Both of them took a stroll down the road without any specific destination in mind and they arrived at a fork after a while.
Ian pulled Cindy to the left, but he suddenly froze after taking a few steps.
She noticed the sharp change in his behavior and quickly turned around, only to realize that Peter was with the girl who fancied him and they were close by.
When he saw Ian and Cindy together, his expression immediately became solemn, but he did not pull a long face.
On the contrary, the girl was rather elated to see them and she looked at Cindy with an air of vindication and sarcasm.
It was something that Cindy was unwilling to care about. I have no clue what she is so proud of.
Nevertheless, she broke the silence and asked Peter, “Are you involved in extracurricular activities again?”
He shook his head. “Nope. I have something else to attend to, so I’m not joining the activities today.
Cindy nodded. Then, Ian shot a glance at the girl next to Peter while still holding Cindy’s hand. “Is this your girlfriend?”
After hearing the question, a stunned Peter quickly explained, “No, she’s just a friend of mine from the clubs and societies at school.”
The girl’s facial expression stiffened, but she did not say a word.
“I see,” Ian responded. “I thought she’s your girlfriend.”.
Peter had most likely misunderstood what Ian meant, so he immediately made himself clear again.
As he looked at Cindy, he said, “I’m not someone with such low standards that I will confess to you while having a girlfriend. And I’m also not such a casual person to immediately look for another girl to replace the void after you rejected me.”
Upon hearing that, the girl’s eyes widened. Apart from her stiff facial features, she also looked shocked.
Cindy smiled. “Don’t get me wrong. We aren’t implying anything.”
It was most likely that Peter did not want to face them. He merely nodded at her and walked past them in large strides without saying another word.
Meanwhile, the girl quickly followed behind him. When she passed by Cindy, she shot a fierce glare at her.
However, Cindy snorted in laughter without a second thought and pouted at her. What can she do? Comparison is the thief of joy.
After Peter and his female companion walked far away, Ian snorted. “I never expected him to be rather clever.”
Cindy raised her hand to punch his shoulder. “Why are you like this? You don’t have to say certain things since there’s nothing between both of us.”
Ian wrapped an arm around her shoulder. “I know, but I’m definitely unhappy that he still has you in his mind.”
She snorted coquettishly. Actually, I quite like how Ian gets jealous over me.
Both of them took a turn outside and bought some fruits before they went back home.
As Aurora was still in her room, his phone rang the minute he placed the fruits on the kitchen countertop.
It was an unfamiliar number, which made him frown.
Ian didn’t want to answer it because it was a general rule of his not to pick up any calls with unfamiliar numbers.
However, after the phone stopped ringing, he received a message.
‘I’m your dad.’
A long time ago, Ian had deleted all the contacts from the Morgan Family and he did not even remember Bryce’s number.
Upon seeing the message, Ian froze as he never expected that Bryce would contact him.
After sending the message, Bryce called once again and Ian answered this time.
As soon as the call connected, Bryce said, “It seems like you didn’t even save my number.”
Ian did not deny that and agreed, “There’s no need for that. If the incident didn’t happen this time, we wouldn't be contacting each other anyway.”
Bryce sighed. “Why do you always say something so hurtful? Even if you don’t spell it out for me, I can still understand things.”
Beating around the bush was something that Ian was bad at. “I’m just stating the facts. I thought you loved hearing them.”
In the past, it was true that Bryce liked to listen to the cold, hard truth. After all, he had experienced many cases of backstabbing and cheating in the business field, so he didn’t like it when others were beating around the bush.
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...