If Ian were being honest, he had no idea how to act in front of Cindy. He simply didn’t wish for him or Cindy to sleep on the ground, nor did he want either of them to sleep on the couch outside. That left them with one solution.
Cindy was genuinely exhausted from playing badminton earlier. Although it wasn’t an intense sport, she had never lived an active lifestyle, so she was worn out by the end of the day. After some hesitation, she finally went over to sit on the other end of the bed with her head hung low. As she listened to the sound of Ian’s game coming from his phone, she felt a little more at ease.
When Cindy took her phone and checked her notifications, she didn’t see any messages from Peter. I don’t think he’ll ever ask me to play badminton with him again. That’s good. I’ve always been bad at socializing with people, so I’d get frustrated if I had to spend more time with those people. Moreover, that girl will feel troubled if I’m around all the time. I don’t think there’s a need for that.
After that, Cindy scrolled through some of the latest celebrity gossip on the news site. There were only a few people who were still bringing up Ian’s news, and most of them were Internet trolls who repeatedly dug up past scandals and rumors that were related to Ian. Not many people were paying much attention to Ian’s news, so Cindy was relieved. Soon, she could no longer keep her eyes open, so she lay down in bed and pulled the sheets over her. She faced her back against Ian as she shut her eyes and tried to sleep.
There were two separate blankets on the bed, and Cindy figured that Ian had prepared the second one for her. She drifted off to sleep almost immediately after her head hit the pillow, but she couldn’t seem to go into a deep sleep. Every now and then, she would wake up for a short while, and she immediately noticed when Ian stopped gaming on his phone.
Although she was awake, she kept her body still and her eyes shut. Ian had decided not to play another game, so he turned his phone off and lay down with the other blanket over his body. He turned the lights off, and darkness filled the space between them. Both of them slept with their backs facing each other, and neither of them made any noise at all.
Cindy licked her lips and realized that her mouth felt rather dry. She couldn’t seem to stop replaying the scene from this morning. Ian had been lying beside her as well—their position now wasn’t much different from the position they were in. With her eyes closed, Cindy continued to entertain her thoughts for nearly 30 minutes before her sleepiness took over and sent her into a deep sleep.
On the other hand, Ian remained awake on his side of the bed. He only turned around when he heard Cindy’s breath slowing down. Cindy’s back was facing him, so all he could see was a figure under the blanket in the dark. Ian sighed. Why is this girl so hard to deal with? Most of the girls usually scream and shout when they see me. Why doesn’t she show the same interest toward me?
Ian’s thoughts left him feeling sorry for himself, and that sent him into a bad mood. Whenever he was in a bad mood, he would lose control of his actions. Before he knew what he was doing, he had already lifted his arm up, reached over, and rested his arm on Cindy’s shoulder. Although both of them were sleeping on opposite edges of the bed, the bed wasn’t huge, and he could reach her just by stretching his hand out.
Only then did he realize what he was doing. He was utterly shocked by his own actions, and he immediately tensed. Fortunately, Cindy was still fast asleep and hadn’t realized anything.
In an attempt to compensate for his actions, Ian quietly tugged Cindy’s blanket up to make sure that she wouldn’t get cold in the middle of the night. After that, he rolled over and faced his back against Cindy before letting out a long sigh.
Cindy had actually been asleep the whole time—she had used too much of her brain juice earlier today, so she slept like a dead log throughout the night. Ian took some time to calm himself down before he shut his eyes and told himself to sleep. Although he didn’t have work the next day, he would still have to see Cindy and Aurora the next morning, so he couldn’t let his guard down. Both these women are so hard to deal with, he grumbled in his heart.
Throughout the night, Cindy had an extremely long dream that she couldn’t seem to escape from.
Comments
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...