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.”

he went

off about him. In the past, if she had thanked him, he would have replied, telling her no thanks. However, it was as though

John prepared some food for her downstairs. When he went upstairs again, he placed the food

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 was eating, he watched her intently with a solemn look on his face

Matilda tell him something?

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

Let’s take a walk around the area,” he suggested afterward.

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

nodded, thinking 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

as John was quiet the whole while. Finally, Sophia couldn’t take it anymore and broke the silence first.

words, she was now chasing