Cindy opened her eyes slowly, but her mind was still muddled up. Heaving a sigh, the driver asked, “Why are you crying? What have you dreamed of?”
Running her hand across her face, Cindy realized it was full of tears, which she wiped away hastily using her shirt. “I had a scary nightmare, so thanks for waking me up.”
The driver didn’t think much of it while he chuckled. “To be frightened by your own nightmares… You’re a little girl after all.”
Smiling, Cindy said, “I didn’t realize I was dreaming until you woke me up.” After that, she looked out of the window while changing the topic. “Is Ian not finished yet?”
The driver hummed in response. “It’s only been half an hour, so I suppose it’ll take a while more.”
With a nod, Cindy took a deep breath to suppress the overflowing emotions within her, whereas the driver leaned back into his seat with his hands on the steering wheel. “To be honest, I worked with a lot of celebrities, so I can in fact see that Ian is a little different from the rest of them.”
Startled, Cindy glanced at the driver. “How is he different? He’s the first ever celebrity whom I worked with, so I don’t really have a point of reference.”
Smacking his lips, the driver elaborated, “I just have a feeling that he never seems happy. The celebrities whom I worked with seemed to enjoy making public appearances, but Ian is different in the sense that he is merely treating it as a job.”
Upon detecting that Cindy was in a bad mood, the woman on the other side of the phone reduced her voice to a squeal. “Okay, you can send me the money as soon as you’ve got it. Mom will stop asking.” After that, the woman told her, “Take care of yourself out there. I’ll be hanging up now since phone calls are expensive.”
Without even giving a response, Cindy put her phone away after hanging up. She gave her chest a few punches to loosen herself up from feelings of grief. She had been working a job ever since she graduated from university, and while it might not be the highest paying job out there, she was earning money. However, she didn’t get to save any money despite having worked so hard. On the contrary, she was indebted to a lot of people due to a certain individual who was ready to devour her with their boundless greed whenever the opportunity arose.
Cindy stood at the entrance until the filming was done, during which it began raining. There were umbrellas in the car, so the driver handed her two of them in a hurry, whereas she opened and held one over Ian. Taking the umbrella into his hand, Ian said, “I can hold my own umbrella, so you don’t have to fuss over me.”
After that, he left for the car on his own, whereas Cindy followed suit after opening her own umbrella. Upon getting into the vehicle, they had to make their way to their next destination for a talk show. Due to heavy rain, they had to go slow. Sitting in the car, Cindy took out her phone to go through her list of contacts, only to find that she no longer had anyone to turn to for money.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Returning EX (John and Sophia)
So what happens to Ian and Cindy. Is she/ or does she get pregnant? Do they go back to the city and Ian works with Logan? Does Aurora stay in the entertainment industry or return with Ian? Terrible ending, who cares if Aurora was drinking/drunk with colleagues. What happened with Ian and Cindy?!...
Get rid of Gary. Apparently Cindy is too dumb to figure out his motives 😡...
Why are you trying to break them up when they just got together and are a loving couple. Let them stay close and move back to their true friends, Logan, Lola, John and Sophia!...
Sure hope Ian pulls his head out of his behind and works this out with Cindy. His brother needs him at the company and neither one of them truly like the celebrity life. Sophia and Lola will love her …....
I can’t wait for John to take down the Bailey’s including Isabelle so he, Sophia, William and Matilda can live in peace. Introduce Yolanda to Richard so they are out of the picture....
Ugh, don’t break up Sophia and John… they belong together and Sophia is just stubborn for no reason...
Sophia lives John, he just needs to tell her he loves her and get on with their life and family. Too much interference from others....
Sophia is so stupid....
John needs to man up, tell his mother and Isabelle to take a flying leap and confess to Sophia that he made a horrible mistake in divorcing her. This story is taking too long and once again, the bitches are looking like they are on the right side. Awful...