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.”

checking up with John.” Slightly abashed, she turned to leave, whereas Sophia lay down

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,

soon as they settled down, Matilda questioned with a frown, “Are you sure that man did it on purpose? Might it

of their purpose, the man must be a hired

was a message that was sent after the incident. It consisted of a curt message that wrote: ‘Is it done?’ It was as out of the

time staring at the message before putting on a morose expression.

“However, it’s odd that the culprit would commit such a felony, as there is no point whatsoever in doing

situation was different now 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

about it and nodded. “Be careful on your way