The Returning EX (John and Sophia) novel Chapter 43

 

 

 

After Old Mr. Constance passed away, Old Mrs. Constance’s health rapidly declined. Therefore, she had been practicing vegetarianism, meditation, and Buddhism at the Constance Residence during this period.

 

First, John asked after Old Mrs. Constance. Then, he went into the main topic. “Grandma, I have something I would like to discuss with you.”

Old Mrs. Constance replied, “Go on. What is it that’s making you so serious?”

The last time he had been so formal and serious, he had informed the family that he was going to divorce Sophia. Even now, she could clearly recall the determination in his expression and his gaze at the time.

To be honest, she disapproved of John and Sophia’s divorce. Just like how she had not approved of John’s marriage to Sophia. In her opinion, marriage was not a game.

Moreover, she did not believe in the concept of using an auspicious event to flush away the ‘bad luck’ of a critically-ill patient and curing them in the process.

In the beginning, when Old Mr. Constance first brought up the idea of breaking off the marriage agreement with the Baileys and marrying Sophia instead, she had been the first to oppose the idea.

However, John later gave in to his grandfather’s wishes after much consideration.

 

In the end, Old Mr. Constance passed away anyway.

After that, John announced that he was going to divorce Sophia. As usual, she was the first to oppose it.

As part of the older generation, her attitude toward marriage was much more sincere. She believed that one should harden their resolve to be partners for life after having decided on marriage in the first place.

 

Later, everybody in the Constance Family agreed to the divorce, except her. Coupled with John’s determined attitude, she said nothing more. At the end of the day, it was her grandson’s personal affairs. It wasn’t good for her to interfere too much in them.

John was silent on the phone for a moment before saying, “I encountered some issues here, and my marriage with Sophia might affect the outcome. So, I’m hoping that the family will not spread the news of my divorce with Sophia.”

Old Mrs. Constance was taken aback. “What’s wrong? What happened?”

Unfortunately, this matter wasn’t something that could be explained in brief.

Thus, John breathed out heavily. “Once I return, I will explain it to you in full. Right now, can you help me suppress this information?”

She understood what he meant by suppressing the news.

On the second day after John’s divorce, Mrs. Constance wanted to announce it to the world and immediately arrange for his marriage with the young lady of the Bailey Family. Hence, if he wanted to suppress the information about his divorce with Sophia, the first person they had to deal with was Mrs. Constance.

Old Mrs. Constance sighed. “I might not know what problems you ran into, but I will talk to your mother and make her see reason. Don’t worry about that.” Then, she added, “To be honest, there is no need for you and Sophia to go this far.”

He said nothing in reply.

 

 

She had already said whatever she could say to persuade him. Thus, she left it at that after saying that one sentence. “Alright; don’t worry about the matters at home. I will help you settle them. Your mother might give little regard to the opinions of others, but she will still listen to what I have to say.”

After that, he thanked her and ended the call.

 

John sat in the study for a long time in a daze before Zack finally returned. However, Sophia did not come along.

According to Zack, she was feeling unwell. So, she returned to take some medicine.

Zack was still extremely disgruntled. “Isn’t the Infinity Group acting far too shamelessly? I knew the incident this time around would be related to President McCaw. No matter how little his employees cared for authority, they wouldn’t go so far as to drug you.”

During the party that night, he had the feeling that something was amiss. President McCaw had continuously clung to him and tried to get him drunk. In the end, he only managed to escape by excusing himself to the restroom.

Sitting opposite John, Zack said, “If their plan the other day had succeeded, I’m certain the terms of our cooperation would be vastly different by now.”

If John had slept with that female employee the other day, there was no saying whether they could get rid of her in the future. Furthermore, they would have been led by the nose throughout the entire process of the cooperation this time.

John had not expected it either. The other party was such a large company; it was unbelievable that they would stoop to such underhanded methods at a time like time.

Although he had experienced all sorts of dirty tricks while in the business, it was the first time the other party began playing dirty from the beginning and without any warning whatsoever. Therefore, he had been caught off guard.