The Returning Ex

Logan chuckled nonstop. “The point is that I’m telling you the truth. I can’t hide it.”

Beside him, Old Mr. Jefferson looked away from Logan. This was the first time he saw his son behave obediently in front of someone else.

Logan did not receive a reply text from John at all. John probably was at a social event and overlooked the text.

Impatient, Logan sent another text to John, and this time, he reported his location and mentioned that Sophia was eating and drinking merrily with him, both of them getting high.

When it came to bluffing, Logan was even more skillful than Sophia. After that, he stored his phone away and didn’t show her the text.

Sophia did not mind. After taking a few bites, she drank some fruit juice while listening to the business discussion between Old Mr. Bailey and the Third Young Lady Jefferson.

The topic was not totally alien to Sophia, but she definitely could not fully grasp the technicality and the jargon. Anyway, she told herself not to appear clueless. It didn’t matter if she was an outsider as long as she could appear composed and professional.

leaned into her chair with a calm expression and a faint smile on her face, looking humble but

honest, she was the only person without an elite background in the

from a wealthy and influential background except for her—she was the

conversation and paid no attention to Sophia. Instead, it was Mrs.

observed that Sophia looked a little different today compared to her attitude at their previous meetup. That day, Sophia was quite haughty with a calculative look in her eyes. But this time, she

anyone would think of Sophia as an innocent and sweet girl.

Mrs. Bailey

was not afraid of being judged by anyone. She even stole a glance at

experienced in socializing and was aware of Sophia’s calculativeness. So, Mrs. Bailey pursed her lips and looked

was only audible between them, “This dinner is super boring. If I had known about it,

why I said that I