Truth be told, Ian’s recent behavior toward her suggested an intimacy that was beyond a usual relationship.
Truth be told, Ian’s recent behavior toward her suggested an intimacy that was beyond a usual relationship.
Although the two of them were pretending to be lovers, they both knew the truth behind this pretense, so certain actions between them would be inappropriate.
However, Cindy, who was bashful in nature, was shy to remind him although she knew that it wasn’t right.
Presently, Ian moved and stepped out of the room. “Let’s go and eat.”
While Cindy was following him from behind with her lips pursed, she was actually thinking about Ian’s explanation earlier. Turns out that Ian was chatting with Sean. I wondered why the two men chose to talk about those in the middle of the night, though. Instead of having a chat like that during the day, they furtively texted each other at night and caused me to think that Ian might be keeping in touch with Yulia in private.
Come to think of it, from the way he explained the situation to me earlier, did he think that I felt jealous? Cindy felt frustrated at herself at the thought. Although I indeed felt a little uncomfortable when I suspected his relationship with Yulia, I wouldn’t consider it as being jealous.
On the other hand, Aurora, who had finished preparing their meal, was going to ask them to come over to eat when she saw the two of them. “Come here! I’ve just finished preparing a meal and the two of you are here. Let’s dig in.” She smiled and waved at them as she spoke, then turned to Cindy. “Are you alright? Do you feel better now?”
Ian turned to look at Cindy and responded on her behalf, “She should be fine now since I’ve talked things out with her.”
Aurora cast him a glare from one side. “I knew it was you who provoked her. I reckoned that a girl with a temper as gentle as Cindy’s would never reveal that kind of an expression if it weren’t because of your fault.”
Ian nodded. “Yes, yes, yes. It was my fault. I promise to explain everything clearly to prevent any future misunderstandings.”
Argh! I can’t bear to continue listening to their nonsense. What kind of an expression did I reveal this morning? And what did he mean by preventing future misunderstandings? However, Cindy couldn’t find any words to refute their statements at all. So, she turned on her heels and took a seat at the dining table.
Upon seeing that, Aurora raised her hand and tapped on Ian’s shoulder twice. “You’d better behave yourself after this. Do you think that she is on her own? No, she and I are a team. You have to go through me before you even think about bullying her.”
Ian sat down next to her and responded, “Sometimes, I wonder if you are my biological mother. When I see the old man again, I have to ask him what happened with you two back then.”
Aurora snorted. “You should also ask him if he is sure that the youngest son of his is really his. That little brat seems to not inherit his cunning character at all—getting himself involved in the mess now is no different from having a death wish.”
At the mention of Simon, Cindy recalled about the incident in which Leah purposely called Ian to give him a scolding. Hence, she suddenly chimed in from the side, “Perhaps Simon really isn’t his son.”
Aurora turned to look at Cindy. Feeling satisfied with her performance, she grabbed the latter’s arm. “Cindy, you know me the best. To be honest, I hope that the brat isn’t the old man’s son; I wonder what will be his reaction when he finds out. After toying around with women outside for so many years, he was tricked by one of them. I can’t wait to see that happen,” Aurora commented in a wicked tone. Upon seeing her reaction, an initially enraged Cindy was unable to resist her laughter.
Ian raised his eyes and cast a glance at Cindy. When he had just entered the house earlier, she seemed ill and had a dark expression. However, she was currently smiling with a blush on her cheeks, which made her look very much better than before.
Hence, he couldn’t help but to speculate that Cindy’s illness earlier might have something to do with the misunderstanding that she had, whereby she thought that the person he had been in contact with yesterday was Yulia.
Upon having such thoughts, Ian felt elated and was unable to hold back the feeling of satisfaction that bubbled up inside him.
The three of them then chatted over the meal. After the meal, Aurora took out her phone in an attempt to check the news online.
Nevertheless, the moment she logged in to the website, she suddenly yelped after barely scanning through it.
Cindy immediately looked at her. “What’s the matter? What happened again?”
Aurora handed the phone to her for her to check it out. “Look at this—the media reported that Ian went to the hospital to visit the old man and they had a nice chat.”
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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...