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.”

and thanked him, but he went downstairs straightaway without another

had thanked him, he would have replied, telling her no thanks.

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

lowered, Sophia took a couple of bites from the food as she looked at him from the corner of her eye, unable

Matilda tell him something? she

the thought popped up in her mind, she shot it down quickly. Matilda probably didn’t say anything. If he really knew

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 time to get up and flex your body a

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

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

the silence first. “John, I can stay by myself at night, actually.

she was