The Returning Ex

Sophia turned over and rested her head on John’s arm. “If Isabelle wants to leave her family, this is the perfect chance for her.”

After some deliberation, John remained silent and pulled her into his embrace. Maybe I should look for Isabelle and ask her about it. However, she doesn’t seem to have the intention of leaving anytime soon.

For the following days, Sophia paid more attention to online news.

The leaders and business partners of the shadow bank were arrested, but they all claimed that they were clueless about the basement’s existence. They said that they merely rented the factory, which was then used as the base for the bank.

Since they were not in the business of producing anything, they didn’t attempt to inspect the entire building, as they just needed the factory to be their hideout to engage in their business. Therefore, they didn’t know why there was a basement beneath the factory, and they didn’t need one to operate their business.

Apparently, they had agreed on a common excuse beforehand. The police had no choice but to keep on investigating the case.

Sophia concluded that there was little progress regarding the case for the

any meaningful conclusion. However, she didn’t want to talk to

frustrated, she decided to call Logan, who happened to be on a date. After she asked him what he was doing, she heard

Startled, Sophia fell silent.

woman beside him and

woman giggled. “Alright. I’ll have it

words because she didn’t expect that not long after Logan claimed that it

voice that was, she was certain that the woman wasn’t Lola because

as Sophia never uttered a word, Logan questioned, “What’s

a laugh, Sophia asked, “Is it convenient for