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.

it right away. Or

against Husky, but her guard

phone and

John continued. “I’m a man of my word. Reneging on a promise is not my

found that John had transferred some money to her this afternoon. He’s generous.

sudden. “It’s your

her phone. Unwilling to dwell on this matter further, she nodded after a while. “Fine. This is the end then. We owe nobody anything.” You can

accepted what had happened, so he stood up and announced, “I should go back now. It’s late.”

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