was expressionless, but Isabelle saw him

everyone stopped when Old Mrs. Constance stopped. Then, they went back to the sofa. It was dark outside now, so

this. She only had her eyes on her son. Since his mother had said so, John could only say yes. Isabelle smiled

too much to eat, so I’ll be going up now.” Then, she went up, but she stopped after reaching the

Constance was a soft-spoken, conservative person who led her life carefully, so she would normally never speak ill of