Female Novel
Chapter 521
For the next two days, John didn’t show up at all. He was probably busy dealing with the sordid affairsrelated to his family. At night, when Sophia closed the store and was about to part ways with Robin atthe entrance, the latter turned around to look at her. After some consideration, she said, “Sophia, whenI came in for work last time, I saw Mr. Constance and another woman having breakfast together. Ithought it over for a while and decided to tell you.”
Astonished, Sophia turned to stare at Robin. A pause later, she said, “It’s normal. John is popularamong ladies. It’s not abnormal to see him with a woman.”
Robin observed her face. “Aren’t you sad? I thought you haven’t let go of him.”
Faced with Robin’s words, Sophia laughed. “I’m not sad, for I’ve started my new life. As for John, well,he is history.”
Robin seemed relieved after getting the response. “I was hesitating to tell you. Maybe I wasoverthinking.”
After they parted ways, Sophia didn’t hail a cab but walked down the path leading home. If John hadbreakfast with a woman, it must’ve been Isabelle. There could be no one else. Well, that’s good. It’sreally good.
The next day, Sophia went to work, and she saw someone at the storefront as she approached theentrance. Feeling surprised, she slowly walked up, and her face fell when she registered the identity ofthe curious passerby. novelbin
Matilda was staring at the sign of her store deep in thoughts. Sophia stood beside and remained silent,
waiting for the lady to notice her. After observing the sign for some time, Matilda finally turned aroundand was instantly shocked by Sophia’s presence, which prompted her to snap, “Why are you standingthere like a ghost? Are you trying to scare me to death?”
Sophia rolled her eyes at Matilda and went up to open the doors. “Why are you here? Are you gettingbreakfast?”
Matilda followed her into the store and looked around. “Business looks fine.”
She stood there for a little while and saw a few customers trickling in. Without a word, Sophia movedinto the bar counter, where Robin was already working. The latter was completely taken aback whenshe noticed Matilda. After all, Robin had rewatched the video online a few times and recognizedMatilda’s face.
Without even looking at Robin, Matilda checked every single detail in the store and wandered over tothe front of the counter. “Did John come here lately? Is he here often?”
Sophia was knocked off her feet by the sudden question, whereupon she tidied the bar while replyingwith questions, “Are you looking for him? Why don't you just call him? Why are you asking us here?”
Matilda then pursed her lips silently for some time. She did make calls to John, but he refused to pickthem up. She made countless calls to him over the two days, but he remained unreachable.
With just a glance at Matilda, Sophia immediately understood what was going on, and she flashed asmile. “John did not visit our store. I haven’t seen him for days. If you really can’t get hold of him, youcould go to the Constance Residence or the Constance Group.”
Matilda instantly looked away. She had visited both places suggested by Sophia, but she had no gutsto enter either one. At the Constance Residence, she was fearful of running into the members of thefamily. The wives of the second, third and fourth Constance Families had all been yelled at by her inthe past. Now that she had fallen from grace, those women might look at her with judgmental eyes. Thereason she didn’t want to show up at the Constance Group was because of the viral video from before,which embarrassed even herself. Those employees must have watched the video too, so she had noguts to walk in and look for John.
Therefore, she merely lingered at the entrances of the two locations. And she indeed ran into John.However, in each encounter, John was surrounded by people, and she could not make her way closerto him.
Sophia was immersed in her work. “If you want to wait for him over here, I guess you’ll be disappointed.He won’t come in.”