The Returning Ex

John stared at Sophia for a while with a serious expression before finally deciding to ditch the topic. Whatever… She wouldn’t understand anyway. I guess the rumor that pregnancy affects the mother’s cognitive abilities is true after all.

He spent some more time playing with the baby before taking him downstairs. Seeing that Sophia wanted to take a nap, he hugged her until she fell asleep. Lying in bed, John mulled over the situation before getting up and leaving the room to give Ian another call in the corridor.

Ian picked up fairly quickly while speaking in an annoyed tone. “Why are you calling again?”

John had a similar attitude. “Why don’t you make a freaking guess? Even if you aren’t worried about it, I don’t like the fact that Sophia’s identity is being uncovered.”

After a moment’s pause, Ian told him, “Don’t worry. I will make sure that she doesn’t get involved. I will settle things my way.”

However, John didn’t really trust him. “You’d better make sure that you resolve this without a hitch. Ian, you know me. While I would tolerate any other blunder, this isn’t one of them.”

to John. “You know me too. I would never put her in harm’s way even if it means I

even say that? He’s just another man who’s now unrelated to

wearing a morose look while still holding onto his phone. After taking some time to calm down, he returned to the office. Hannah and Cindy were sitting in there, and the latter was still spacing out a little, yet to recover from the shock she received from

“If you help me out, you will be entitled

face, Cindy was still at a loss as to what he meant.

be able to cooperate with us on this. You have been working alongside Ian for some time, so I suppose you want him to thrive

want to help, but as you can see, I am not really an outstanding person. Things will get even more complicated

Of course I know that, which is why we have to make sure to execute the plan as flawlessly as possible. Cindy, I trust you, which is a major reason why we asked for your help. I

overwhelming to Cindy. She glanced at Ian while saying, “I don’t know what to do, so I am afraid I might become a burden to