The Returning Ex

Sophia wasn’t really adamant about it, so she said it was fine if he was busy and couldn’t come, since it was just a gathering for dinner; it wasn’t really important anyway.

John grunted in agreement. “I’ll see if I can finish up earlier so that I can head over right after that.”

Although Sophia didn’t ask him what he was going to do, she still reminded him to be careful. John grinned at that. “Don’t be worried. No one would dare to touch me.”

Since he was confident about it, Sophia felt way more relieved. After she hung up, she glanced over at Matilda. It seemed like Matilda hadn’t contacted William yet. In fact, she looked rather conflicted.

Sophia questioned with a hint of a laugh, “Why hadn’t you called him yet? Are you shy?”

Matilda pushed her hair back. “I just don’t know what to say to him.” If John could come, Matilda wouldn’t have to call William as he might be able to bring William along with him.

don’t you know what to say? Aren’t you two quite close now? Just tell him to

and she wouldn’t have felt awkward to ask William to come over

didn’t say anything but merely sighed after Matilda left the private room. Previously, she did tell Matilda to put on a bit of a show, but Matilda’s acting was obviously a bit too much now. She still needed to take the initiative

in the hallway. To be honest, she didn’t know why she felt bashful. The last time William went to

said that it was fine either way. To that, William smiled and told her that her place looked homely, and it made him feel like coming over

even when she was young. Back then, Matilda wasn’t really satisfied at the fact that she had to be engaged with William. However, it wasn’t because she didn’t like his looks or that she wasn’t satisfied with his family background. Instead, it was because Matilda knew that William was in

to become another person’s replacement, so she had never planned to accept the proposal in the first place. Nevertheless, everyone in the Flintstone Family kept telling her that William was a great person, so she could only accept his proposal since she didn’t have any back

their marriage life without any foundation in dating, and they only started getting to know each other after their marriage. Even till the very end, Matilda couldn’t figure out whether she really loved William, or

call William. The call was quickly