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.

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

was holding a fork, paused mid-air. Then, Sophia could be heard saying, “Yeah, there are many rooms on the second floor. Take a look at them afterward and pick whichever you like. Ms. Cannon will help to clean it up

he was finished with dinner, he went

walk,”

Matilda lifted her gaze at him when he lowered his eyes, momentarily meeting each other’s eyes for a split second before they both looked

paused, staring fixedly at Sophia. Then, as though he

pursed her lips and was quiet. Both of them went out for a walk, and that was literally the only thing they did as they didn’t exchange a single word. Now, she was fully aware that he was still pissed at her for hiding her pregnancy from

gone upstairs to rest for the day. They gave each other a look and then trod upstairs as well. Barely a few seconds had passed since Sophia entered her room when John came in as

over my room,” he