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.

right away. Or maybe it was because he thought it dragged

I knew it. She doesn’t even defend against Husky, but her guard is all up against me. Thus, he tossed the phone back at Sophia. “No. It’s just something I

her phone and put it

to you,” John continued. “I’m a man of my word. Reneging on a

this afternoon. He’s generous. This is a lot of money. “What’s the

of a sudden. “It’s your reward. Did

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

Now, he had accepted what had happened, so he stood

it were the old John, he would have taken the cue from Ian and left