The Returning Ex

Fabian agreed. “Take me with you. I wanna go and see who’s so bold to mess with you.”

William, who had rushed upstairs, barged into Matilda’s room.

When Sophia and Ms. Cannon saw this, they packed up and left the room tactfully.

Matilda originally wanted to get up, but she realized that it wasn’t her injury that hurt; it was her entire back. She grunted with pain and lay back down again. Chuckling bitterly to herself, she said to William, “Forget it. I’m not gonna be courteous and get up. I’ll just lie here like this.”

William went over, checked her injury and asked, “Does it hurt?”

Matilda shrugged. “How can it not hurt? But it’s tolerable.”

William sat down next to her. “You used to be so delicate, but now you don’t care so much anymore.”

In the past, if Matilda bumped into something ever so slightly, she would complain about it for a long time.

Matilda laughed at his words, her body shaking with the force of her laughter. “Indeed, I used to be really delicate.”

about it before. Her change seemed to come at

to be a little princess. After marriage, she had turned into an old princess, and she

she had a sudden flash of realization. She

slow process,

at the back of Matilda’s head and said, “It would’ve

paused; she didn’t quite

as awkwardness descended upon them. Then, William said, “Do you need

saying, “I think so. It was just a brief impact,

really got

me.

Cannon had made dinner, and she then came over to tell the two of

up, so she got down the bed

dining hall, John and Fabian were discussing what to do next in order to catch the mastermind

Fabian there, many problems could be solved a little

didn’t have much appetite, so she only ate a

knew that she was feeling uncomfortable inside. Considering the fact that someone was out to hurt her, it would be strange if she