The Returning Ex

When William spoke to John a moment ago, he seemed to be sending him a warning with his expression. John quickly realized that it was negligence on his own side.

Until William’s car was out of sight from the rearview mirror, John retracted his gaze. Inebriated, he leaned against the seat and closed his eyes, slowly dozing off.

When he had reached Constance Residence, the chauffeur called out to John to awaken him.

Getting out of the car, John leaned against the car for a while to sober up. Then, he slowly walked into the main building and told the cook to get him a hangover tonic.

When the tonic was ready, William returned home. Although William had consumed lots of alcohol as well, he appeared to be more clear-headed than this son. Upon entering the house, he directly took a seat opposite John.

Since his wife was asleep, William questioned in a lowered voice, “Have you figured it out?”

Resting on the couch, John was on the verge of falling asleep. When he heard that, he frowned. “What?”

William asked, “Don’t you understand that

made John

think about it. It seems that you’re really intoxicated since you can’t even see through

the couch. Maybe I really

seemed to have played a part as well. It wasn’t his first time drinking so heavily,

he fumbled

Without turning on the

phone from his pocket and tossed it aside. Then, he

in his dazed state,

side, Sophia was sorting the data on her computer in the study. Since her shop would be ready to open in a few days, she and Robin had been burning the midnight oil. More importantly, there were many things that

done with it, she turned off the computer. Just then, her phone started ringing; it was a call from

that it was late. Still, she was surprised that Ian was looking