The Returning Ex

Annoyed by his behavior, Sophia ignored him. “Where were we?” She turned to Ian. “You said you want to tell me something. What is it?”

Ian smiled. “Forget it. I’ll tell you when I have the chance.”

John looked up at Ian, and he raised his cup. A faint smile appeared on his face, but Sophia was oblivious to it. “Okay,” she said.

The atmosphere quickly turned awkward, for Ian and John both said nothing, while Sophia didn’t know what to say as well. Then, John looked at Sophia’s phone that was on the table, and he picked it up. “You’ve been using this for a while now.”

“What are you doing?” Sophia protested.

“I remember buying this for you.” John held it tightly.

was surprised he remembered that. Before she married John, she was using a no-name phone. She complained about it being laggy, so John asked Zack to change it right away. Or maybe it was because he thought it

even defend against Husky, but her guard is all up against me. Thus, he tossed the phone back at Sophia. “No. It’s just

took her phone and put it

continued. “I’m a man of my

John had transferred some money to her this afternoon. He’s generous. This is a lot of money. “What’s the meaning of this?”

serious all of a sudden. “It’s your reward. Did you forget

her phone. Unwilling to dwell on this matter further, she nodded after a while. “Fine. This

Ian closed his eyes, looking resigned. Now, he had accepted what had

taken the cue from Ian and left as well, but now, for some unknown reason, he