The Returning Ex

Realizing who was calling her, Sophia was startled as she stared at the screen.

Isabelle wasn’t a close friend who would call her up to have a casual chat, so she had to have an ulterior motive for making this call.

Sophia intentionally ignored the call because she knew that Isabelle would make another call.

As expected, Isabelle called her for the second time. Sophia picked it up and said in a languid voice, “Yes, Miss Bailey?”

Isabelle smiled and said in a pretentiously calm voice, “Miss Gwendolyn, I’m sorry for calling you at this hour. Due to business matters, I get into contact with John pretty frequently these days. When I left the Constance Residence that day, I didn’t get to bid you farewell. Thinking back, I find my behavior really impolite, so I’d like to offer you my apology.”

for such a long time and mention this to me suddenly? Putting on a mirthless laugh, she said, “If you never mentioned this,

John’s Facebook post that the

a thought, I didn’t think I should let some other women

she had left behind her grudges against Isabelle, but as soon as they got into contact, she couldn’t contain her urge to

be each other’s arch-enemies. She thought she had left the past behind, but the moment

had always known that Sophia wasn’t someone who would mince

she would be able to keep on conveying her message. Unexpectedly, she was put

she tried to speak in a softer voice. “I am just worried that you’ll misunderstand John and me. It has always been a business collaboration between us

never worried that something is going on between you and John because he’s promised that he’d