The Returning Ex

Isabelle was dressed modestly this time; a complete change from her previous flashy outfits.

The two of them chose to meet up at a cafe and ordered nothing else but coffee.

This meant that none of them were planning to stay for a long time.

John took the initiative to speak up first. “What happened? What do you want to tell me?”

Isabelle pushed her phone forward. “I don’t understand what these are, so can you investigate them for me? It’s hard for me to do it alone.”

However, John stared at Isabelle instead of her phone. “Are you sure that you trust me?”

Isabelle nodded, and she sounded genuine when she said, “Look at me. I have no one else around me and you’re the only one that I trust at this point.”

Isabelle looked lonely as she leaned back onto the chair and continued to say, “To be honest, I don’t have a lot of friends. I never had any free time since I was young to begin with, so I never had the chance to actually befriend anyone.”

movements were restricted, so she wasn’t allowed to express herself nor mingle

parties with Mrs. Bailey, they all had their own objectives. One could say that debutantes that often joined dinner parties had their own agendas, and none of them really treated each other as

past two days, and she realized that she wasn’t as good as Sophia in

as well as Logan, who would do anything for

suddenly recalled Logan tearing the gown that she wanted to get that one time because

back then, she couldn’t help but

could control, but he had always treated Sophia nicely and protected

was way worse than how she imagined it to be now

phone and started looking through

by the sheer amount of information from

abnormal and the purchase details

keep the details of whatever they purchased

at Isabelle. “Where did you get

stared at John for a while before answering, “I got it from my