As long as he was unmarried, then she would still have a chance. Yulia was surprised when Hannah called her earlier. She didn’t want Hannah to know that she liked Ian. Hannah was Ian’s manager after all, and if Hannah knew about her thoughts, it’d affect her relationship with Hannah.
As expected, Hannah was angry after knowing what happened, especially when she found out that Yulia was trying to work together with all the crew members from famous shows to ruin Ian’s career. They didn’t argue during the call, but the talk didn’t go well.
Yulia said she never planned on hurting Ian, but Hannah didn’t buy it. Yulia could understand why. She didn’t know what the director told Ian, but it wouldn’t have been good. Yulia didn’t ask the director though, since he was just trying to help. Not to mention she did say that Ian kept rejecting her after she gave him resources.
Everyone in the industry had a short temper, and rejection was enough to trigger an argument. The director must have tried to help her, but what happened after that was a problem for Yulia. She knew an apology wouldn’t be enough to settle it. Yulia remained in her car and pursed her lips for a while, then she looked at Ian again. “I don’t know what Felix said to you, but that was not my intention. I would never hurt you.”
Ian didn’t care about that. He thought it was a good thing that this matter was brought to attention, as it gave him a reason to tell her to stay away from him. Thanks to that, Ian looked calm, or to be precise, he was cold. “It’s fine. I don’t mind.”
Yulia had nothing to say to that. She had come as fast as she could to tell Ian that she wouldn’t hurt him even if she couldn’t get him. However, his response told her that he didn’t care about her no matter what she had in mind.
Yulia took a deep breath. “It’s fine if you don’t care, but I’m still going to make things clear. Yes, I have a short temper, and yes, I can be petty, but I would never do this to you. Felix must have misunderstood me. I’ll clear things up with them.”
Ian only looked at her in silence.
Yulia didn’t like the look he was giving her. It was alien and distant. When they first met at the photoshoot, Ian was polite with her. She had kept in touch with him after that, and he was always gentle. Yulia still couldn’t understand why and when they got distant. She had tried to get closer to him, but the gap widened instead.
Cars kept going in and out of the neighborhood, and the residents were out and about as well. Ian stopped for a moment, then he took a few steps back. I’ll be going back if you have nothing else to say. There’s a lot of people here, and it’s going to be bad for my rep if they see me talking to you.”
What? Why does he care so much about what they think? Yulia was getting angry. “Why? We’re just chatting for a bit. How’s that going to affect your reputation?”
Ian replied coolly, “I don’t care what they think, but my girlfriend will get upset if she hears about this, and I care about her opinion.”
Yulia laughed, but it was a self-deprecating one. “Fine, I get it. You’re one good boyfriend, Ian.” She rolled the window up and drove away.
Ian went back to his neighborhood. Yulia looked at him in the rear-view mirror, and she pursed her lips, but the look on her face kept changing.
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...