Cindy's mood still hadn’t improved as she had just heard all of Leah's verbal abuse over the phone, which was really unpleasant to the ears. Although it was Ian who had the upper hand in the end during the final confrontation, she was still heartbroken over him when she thought of Leah saying those words.
He now had the ability to stand up to Leah, but Cindy did not dare to imagine how he had been bullied by that family when he was still a minor.
Then, Ian gently wrapped his hand around Cindy's shoulders while saying, "Okay, let’s eat."
Aurora didn’t know anything, so she echoed at the side, "Right. Hurry up and eat. I want to return to sleep after eating. I’m bone tired."
The three of them sat down, but the atmosphere wasn’t perfect as Cindy was still rather unhappy. After a moment, Aurora could no longer stand it and turned to look at Cindy. "Cindy, if he has really bullied you, you can tell me. If it’s not appropriate for you to return the blow, I’ll do it for you."
Cindy shook her head and knew that she had been behaving inappropriately. So, she responded, "No, it’s nothing. I’m just angry when I think of those things that they said online."
"Ah, so it’s about those things. You don’t have to be so mad about that," Aurora reassured. "You’ve been with Ian for so long; I’m sure you’ve stumbled upon worse cases than this one. We have to face such things with composure. The first time when I faced such things, it made me so uncomfortable that I couldn’t sleep at night. All of it had disturbed me and made me depressed, but then, I thought I really shouldn’t allow these people to have their way and affect my emotions. We have to find our own way to deal with it.”
"Okay, I got it." Cindy nodded.
After she had her meal, she placed the dishes in the dishwasher and stood by the sink with a gentle sigh. She knew that she should not be too concerned about it. She had faced many accusations against Ian and was able to face them with composure before laughing it off. However, she was so exasperated that she wanted to swear at Leah earlier. She really had never been so angry in her life; even on that day when she quarreled with him, she didn’t have the desire to viciously slap the other person such as now.
Now that Aurora had cleared after herself, she returned to her room while Ian stood in the living room for a while before entering the kitchen. Cindy was standing with her back to him, her hands on the sink. Even if it was just a view of her back, he could see that she was still angry, but it somehow put him in a good mood.
Ian stood a few steps away from her and merely stared at Cindy's back. She had small shoulders and a slender waist, which, to Ian, made her exceptionally beautiful. However, she was still upset and didn’t even notice that he was behind her. Her thoughts were still on Leah; when Ian was deeply involved in all his scandals, Cindy had also paid attention to some other news and on the Internet, someone had indeed divulged information about the members of the Morgan Family.
At that time, she thought that Leah looked elegant and sophisticated, so she really couldn’t imagine how that woman could curse and abuse others so viciously. Perhaps it was true that beauty was all superficial.
Then, she remembered Simon, who had spilled the tea to the press. She never thought that the upper echelons were so full of ruthlessness. Although she didn’t know what kind of life Ian had lived before, she felt that the content of all those scandals were fake. After all, the Ian she knew would never have acted like that.
Ian waited behind Cindy for a long time; when he realized that she had no intention of turning around, he had no choice but to approach her. He took one step at a time and only stopped when his entire chest was about to press against her back.
She was still deep in her own thoughts, but after a moment, she suddenly heard the sound of breathing coming from close behind her. As she was taken aback by it, she abruptly turned to see what it was.
Since he was standing too close to her, her entire body almost fell into his arms when she turned around. However, he didn’t avoid the impact, but he simply looked down at her and asked, "What are you thinking about? You’re so lost in thought that you didn’t even realize my presence."
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...