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.

rooms here?

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.

smile. When he was finished with dinner, he

a walk,” he

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 away at the same

into the garden. 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

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 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

Matilda had already 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

mom took over my room,” he