The Returning Ex

Yolanda pursed her lips and responded with an affirmative grunt while waving at William. As the man drove away, she only stood in place with her eyes glued to his car. Meanwhile, William was looking at Yolanda from the rear mirror just as the reflection of her figure slowly diminished and disappeared out of sight. A few moments later, he revealed an indifferent expression on his face.

Well, I’m not going to fall for Yolanda’s last few words. It might have seemed like she was backing down, but I know that she was trying to pressure me. This is why women like her are never my cup of tea. She is making it seem like I’m the reason she can’t go for a movie. Does she really think I’m too dumb to read between the lines after all my years of experiences in the commercial world? She is going to have to try harder to make me fall for that.

Soon, William arrived home, only to find that John and Sophia were still not back, while Old Mrs. Constance had already hit the hay upstairs. He threw his necktie aside and sank back in the couch. After a brief contemplation, he finally gave in to his curiosity and called his son up. At that moment, John happened to be having a great time while playing poker with the others.

When John answered the call, William was able to hear Matilda rejoicing in her victory before Logan grumbled, “Come on! Why is it me again? Where is my blackjack?”

Matilda laughed and said, “You still have a lot to learn, kid.”

John smiled, waiting until Matilda had finished her words before he asked William a question. “What’s up?”

Upon overhearing the conversations in the background, William made a guess. “Are you guys playing a card game right now?”

replied, “Yeah. Since everyone is here, we’ll just play for

laughing voice was accompanied by the sound of the cards being slapped

patted John and told him, “Pay

nodded and said, “Alright.

fair. The three of you are family, and

forgetting what he initially wanted to say. At that time, John asked, “Are you still

home,” William replied

We won’t be back that soon for tonight,” John answered. To that, William reluctantly responded with an affirmative

and asked, “What’s wrong? It looks

“I don’t know, but he sounded

John how William looked when he left earlier this afternoon, to which John took a while to recall and replied, “He looked normal at that time. There is a lot you have yet to learn about my dad. He is a man of pride who’ll never show his feelings. Therefore, he