The Returning Ex

There was a frown on John’s face when he responded, “No, I’m not.”

Meanwhile, Zack had in hand some documents that needed to be signed by John, then said, “Yeah, from what I recall, you don’t have plans to travel today.”

John’s gaze was on Zack before it traveled to the documents Zack held, but it didn’t linger on any of those, eventually settling on a nearby window. It wasn’t until then that John turned to return to his office.

Upon settling into his seat, John took the documents handed to him by Zack, during which Zack said, “By the way, I launched an investigation on the Baileys, but to no avail. They seemed to have covered up their tracks, so I didn’t get much out of it.

I then went on to investigate the Morgans, as I thought they were more likely to be the suspect. Before I say anything, would you like to make a guess on what I found?”

look at Zack. Despite the lack of an expression, John had a stern air about him that intimidated Zack, so the latter opted to spill everything out. “I found out that while Sally and Simon

shopping that day and had

listening to Zack’s report, nor was the sour look on his face by any means Zack’s fault. It was the mere result of John being sucked into his own thoughts. After hanging up Logan’s call earlier, John left his office without thinking, as for a second, his rational mind was overpowered by his instincts. All he wanted was to go check on what Ian was doing while hanging around

he didn’t have anything to worry about. He knew since long ago that Ian hung around

only to

saying, “Yeah, just tell him everything.” Truth be told, he didn’t even know what Zack would tell

he had a hard time absorbing any of the information, which led to him putting them down before hitting himself on the head.