The Returning Ex

Sophia responded with an affirmative hum and said, “Well, I guess that’s not a bad thing either.”

Old Mrs. Constance frowned. “That brat must have bunked down somewhere else.”

Despite the old lady’s harsh words, Sophia knew what Old Mrs. Constance meant by that. In fact, John and his father had one thing in common, which was that they were both nostalgic and faithful men. Besides spending the night at Matilda’s place, it wasn’t likely that he was playing around with other women some place else. I guess Old Mrs. Constance understands that anyway.

In the meantime, John arrived at his office and attended a meeting after taking care of his work. Before the meeting began, Dylan, who was one of the attendees, was approached by John with a question. “Have you been in touch with the Bailey Family lately?”

John’s question.

rephrased his question. “That’s not what I meant. Let me put it this way, perhaps. Have you been in touch with Isabelle

replied, “Um. Nope. I only kept in touch with her at first due to

nod to signify his acknowledgment. While he didn’t explain the purpose behind asking that question, Dylan didn’t seem interested to know either. As soon as the brief meeting was over, John ran into the Bailey Family’s employees but saw no signs of Isabelle. Upon taking

had discovered earlier. Then, he was told that the buyer was someone ordinary with barely any property in possession. This person lived in a normal-looking household situated somewhere between the city and the suburb. As all the information hinted, there was no convincing reason for this buyer to acquire such an advanced covert listening device.

of that, knowing that whoever was helping out this buyer had a hidden agenda. For that, he ventured