The Returning Ex

Sophia stared at John. “Why are you looking at me like that?” John said nothing, but he subtly flashed her a lukewarm smile, which had her baffled.

At the side, William stood up. “I’ll leave the two of you. I’ve still got something to do, so please excuse me.”

After he’d left, John retracted his gaze and asked nonchalantly, “Have you eaten?”

Sophia murmured an assent. “Yup. Are you going on your lunch break now?” It’s already past lunchtime now.

At this time, Zack came over. “I ordered delivery. Boss and I will be eating in the office since we’ll inevitably bump into those paparazzi if we go out.”

Sophia plopped onto the sofa. “Don’t worry. Those reporters are actually very easy to dismiss. They just want to know the truth of the matter, so you just need to tell them the truth.”

her. “Young missy, you’re rather

cell phone out, and it was vibrating. Sophia glanced at him out of the corner of her eyes. It can only be a call from Constance Residence at such a time. Sure enough, John answered

home by the news reports on the Internet that popped out one after another. However, John was rather patient, saying that it was fine and he could resolve it. Unaware that Sophia had already spoken to the media, Mrs. Constance hurriedly inquired about her stance. Her thinking was actually similar to William’s, worried that Sophia harbored resentment against her and would grab this opportunity to talk smack with

chuckled. “It’s fine. Sophia has spoken to the media and explained things to them, so the matter should be resolved in no time.” Mrs. Constance breathed a faint sigh of

scoffed internally, Hah, these people

say something else, but John then heard Old Mrs. Constance’s voice. Sounding very calm, it was obvious that she was more imperturbable than Mrs. Constance.

embarrassed as she countered, “Mom, I just brought

wait until the media starts reporting about Isabelle and John, then see whether Sophia will still side with our family.” This declaration choked Mrs.

with him about something or other. She was truly laid-back here, for she