The Returning Ex

The expression Logan wore while saying the last few lines made her feel uncomfortable, which was mixed with a tinge of regret. She also acknowledged that what she said was a little blithe, but she was never nice to him to begin with, so she didn’t expect him to feel hurt.

She loitered in the living room for some time before returning to her room while fretting. After washing up quickly, she lay down in bed. Although she had a habit of scrolling through her social media before sleeping, she didn’t feel like doing so that night. Pulling her blanket over her, she tried to fall asleep by shutting her eyes, but she only grew ever more irritable.

It had been a long while since she felt such feelings; she only ever lost sleep over an unsolved case, so it had been a while since she had such feelings ever since she retired from the front lines. Lola sank into a semi-conscious state after dozing off until she woke up the next day.

After getting into the bathroom, she saw heavy bags under her eyes in her reflection in the mirror despite having fallen asleep early last night. She washed up as fast as possible before leaving to have breakfast outside as she had nothing left from dinner last night. Later on, she hailed a cab to bring her to the gym.

them onto the table after spending a few minutes trying to go through them, as she couldn’t

he was still fast asleep. In his dreams, he could hear Lola reprimanding him. Despite her low voice, her every sentence stung at his heart, robbing him of his peace of mind even in his sleep. As he struggled to wake up from the unending nightmare, the sudden ringing of his phone roused him awake. He checked to see a call from Sophia that he picked up

handle things in case of any emergencies. Sophia didn’t make anything of Logan’s silence, thus went on, “Why don’t you

while later that he responded. “Sounds about

saying, “So I suppose