“What are you talking about?” John found himself a spot by the table.
“We’re talking about what happened at the banquet.” There was a pause in the conversation between Sophia and Zack before Sophia smiled.
Her answer reminded John of when he left Sophia alone for a long while back then, which didn’t sit well with him. When he saw her, her head was lifted while her back was leaned against the back of a chair under a tree. The fact that her eyes were closed made her seem like she was sleeping, but it looked pitiful no matter how he thought about it.
A smile bloomed across her face when she saw him, while the resignation and relief in it happened to prick his heart. John gave a noncommittal hum as he withdrew from his memories. “What of it?”
While Zack cast a glance at Sophia, the latter chattered away, “What else could it be other than the promotional video for the schools in the mountains? While a lot of them claimed to feel bad after watching it, we doubt any of it was heartfelt or was it a ruse.”
“While their feelings were sincere, it probably lasted only for a second and would fade from memory as soon as the video ended,” John said while picking up his chopsticks.
In the meantime, another question popped out of Sophia’s mouth as she called for Zack to sit down with them while moving the food she liked before her. “Where did you go just before we left the banquet? You spent a long time away.”
“There was an upcoming session for donations, which I will still have to put some money in despite having left, so I needed to tell the host the amount that I intend to donate.”
His tone was bland, but it served to remind Sophia that the fact that he didn’t donate anything despite having attended the event would reflect badly on him, especially when he left halfway through the event.
“Why does it feel like being robbed in an alleyway while having to put up with it happily?” Sophia heaved a long sigh.
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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...