The Returning Ex

However, John didn’t think much of her reaction while he said, “Your stomach must be acting up because you have been overexerting yourself. I’ll go buy you some medicine later on. You’ll feel better after taking them.”

Waving him down, Sophia told him, “You don’t have to. I’m not going to take them.”

With a sigh, John tried to persuade her otherwise. “That nausea will persist if you don’t take the medicine. You have been suffering from it for years, and you know how excruciating it can be, so you should take the meds.”

Without a word, Sophia rinsed her mouth with some water in the kitchen before telling John, “You should eat up while I take a short rest.” Her nausea faded as soon as it came, so she was feeling better after a few moments, after which she returned to the house. There was no dining room in her house, except for a table in the kitchen. She walked up to the table while instructing, “I can’t stand the smell of pickled cucumbers, so take them away.”

With a grunt of assent, John left the pickled cucumbers on the shelf by the door. Sophia felt better after taking a deep breath, so she went over to the table to start eating her bowl of noodles. After they were both done eating, John washed the dishes before leaving the house once again, as he wasn’t accustomed to doing nothing.

she took a nap in her room since she could leave everything to John now that he was here with

families, and all the houses looked the same. Now that everybody had had their

to the fact that they hailed from a poor village, when they noticed that John was dressed nicely and drove a car, they surmised that John was in fact a wealthy man. He even promised to donate some money so that the villagers could pave their roads. Therefore, the villagers began exclaiming, “Sophia is in luck to have found herself such a rich husband despite

meal, sir. By the way, I’d like

at him while replying, “You sure are

passed away. Hence, it was up to them to help her with the proceedings of the funeral; even the grave was dug by the men in the

John, “I know where it is, but you’ll have to prepare some offerings if you want to pay your respects. It’s impolite to go empty-handed. In the meantime, I