The Returning Ex

She even added, “I’ll finish my work as soon as possible, then I’ll have some free time. Tell me when you want to meet, Mrs. Constance. We didn’t even get to talk today, and honestly, it has been bugging me.”

“Sure,” Matilda replied ‘happily’. “It’s been a while since we met up. We have to catch up sometime over a meal.” Then, she nodded. “Yeap, we really should.”

Isabelle didn’t say much after Matilda’s rejection. Before hanging up, she made some small talk, and Matilda put her phone down slowly. Then, she smiled.

She only had a guess before this that Isabelle was using her, much to her disappointment. After taking her call, Matilda was beyond disappointed; she was furious. If Isabelle hadn’t seen her together with John and Sophia, she wouldn’t have made the call. She only called me because I am useful to her again. What a scheming girl.

Matilda put her phone on the table and lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling for a while before finally going to sleep.

asleep when she felt

name in a drunken stupor. “I’m

John, who was flushed.

his eyes.

pregnant anyway?” This was the question she had been asking herself over the last couple of days whenever she had free time. Her periods were usually on schedule, so she only

was a stubborn woman, but no matter what she did, she

said, “How else?

turned around and pushed his hand away. “I mean, I take the pill, and even when I don’t, it’s still on