The Returning Ex

This topic was slightly sensitive, so John and Mrs. Constance kept their silence. Old Mrs. Constance and Old Mr. Constance had managed to stay together since they were young up until now. The relationship that they had wasn’t something that could be defined with a few words.

Old Mrs. Constance had been calm ever since Old Mr. Constance’s passing. Until now, she had never shown any ounce of sadness. However, it didn’t mean that the feelings weren’t there.

They all fell in silence after that. John didn’t feel like eating anymore after taking a few bites. Although the steak was done just right, he had already lost his appetite. There wasn’t really any difference between eating this and eating some snacks, for it didn’t feel like a proper meal anymore.

When John placed his cutleries down, Mrs. Constance got confused. “What’s wrong? You don’t like it?”

John wiped his mouth with a napkin. “No. I’m just not that hungry as I ate a lot for lunch at the company.”

it and got the maid to clean up the table. The trio continued sitting at the dining room while Old Mrs. Constance inquired whether John got along well with Sophia. Right after she finished, Mrs. Constance lowered her voice and

agree with what had been said. “Don’t butt in too much in John’s private matters. Also, I’m warning you, you’d better behave during Owen’s birthday. I don’t want you to bring outsiders over and

would be close to us!” Mrs. Constance couldn’t help but falter. As expected, a

expression didn’t look good. “I don’t care whether we’re close. This is our family’s

Constance would take every chance that she could get to lecture her. Fortunately, Sophia never talked back to her and would only purse her lips and keep quiet. Mrs. Constance alone was already enough to cause them annoyance. Look at how the tables had turned. Mrs. Constance now became

back on his chair. “Is Uncle Owen inviting

Uncle Owen and he would like the family to just gather together. It doesn’t matter if we don’t celebrate his birthday as we mainly just want the family to be together. The atmosphere here has been dead

John nodded. “That’s nice.”

“It’s late. Will Sophia be okay being alone at