The Returning Ex

Old Mrs. Constance told him, “A few days ago, your Aunt Jennifer went for a tarot card reading for Dylan for romance. The result wasn’t good and she lost her appetite for two meals after she returned.”

John knitted his brows. “Card readings are not accurate. You can’t believe in that.”

The old lady stared at him. “To be honest, the reason I wanted you to go to the monastery with me is to get a card reading as well. I wanted to see how’s the reading for your romance.”

“If that’s the case, I definitely won’t go.” John smiled. “If I ended up like Dylan, I might stop eating for two days when I get home.”

She laughed jovially. “Oh, it’s hard to tell that you care about these superstitions. I thought that you wouldn’t care no matter how the reading turns out.”

Well, it was true that John couldn’t care less about the predictions from the card reading. However, any predictions of bad luck would more or less affect his mood. Old Mrs. Constance mulled over it and sighed. “John, when will you finally understand your true feelings?”

He froze in the middle of eating and fell silent at his grandmother’s remark.

dinner, he went to the open space in front of the main building, where he lit a cigarette and held it in his mouth. Soon, his staff sent him

to keep an eye on how long Ian spent at Sophia’s place. If Ian was still there late at night, he demanded to be notified. His staff got the order and went

before entering her house. As Sophia was busy in the kitchen, she totally did not notice that someone had reached her place. So, when Ian called her from the living

heard that you were in

have been clueless about the incident last night. Ian stored away his complicated emotions and replied, “Yep. They wanted to monitor the audience feedback for the first episode

have made a reasonable decision. Hope that you’ll shoot to fame

force himself to. Instead, he stared right into Sophia’s eyes. “You’ve had a lot to drink last night. Are

drank too much last night, so I can’t remember anything that happened later.

answered, “Yes. John was here when I dropped

heard that it was him who sent me home. Well, John