The Returning Ex

At first the man was covering his face, but upon hearing what Ian said, he gradually put down his hands. “If I’ll be honest, can you not report me to the police?”

What a coward! How did he get in? Sophia simply couldn’t understand it.

Ian nodded. “It depends on how honest you are.”

After he sat up slowly on the floor, the man dared not stand up but remained seated in a crossed leg position. From his looks, he did look young. Trying to get on Ian’s good side, the man said, “I’ll spill, so please don’t turn me in. I didn’t take anything, so you lose nothing. And look at me; I’ve been beaten up so badly.”

Hearing that, Sophia reached out for the stick and roared, “Quit your nonsense! Spill now before I give you another good whack!”

“No no no! I’ll speak! I’ll speak now! Someone gave me money and ordered me to come here, but I wasn’t asked to steal anything. The person said you live on your own and if I get a chance, I should beat you up and leave,” he spluttered.

“Beat me up?” Sophia was surprised. “That’s all?”

all! Beat you up and send her a picture

“That was indeed a large sum of money, so I was tempted. If it were another person, they would be tempted to do so

long breath, Sophia said, “Dude, this must be your

for a moment, the man clicked his tongue. “This is indeed my first,” the man admitted and

Sophia, Ian asked, “Can you guess who would do

mind. “John’s mother. She’s the only person who would do

Mrs. Constance, she probably didn’t know who to approach to help her, and since these matters needed to be done secretly, she probably found some random someone to do the dirty job for her. However, the person she had found was rather similar to her—a

and Mrs. Constance, Ian was completely

John were officially divorced. Obviously, the scandal over the Internet had affected John’s reputation, but all of it

Sophia sat on her bed.

Mrs. Constance was in fact being whacked by her, so it was kind

person who hired you—do you