The Returning Ex

Matilda stiffened herself while she looked at John. “What’s there to explain? Just go and have your dinner now. What explanation are you expecting? You should be grateful that she already told you about it. Don’t ask for too much, young man.”

With knitted brows, John stared at her. Since when did Mom become this way?

Glaring at him, Matilda continued, “Hurry up and have your dinner. After that, bring Sophia out for a walk. She can’t be sitting too much now that she’s pregnant. Exercising appropriately is fine.” Then, she waved a hand at him as though to dismiss him.

John nearly broke into laughter from his incredulity. Since when did these two women become allies?

Before this, both of them would slip into an argument every time they met.

The whole time, Sophia kept her head lowered and ate her fruits. He hesitated for a second and decided to head into the dining room.

“Are there any free rooms here? It’s not easy to get a cab at this late hour. I’ll stay the night

the second floor. Take a look at them afterward and pick whichever you like. Ms. Cannon will help to clean it up for

the edges of his lips twitched upward into a smile. When he was finished with dinner, he went next to the couch and saw that Sophia was watching TV with Matilda after

out for a walk,” he said in a

gaze at him when he lowered his eyes, momentarily meeting each

Then, as though he had

hiding her pregnancy from him. Even so, she knew that it was only natural that he was upset about it. If she had been in his place, she would have made a huge fuss about it. Thus, she kept her mouth shut because she was aware that she

for the day. They gave each other a look and then trod upstairs as well. Barely a few seconds had passed

mom took over my