Cindy hadn’t fallen asleep just yet and she was merely resting in bed with her eyes shut. However, she couldn’t help herself and her brows were furrowed into a thin line.
Cindy hadn’t fallen asleep just yet and she was merely resting in bed with her eyes shut. However, she couldn’t help herself and her brows were furrowed into a thin line.
Ian walked toward the bed and leaned forward to look at her. “Do you have a headache? Do you want me to massage your temples?”
Meanwhile, Cindy responded with a muffled voice, “That’s not necessary.”
Despite her refusal, he went ahead anyway and he reached out to massage her temples gently as he took a seat by the bed.
Cindy could clearly tell that he wasn’t adept at giving a massage and his techniques were quite awkward, but it was quite soothing indeed.
She had intended to show her integrity and fling his hand aside, but she ended up enjoying it so she considered it for a moment before suppressing herself.
As for Ian, he spoke as he massaged her temple. “Did you have trouble sleeping last night? Was it because I was too bothersome?” He had meant to ask whether he had hugged her too tightly by asking that question.
However, Cindy’s thoughts went to something else and she grunted an affirmative response. “You were quite loud on the phone.”
Just then, he blinked his eyes in response. “I thought that you didn’t hear that. I actually purposely went out of the room to answer the call.”
Oh—they spoke on the phone too! Cindy pressed her lips together and stopped replying. It looks like there were quite a few things that I didn’t realize from last night. I wonder what they talked about last night. It must have been quite sweet. Furthermore, they had so much to talk about. They continued to text each other even after hanging up on the phone!
Meanwhile, Ian considered it for a moment before heaving a sigh. “Do you think that perhaps he was affected by my harsh words from the other day so he developed a guilty conscience?” However, his guilty conscience was reflected toward Sean and not me. Well, Sean should thank me for that, then.
Cindy was unsure of what Ian was going on about, so she lifted her head to look at him.
Ian was lost in his own thoughts so he didn’t explain himself and continued, “Is he pitiful though? I thought about this question for quite some time yesterday. I don’t think you can consider him pitiful.”
As soon as Ian finished his sentence, he smacked his lips. “I’m honestly quite surprised to know that he reflected on his past actions. He’s such a prideful man and he has always been conscious about maintaining a perfect front. Do you know what could have caused him to apologize?” After Ian said that, he hesitated and then continued, “To be honest, I would like to see the regretful expression on his face.”
Just then, Cindy blinked her eyes and she reckoned that she was right in her guess. Last night, the person who had called and texted him must have been Yulia. Yulia’s such a prideful person and she cares about the way she is portrayed in front of the public more than anything else. She has a fiery temper as well. It’s quite likely that she would lay down her pride in front of solely Ian himself.
She snorted and despite her restrain, her tone of voice was slightly scornful. “I guess that’s true. That proves how much the person cares for you.”
Ian paused for a moment because he couldn’t quite catch the meaning behind her words. “Cares for me?”
Meanwhile, Cindy could feel her temples pulsating and she no longer had the patience to continue this banter with Ian. Hence, she retorted, “Yeah! If she doesn’t care about you, then why would she call you in the middle of the night and admit her mistake? Everyone in the entertainment industry knows that Miss Noble has a fiery temper, so you should be grateful for all that she’s done. I’ll have you know that you might end up with nothing if you don’t get off your high horse.”
Just then, Ian stared intently at Cindy as his brows furrowed slightly. He was fairly certain that they were not on the same page at the moment. Anyhow, ‘Miss Noble’ was completely unrelated to his topic.
However, Ian didn’t clarify things immediately but exclaimed in surprise, “Did you hear me on the phone last night?”
How can that be possible?! Cindy was completely clueless and she had merely realized that he wasn’t in bed. She had gone out to see him texting someone in the living room.
Just then, she shut her eyes. “Didn’t you take the call outside of the room? How could I possibly have heard it then?”
Ian licked his lips and muttered softly, “Miss Noble?”
It was not necessary for Cindy to look at him to know that he must have a tender expression on his face at the moment.
He’s such a scumbag! I can’t believe that he actually held me in his arms last night! How could he? Does he think that just because we’re sleeping in the same bed, it would be quite normal to jump into each other’s arms?!
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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...