The Returning Ex

His movements were so swift that it even shocked her, and she giggled. “Your reaction is lightning quick!”

“Yeah,” John murmured and cast her a concerned look. “Are you going to the bathroom?”

Sophia nodded. “I would like to wash my face.”

In the end, he helped her all the way to the bathroom and left the bathroom door open so he could watch over her.

After washing her face, Sophia was startled when she turned and saw him staring fixedly at her, unblinking. “What’s wrong?”

Pursing his lips, it took him a while before he answered, “Nothing.”

Then, he helped her out of the bathroom all the way until she returned to the bed and asked, “Are you hungry? I’ll get you something to eat.”

thanked him, but he

 There’s something off about him. In the past, if she had thanked him, he would have replied, telling her no thanks. However,

some food for her downstairs. When he went upstairs again, he placed the food on the bedside table and took a seat at

head lowered, Sophia took a couple of bites from the food as she looked at him from the corner of her eye, unable to fathom what was going on. While she

him

as the thought popped up in her mind, she shot it down quickly. Matilda probably didn’t

an oppressive atmosphere, he came over and took the dishes downstairs. “Would you like to go out for a walk? Let’s take a walk around the area,” he suggested afterward. “You’ve slept for a long time, so it’s about

and saw that the sky was already dark, but after some contemplation, her body did feel sore after laying

that it wouldn’t be an issue if it was just around the area. John then went over to help her downstairs, and they took a walk back and forth on the lane next

John was quiet the whole while. Finally, Sophia couldn’t take it anymore and broke the silence first. “John, I can stay by myself at night, actually. I’ll

other words, she was now