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 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 dragged his class down. Either way, Sophia

She doesn’t even defend against Husky, but her guard is all up against me. Thus, he tossed the

phone and put it

“I’m a man of my word. Reneging on a

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

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

to dwell on this matter further, she nodded after a while. “Fine. This is the end then.

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

would have taken the cue from Ian and left as well, but now, for