The Returning EX (John and Sophia)

Sophia thought John wouldn’t come anymore, but she thought wrong. He came that very afternoon, and he brought fruits with him too. When he arrived, Sophia was playing blackjack with Zack.

John stopped at the doorstep. The door was ajar, and he could hear what they were talking about. From the sound of it, Sophia was fine now; she could even laugh. “I don’t need a caretaker. I’ve been in the doctor’s office because of this condition more times than I care to remember. It’ll take me a couple of days, but I’ll be fine.”

Zack had a strip of paper on his face, and it dangled around when he talked. “That’s because you don’t take care of it. The doctor told me so. Can you take this seriously?”

Sophia smiled. “I’m winning this.”

Zack looked at his cards and tossed them away. “Yeah, I give up.” He continued, “Say, the boss doesn’t know about this, does he? I don’t think he knew about your condition until last night.”

Sophia tossed her cards onto the bed. “Yep. He knows nothing about this at all.”

“You’ve been married to him for a year, and he knows nothing about this?” Zack mumbled.

normal. He doesn’t know much about me

did you get through all

“Maybe because I let everything slide.” She looked down. “If I have to dwell on every little thing he did or didn’t do, I’d have a heart attack on top of

stared at Sophia from outside. He had always seen this smile of hers before this; it looked fake, but also

sitting on the bed together, but

at Zack. “If I did, you wouldn’t have gossiped about me

awkwardly, but Sophia didn’t return it. After seeing John, she couldn’t even smile, but John didn’t mind. “The partner has run into some problems. Maybe they’re trying to change

arched his eyebrow. “We’re staying?” He looked at

them, nor did she hear what John said. All she did was look outside the window. She

that’s nice.” He meant for Sophia to hear that. “Mrs.… I mean, Sophia

it’s getting late, so

to give them some space. John should know that too, but none of them

quickly left the room. After closing the door, he looked inside through the window. John was sitting

Zack sighed. What are they doing? They don’t have to be so awkward even if