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.

voice from the living room, saying, “Are there any free rooms

heard saying, “Yeah, there are many rooms on the second floor. Take a look at them afterward and pick whichever

finished with dinner, he went next to the couch and saw that Sophia was watching TV with Matilda after she had finished

for a walk,” he

when he lowered his eyes, momentarily

After a while, John paused, staring fixedly at Sophia. Then, as though he had no other choice, he grabbed her hand in his and said, “Watch your

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 him. Even so, she

one round, John brought her back into the house and they realized that Matilda had already gone upstairs to rest for the day. They gave each other a look and then trod upstairs as

took over my room,” he said