The Returning Ex

Glancing at the time, Matilda wanted to tell him to go back, for driving late at night was dangerous, but in the end, she swallowed her words. Deep down, she wanted to get along with William.

Before this, all she did was complain when they had any alone time. She’d either grumble about Sophia, the servants, the other Constance branch families, or William. Everything she could think of could be used as a complaining tool.

Sometimes William would console her, but sometimes he’d say nothing, for he was exhausted. Now that she thought about it, aside from her incessant complaining, she couldn’t remember what they did during their alone time. So now she asked about his work and whether he had any troublesome business to settle. Matilda never cared about his work, but since she asked, William told her about it. He had a lot of problems related to work, but William chose the simplest ones.

Matilda listened to him closely. “I never knew you had to face so many troubles.”

chortled. “I got used

sorry for what I did. I

lady getup. It was elegant, but William thought it was too forced. She looked so much younger after giving that look up. Her casual

single person, and Matilda knew that, but she didn’t know how to continue the conversation now. If William was to be blamed, then his only fault was being overly nice to Matilda, and it made her think life was supposed to be nice to her. Since Ms. Cannon had gone out, only they were left in the

look of awkwardness crept onto his face. “She might’ve had something to tell

“It’s normal even if

still loved Matilda. After all these years, his love had been torn to pieces. Every time he thought of his marriage with Matilda, he’d be overwhelmed by