The Returning Ex

Matilda was crying in her room, while William calmed her down patiently. She merely threw a tantrum in her bedroom the whole afternoon, and her tears only rolled when William appeared. Sighing, he patted her shoulder. “Sophia’s not a part of our family now, so you can’t treat her like how you used to. Besides, John needs to work with her, so be nicer to her, will you?”

Matilda sobbed. “Yes, I did insult her, but she kicked me.”

John went to knock on the door despite it being wide open, and when Matilda saw him, she cried louder.

William looked at his son. “What did she say?”

John replied calmly, “She said she won’t pursue this matter anymore, but she won’t come back. I might leave too.”

cause a ruckus by herself, judging from her personality. In the end, she would get the short end of

his tone softened down as he said, “Let me take a look. Where did you get kicked? Are you hurt? Do you still feel unwell? Do I need to call the family physician over?” John looked at his father. His concern was genuine, even after all these years; he was always this patient with Matilda. Sometimes

originally had no feelings for each other fall

she told William how she was humiliated and

“Alright. Once she’s not useful to us, I’ll teach her a

but she was satisfied with it. “That d*mned girl. I’m going to get back at her.

his mother had calmed down, he

her eyes. “Yeah, she kicked me and caught me off guard. Then, she kicked the