The Returning Ex

The Returning Ex Chapter 199

Sophia was trying her best to listen in on what was going on outside of her room, but the house had great soundproof mechanics. It was thus she gave up on waiting, instead opting to flip over and shut her eyes. She quickly fell into a slumber that lasted till the next morning.

Her first reaction upon waking up was to check the view outside the window. The car was still parked at the entrance, which meant John was still in the house. After washing up, she headed downstairs with plans of boiling herself some noodles, but she changed her mind as she didn’t want to waste the food she cooked last night.

She opened the fridge, only to be startled by the extra item she found in it. Upon taking it out, she figured it was a lunchbox in a plastic bag, which she found out to be true after opening it. The content within was revealed to be pork leg soup as she took off the lid, which had a frown form on Sophia’s face as she wondered if John brought it back last night. Is this for me? Ha, he seemed to have somehow become more considerate! What a surprise! she thought to herself.

However, she put it back into the fridge, instead opting to heat up the dishes she made to eat them as breakfast in the dining room. John wasn’t up until a while later, and there was a momentary pause in his movements when he saw Sophia in the dining room, but he soon proceeded to approach her. “You slept early last night.”

Sophia wore a calm expression as she looked toward him. “I only saw your message just now. I slept early last night, so I didn’t see it till then. Was there something you needed?”

“Not really,” he said while sitting down, so Sophia didn’t pry any further. She also prepared his portion for breakfast, but he didn’t seem to have an appetite.

Upon noticing that John was only sitting by the table, she asked directly, “Don’t you have work today?”

He responded by shaking his head. “It’s Saturday, so I don’t have to work.”

Sophia chuckled, but it was hard to tell if it was sincere. “You used to work even during the weekends back then.”

Her words startled John, which had him lifting his gaze to look at her. However, she didn’t meet his gaze, so he wasn’t able to determine her intentions in saying what she did. She ate quickly, and was in the process of cleaning up when John finally said, “The ring looks nice on you.”

There was a pause in her movements when she lowered her gaze to look at the ring, before letting out a grunt. “Ian picked it out for me.”

“Did he?” There was a flicker of emotion in his eyes. Sophia grunted in the affirmative, as it was true that Ian had given her the ring despite her initial protest.

He wore a smile before saying, “So that’s how it is.” RêAd lat𝙚St chapters at Novel(D)ra/ma.Org Only

She wasn’t about to guess what he meant by that as she cleaned up before going upstairs. After putting on some makeup and getting a change of clothes, she descended the stairs slowly to see him watching TV on the sofa, seemingly without eating anything. He asked as soon as he saw her walking down the stairs, “Are you going out with Ian?”

Without realizing what her thoughts really were, Sophia grunted in the affirmative despite that fact that she was planning on walking around alone. John kept his silence, during which she left the house swiftly.

She wondered where she should be going while waiting for a cab, and she had nobody to go to when she needed company, as she was without friends or family. The realization was a huge blow to her ego.

After getting on the cab, she told the driver to bring her to a mall she thought of randomly. It would be lively over there, so she decided to go there before dwelling on anything else. The roads were packed

with cars and pedestrians as it was a weekend. Sophia leaned against the seat of the cab as she observed the people outside. They seemed to not possess the same level of wealth as she did, but all of them seemed to be leading a better life than her.

She arrived at the mall after a short while as it wasn’t far away from her home. There was a plaza in front of the mall, to which families brought their kids to play at. After paying the cab, she got out of the car to step onto the plaza. The hustle and bustle of the plaza made her feel empty inside.

She walked over to sit down on the bench beside her. It was breezy, so the weather wasn’t hot, which made it pleasant to sit there. She observed a child not far away from her while leaning against the bench.

The child was rather young, so his steps were a little wobbly, but he was so eager to rush forward as he tried to run off into the distance. The child’s mother kept him safe from behind, while the father watched over them from aside. The sight of such a happy family reminded Sophia that she used to want to bear John’s child.