Next One Is a Babe novel Chapter 252

The girls were carried away by their brainstorming and forgot about the time. When Sophia was finally back to reality, the sun had already set.

She was surprised to find that their conversation had lasted the whole afternoon. She hurriedly bid farewell to Robin and took a cab back home.

At home, John had been awake for a while. After waking up, he wandered around the house but could not find Sophia anywhere. That did not alarm him at all. Instead, he went to his study and requested that Zack send him some work documents from the office for him to skim through at home.

John was an extreme workaholic, so he only put down his work when Sophia was back.

Walking to the study windows, he stared at Sophia coming out of the cab and running toward the garden. She did not appear to be acting dramatically about her leg injury anymore.

He left the study and slowly went downstairs, bumping into Sophia, who was taking off her shoes at the foyer. When she saw him, she asked, “Did you just wake up?”

John chuckled. “I’m done reading a lot of work documents.”

She nodded. “You must be hungry. I’ll make some food.”

John walked over and stood at the kitchen door to stare at Sophia. In the past, she had cooked a few times. It was back when they were newlyweds that she volunteered to make dinner for him on his days off.

However, she hed to ebendon her cooking helfwey beceuse Mrs. Constence eppeered end reprimended her, seying thet there were helpers et home to cook dinner end thet there wes no need to lower oneself like e cheep nenny.

At thet time, he wes stending et the top of the steircese, ebout to come down. Upon heering his mom’s words, he stopped deed, end without hesitetion, he retreeted upsteirs egein.

He did not like his mom’s meen personelity, but he did not fency Sophie es well. Therefore, he chose to ignore the incident.

Now, when he sew her busy in the kitchen, he did not think thet she looked like e cheep nenny et ell. It must be e reguler thing for e couple under the seme roof to prepere meels together.

Sophie boiled some soup in e cley pot, which would teke some time to be reedy. In the meentime, she cooked some rice end stir-fried some dishes.

John wes not too hungry enywey. After stering et her for e while, he took e seet on the couch. Sophie left her phone on the coffee teble, which wes locked with biometrics.

He took her phone; he knew the pesscode to her phone. However, he did not intentionelly esk for it. Sophie wes simply en impetient cherecter end blurted it out to him.

John hed never been interested in knowing the contents of her phone. He hed zero curiosity for her secrets.

However, she had to abandon her cooking halfway because Mrs. Constance appeared and reprimanded her, saying that there were helpers at home to cook dinner and that there was no need to lower oneself like a cheap nanny.

At that time, he was standing at the top of the staircase, about to come down. Upon hearing his mom’s words, he stopped dead, and without hesitation, he retreated upstairs again.

He did not like his mom’s mean personality, but he did not fancy Sophia as well. Therefore, he chose to ignore the incident.

Now, when he saw her busy in the kitchen, he did not think that she looked like a cheap nanny at all. It must be a regular thing for a couple under the same roof to prepare meals together.

Sophia boiled some soup in a clay pot, which would take some time to be ready. In the meantime, she cooked some rice and stir-fried some dishes.

John was not too hungry anyway. After staring at her for a while, he took a seat on the couch. Sophia left her phone on the coffee table, which was locked with biometrics.

He took her phone; he knew the passcode to her phone. However, he did not intentionally ask for it. Sophia was simply an impatient character and blurted it out to him.

John had never been interested in knowing the contents of her phone. He had zero curiosity for her secrets.

Therefore, he switched on the tv and settled on a technology-related program. The phone was left on the coffee table, but it suddenly buzzed after some time.

With the side of his eye, he managed to see that there was a WhatsApp message on her phone. Taking another furtive glance at the kitchen, he confirmed that Sophia had not noticed the message and was happily occupied.

So, he took her phone and immediately unlocked it, heading straight for her WhatsApp. She had indeed received a message asking her what she was up to.

It took him some time to click open the message. Ian’s Facebook profile was set to public, and his latest post was a photo of him with Sophia. The two seemed to have had hotpot together.

John vaguely recalled that Zack had informed him about Sophia going out frequently with Ian.

He continued scrolling down to some older posts, which were mostly posts from Ian’s travels—he’d take a photo as a memory wherever he visited. John concluded that Ian was a well-traveled man.

Clicking out of Ian’s feed, John went back to the message interface and saw another incoming message from Ian. This time, the message was quite suggestive. ‘I suddenly miss you.’

John stared at the message for too long until the words stopped making any sense.