The Returning Ex

Matilda shot Sophia a glare. “I am worried about my son! No thanks to you, but what if he got injured?”

Although she seemed as malignant as ever, Sophia couldn’t help but huff a laugh. She’s always like this. Tough on the outside, but feeble on the inside.

Meanwhile, John got another call, so he left the room. Pondering on the situation, Matilda closed the door before approaching Sophia. “Are you really alright? Do you need to do a checkup? You don’t seem alright to me.”

Sophia knew going to the hospital was out of the question. Otherwise, John would know she was pregnant, so she shook her head. “I’m fine. I’m feeling better now.”

Heaving a sigh, Matilda went on, “You should stay at home at night. There are all kinds of people out there, and even if none were there to get you, you might still get hurt if someone carelessly bumped into you.” Without realizing it, Matilda was nagging at Sophia again.

Sophia was looking closely at her, not exactly used to how the latter was behaving. “It’s getting late, so you should get some rest. Everything is settled on my end, so I would like to sleep now.”

herself nagging before standing up. “Okay, you should go to bed. I will be checking up with John.” Slightly abashed, she turned to leave, whereas Sophia lay

the wall while talking on his phone, a grim look on his face. After spending some time waiting beside him, John finally got off the phone. It wasn’t until then that Matilda said, “She’s asleep now, so

frown, “Are you sure that man did it

I know nothing of their purpose, the man must be a hired thug. Just take a look at

message that wrote: ‘Is it done?’ It was as out of the blue as it was fishy, being sent using the number that made the last call on the call log. John

spent some time staring at the message before putting on a morose expression. “This sure seems to indicate that someone is

with it while muttering, “However, it’s odd that the culprit would commit such a felony, as

that Sophia was pregnant. The realization left Matilda feeling even worse, as nobody should’ve known about Sophia’s pregnancy since she had been keeping it a secret. To go as far as assaulting Sophia, Matilda wondered if the culprit had a grudge against Sophia. She told John

think much about it and nodded. “Be careful on your way