Chapter 21


    After Zack’s departure, the room fell into silence for a while. Sophia didn’t feel like talking, while John


    was a man of few words. She tried to read some entertainment news on her phone, but it was


    impossible. She felt skittish when John didn’t appear, but when he did, for some reason, she got more


    nervous.


    This was a frustrating feeling, for it was just like when they were married. She would long for his return,


    but when he did, she pretended not to care. This is one annoying feeling. After turning things over in


    her mind, she put her phone down. “Thank you for what you didst night,” she said.


    “I would have done it no matter who it was.” John nced at her.


    Sophia nodded. “I still want to thank you. I—”


    Before she could finish, his phone rang. John looked at it and stood up. “Rest up. I’ll need to take this.”


    Sophia grunted and looked outside, but after he left the room, she looked back. A momentter, she


    went to the room’s doorstep. The door was ajar, and John was taking the call right outside. She


    couldn’t hear who the caller was, but John’s voice was audible.


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    John said, “Yeah. I need to stay here for a bit. Something came up.” The caller then said something,


    much to John’s curiosity. “Isabelle? I’ll handle it once I return.”


    Sophia froze. She might not have seen who Isabelle was, but she’d heard mention of her name


    frequently. All of the naysayers in the Constance household would mention this name every time they


    gossiped about Sophia.


    Sophia knew if she hadn’t married John, he would have married Isabelle, for she was his fiancée. In


    other words, Sophia took John away from her. Old Mr. Constance insisted on this marriage, so John


    canceled his wedding with Isabelle and married her instead.


    Sophia lowered her gaze and, after some contemtion, went back to the bed. Ward was a


    superstition anyway, and she couldn’t keep someone who married her against his own will.


    Now she lost him, and he started contacting Isabelle again. Funny, really. I’m a clown in the grand


    scheme of things.


    It ended up being a long call, and when John came back in, she was already lying on the bed, her eyes


    closed, her breathing stable. John thought she was asleep, so he walked to the sofa quietly.


    Only, Sophia wasn’t asleep actually, for she wasn’t tired. She merely thought there was nothing to say


    between them anymore. If it was in the past, she would have been delighted at the chance to be in the


    same room as him.


    He was busy, and he didn’t care about her, so he never spent time with her. Now that they were


    divorced, she had this chance to be alone with him, but s, everything changed.


    Sophia sighed silently, then she turned her back on John. Oblivious to what she was thinking, John


    scrolled through the itinerary on his phone. After skimming through it, he looked up at Sophia and


    frowned.


    John waited for a long time, but eventually Zack came back, and with dinner. He wasn’t lying, but when


    he saw them being so distant, Zack’s face fell. He put their food on the coffee table and pointed at


    Sophia, asking softly, “When did she fall asleep?”


    John leaned back on the sofa, resting his eyes. “Since you went out.”


    Hearing that, Zack looked back at Sophia with disappointment.