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Matilda shot Sophia a glare. “I am worried about my son! No thanks to you, but what if he got injured?”
Although she seemed as malignant as ever, Sophia couldn’t help but huff a laugh. She’s always like this. Tough on
the outside, but feeble on the inside.
Meanwhile, John got another call, so he left the room. Pondering on the situation, Matilda closed the door before
approaching Sophia. “Are you really alright? Do you need to do a checkup? You don’t seem alright to me.”
Sophia knew going to the hospital was out of the question. Otherwise, John would know she was pregnant, so she
shook her head. “I’m fine. I’m feeling better now.”
Heaving a sigh, Matilda went on, “You should stay at home at night. There are all kinds of people out there, and
even if none were there to get you, you might still get hurt if someone carelessly bumped into you.” Without
realizing it, Matilda was nagging at Sophia again.
Sophia was looking closely at her, not exactly used to how the latter was behaving. “It’s getting late, so you should
get some rest. Everything is settled on my end, so I would like to sleep now.”
Matilda caught herself nagging before standing up. “Okay, you should go to bed. I will be checking up with John.”
Slightly abashed, she turned to leave, whereas Sophia lay down after switching off the lights. However, the puzzling
situation was disturbing, so she had a hard time falling asleep.
When Matilda got out of the room, John was leaning against the wall while talking on his phone, a grim look on his
face. After spending some time waiting beside him, John finally got off the phone. It wasn’t until then that Matilda
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtsaid, “She’s asleep now, so let’s talk downstairs.”
With a nod, John followed her downstairs. As soon as they settled down, Matilda questioned with a frown, “Are you
sure that man did it on purpose? Might it be an accident, or perhaps he wasn’t paying attention to his
surroundings?”
Shaking his head, John answered, “Although I know nothing of their purpose, the man must be a hired thug. Just
take a look at his phone.”
John handed the phone to Matilda, and displayed on the screen was a message that was sent after the incident. It
consisted of a curt message that wrote: ‘Is it done?’ It was as out of the blue as it was fishy, being sent using the
number that made the last call on the call log. John already had someone investigate the owner of the number.
Matilda spent some time staring at the message before putting on a morose expression. “This sure seems to
indicate that someone is behind this.”
Taking the phone from her, John toyed with it while muttering, “However, it’s odd that the culprit would commit
such a felony, as there is no point whatsoever in doing so.”
After a moment’s pause, a sophisticated look crossed Matilda’s face. While it might be pointless to do so in the past,
the situation was different now that Sophia was pregnant. The realization left Matilda feeling even worse, as nobody
should’ve known about Sophia’s pregnancy since she had been keeping it a secret. To go as far as assaulting
Sophia, Matilda wondered if the culprit had a grudge against Sophia. She told John after mulling over the situation,
“Keep your guard up while you’re here. I will be leaving now that it’s getting late.”
John didn’t think much about it and nodded. “Be careful on your way home.”
With a hum, Matilda turned to leave. Upon stepping out of the premises, she whipped out her phone while walking
on to give Isabelle a call. It took some time for the latter to pick up, and her voice sounded tired. “Hello, Ms.
Matilda.”
Matilda hummed in response before asking, “Are you busy?”
Humming in the affirmative, Isabelle explained, “I’m working overtime as the workload is heavy. Do you need
something?”
Matilda laughed before replying to her, “Not really. Just figured I should check on you since it has been a while since
we last met.”
With a sigh, Isabelle grumbled, “Oh, I have been working too much as of late. Work keeps piling up, so I’m still in the
office, and it’s killing me.”
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