The Returning Ex

Ian didn’t see Aurora off. Rather, it was Cindy who saw her downstairs. Aurora looked at Cindy, her expression placid. “I heard that your background isn’t that great.”

Cindy remained calm and unruffled. “It’s indeed not great.”

Aurora smiled. “Alright, then. I don’t think the two of you will last long, so I’ll save the speech.”

How direct! She’s saying whatever she pleases. Fortunately, Cindy wasn’t really dating Ian, so she wasn’t bothered. She merely mused, If Ian truly dates a girl whose background isn’t all that great in the future, she’ll really have a tough time dealing with such a mother-in-law!

After Aurora had said this, she put on her sunglasses and strutted away.

just can’t bring myself to ask him what had happened. Thus, she then went back to her own room after a while. He took a day off today to entertain his mother, but from

his tastes, she knew that while he wasn’t a picky eater, he still had his likes and dislikes. Although I couldn’t see anything amiss from his expression earlier, he must be aggrieved after having a row with his mother. So, I’ll just cook a few nice dishes

for a while, she left her room and went to the kitchen where she started preparing the ingredients. She’d thought that Ian would hide away in his room to lick his wounds, so she planned to call him when she was done cooking. Unexpectedly, Ian came out just after she’d washed the vegetables. Frowning,

grunted. “No, I’m just prepping the

he didn’t appear sad either. As Cindy carried on with her chore, he sauntered over to

but she feels that we won’t last long, so she saved the speech.” She found it all truly intriguing. “At that time, I wanted to tell her that our

anything,” Ian said. “In the future,

disappeared. She turned and glanced

who the person is to me.” After saying this, Ian instinctively explained,