The Returning Ex

The other person picked up quickly, and John told him, “Help me check the call log of a number.”

He reported Sophia’s number to the other party, who immediately agreed to the job.

Hanging up the phone, John stood there for a while before going downstairs. He was better at putting on an act than Sophia. Upon reaching the top of the stairs, a smile was already on his face.

The atmosphere downstairs was already pretty lively. When John came down, it became even better. After all, he had a good sense of humor and was great at livening up the place too.

Old Mrs. Blackwell sighed. “Look at John. His people skills have improved by leaps and bounds.”

Old Mrs. Constance nodded. “Yeah. As you can see, he’s now able to sit down and talk with us. In the past, he would never do this.”

John laughed. “Really? But I don’t think I’m any different from before. I’m just the same.” Then, he put an arm around Matilda. “If we’re talking about big changes, we should be talking about my mother. I’m sure you’ve noticed how much she has changed.”

two old women turned to gaze at Matilda. How could they not have noticed Matilda’s change? When Old Mrs. Constance came to visit the last time, she had

all, she knew the Matilda from before when

Mrs. Constance stared at Matilda for a long while before nodding. “Yes, Matilda has really

little bit embarrassed, so she only smiled

work. He also told me that he thought my mother has changed a lot and is completely different from

made it up or if William really said

home late. When I asked him,

replied, “My mother felt a little unwell for the past two days, so my dad came to

everyone started imagining what

mouth, looking rather uncomfortable. However, John was completely expressionless

Constance looked at

Sophia and I, my parents will get back together first. In fact, that would be