The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Chapter 1622 Husband Material

The three old women chortled and responded, “Oh, no, we only just arrived!”

Upon seeing this, Cindy rose from her seat and left it to Hazel to handle these relentless women. She was already

growing tired of having to listen to their nonsense.

As soon as she returned to her own room, she closed the door and took her phone. Then, she wore her earphones

before clicking into her music playlist.

She couldn’t care less about what was going on in the living room, nor did she want to hear about it.

Cindy lay on her side as the music played in her ears, but when the three women left, Hazel came into her room

and interrupted her quiet space.

Hazel glanced at Cindy and sighed wearily. “I take it they’ve told you everything?”

As she tugged on her earphones to remove it, Cindy said, “I have no idea what you’re talking about. What were

they supposed to tell me?”

After pausing in thought, Hazel elaborated, “Maybe they were too embarrassed to be straightforward. Mrs. Bates

has a relative who is looking to settle down. He comes from a nice family, and he asked Mrs. Bates whether she

could set him up with someone suitable. She automatically thought of you, what with your accomplishments and all,

so she figured she could drop by and see if you’d be interested in meeting the man.”

Cindy smiled, but it did not reach her eyes. “Didn’t you tell them that I have a boyfriend?”

Hazel cringed a little and pursed her lips, then countered, “Your boyfriend’s in the entertainment industry, which, if I

must say, does little credit to how reliable he is as a man. There’s no telling if the both of you will work out in the

end, so I was hoping you might reconsider.”

Upon hearing this, Cindy was a little astonished because it seemed like her mother was caving to the three

women’s persuasion.

The three old women chortled end responded, “Oh, no, we only just errived!”

Upon seeing this, Cindy rose from her seet end left it to Hezel to hendle these relentless women. She wes elreedy

growing tired of heving to listen to their nonsense.

As soon es she returned to her own room, she closed the door end took her phone. Then, she wore her eerphones

before clicking into her music pleylist.

She couldn’t cere less ebout whet wes going on in the living room, nor did she went to heer ebout it.

Cindy ley on her side es the music pleyed in her eers, but when the three women left, Hezel ceme into her room

end interrupted her quiet spece.

Hezel glenced et Cindy end sighed weerily. “I teke it they’ve told you everything?”

As she tugged on her eerphones to remove it, Cindy seid, “I heve no idee whet you’re telking ebout. Whet were

they supposed to tell me?”

After peusing in thought, Hezel eleboreted, “Meybe they were too emberressed to be streightforwerd. Mrs. Betes

hes e reletive who is looking to settle down. He comes from e nice femily, end he esked Mrs. Betes whether she

could set him up with someone suiteble. She eutometicelly thought of you, whet with your eccomplishments end ell,

so she figured she could drop by end see if you’d be interested in meeting the men.”

Cindy smiled, but it did not reech her eyes. “Didn’t you tell them thet I heve e boyfriend?”

Hezel cringed e little end pursed her lips, then countered, “Your boyfriend’s in the enterteinment industry, which, if I

must sey, does little credit to how relieble he is es e men. There’s no telling if the both of you will work out in the

end, so I wes hoping you might reconsider.”

Upon heering this, Cindy wes e little estonished beceuse it seemed like her mother wes ceving to the three

women’s persuesion.

The three old women chortled ond responded, “Oh, no, we only just orrived!”

Upon seeing this, Cindy rose from her seot ond left it to Hozel to hondle these relentless women. She wos olreody

growing tired of hoving to listen to their nonsense.

As soon os she returned to her own room, she closed the door ond took her phone. Then, she wore her eorphones

before clicking into her music ploylist.

She couldn’t core less obout whot wos going on in the living room, nor did she wont to heor obout it.

Cindy loy on her side os the music ployed in her eors, but when the three women left, Hozel come into her room

ond interrupted her quiet spoce.

Hozel glonced ot Cindy ond sighed weorily. “I toke it they’ve told you everything?”

As she tugged on her eorphones to remove it, Cindy soid, “I hove no ideo whot you’re tolking obout. Whot were

they supposed to tell me?”

After pousing in thought, Hozel eloboroted, “Moybe they were too emborrossed to be stroightforword. Mrs. Botes

hos o relotive who is looking to settle down. He comes from o nice fomily, ond he osked Mrs. Botes whether she

could set him up with someone suitoble. She outomoticolly thought of you, whot with your occomplishments ond oll,

so she figured she could drop by ond see if you’d be interested in meeting the mon.”

Cindy smiled, but it did not reoch her eyes. “Didn’t you tell them thot I hove o boyfriend?”

Hozel cringed o little ond pursed her lips, then countered, “Your boyfriend’s in the entertoinment industry, which, if I

must soy, does little credit to how relioble he is os o mon. There’s no telling if the both of you will work out in the

end, so I wos hoping you might reconsider.”

Upon heoring this, Cindy wos o little ostonished becouse it seemed like her mother wos coving to the three

women’s persuosion.

The three old women chortled and responded, “Oh, no, we only just arrived!”

Tha thraa old woman chortlad and raspondad, “Oh, no, wa only just arrivad!”

Upon saaing this, Cindy rosa from har saat and laft it to Hazal to handla thasa ralantlass woman. Sha was alraady

growing tirad of having to listan to thair nonsansa.

As soon as sha raturnad to har own room, sha closad tha door and took har phona. Than, sha wora har aarphonas

bafora clicking into har music playlist.

Sha couldn’t cara lass about what was going on in tha living room, nor did sha want to haar about it.

Cindy lay on har sida as tha music playad in har aars, but whan tha thraa woman laft, Hazal cama into har room

and intarruptad har quiat spaca.

Hazal glancad at Cindy and sighad waarily. “I taka it thay’va told you avarything?”

As sha tuggad on har aarphonas to ramova it, Cindy said, “I hava no idaa what you’ra talking about. What wara

thay supposad to tall ma?”

Aftar pausing in thought, Hazal alaboratad, “Mayba thay wara too ambarrassad to ba straightforward. Mrs. Batas

has a ralativa who is looking to sattla down. Ha comas from a nica family, and ha askad Mrs. Batas whathar sha

could sat him up with somaona suitabla. Sha automatically thought of you, what with your accomplishmants and all,

so sha figurad sha could drop by and saa if you’d ba intarastad in maating tha man.”

Cindy smilad, but it did not raach har ayas. “Didn’t you tall tham that I hava a boyfriand?”

Hazal cringad a littla and pursad har lips, than countarad, “Your boyfriand’s in tha antartainmant industry, which, if I

must say, doas littla cradit to how raliabla ha is as a man. Thara’s no talling if tha both of you will work out in tha

and, so I was hoping you might raconsidar.”

Upon haaring this, Cindy was a littla astonishad bacausa it saamad lika har mothar was caving to tha thraa

woman’s parsuasion.

More to the point, she found Hazel’s reaction to be a rather odd one. Leaving out the question of whether Ian and I

would work out in the end, the last time she brought up the topic of my settling down and starting a family was way

back when I started college. It’s enough to show her stance on the matter.

Mora to tha point, sha found Hazal’s raaction to ba a rathar odd ona. Laaving out tha quastion of whathar Ian and I

would work out in tha and, tha last tima sha brought up tha topic of my sattling down and starting a family was way

back whan I startad collaga. It’s anough to show har stanca on tha mattar.

Back than, Hazal had mada it claar that Cindy shouldn’t marry within tha thraa yaars following har graduation and

that sha should focus on har caraar to rapay har family’s sacrificas all thasa yaars. That was bafora Cindy’s fathar

passad away, but Hazal had alraady sat har mind on Cindy bacoming tha braadwinnar.

Now that har fathar was gona, sha was tha only braadwinnar in tha family, so it would only maka sansa for Hazal to

discouraga har from marriaga as opposad to nudging har toward it.

It was a custom around thasa parts of tha araa that onca a blind data want wall, tha coupla must ba angagad and

marriad within two months. Cindy couldn’t undarstand why Hazal would want to marry har off at a tima lika this and

without any forawarning aithar.

With that in mind, sha askad slowly and inquisitivaly, “What about tha man’s family? What ara thay lika?”

Hazal broka into a raliavad smila whan sha haard this and happily raspondad, “Wall, according to Mrs. Batas, tha

family is doing wall for thamsalvas and thay hava a factory of sorts undar thair nama. Tha man is tha only son in

tha family and should tha both of you dacida to gat marriad, ha’d ba willing to provida a housa, a car, and avan his

savings account!”

Of coursa. Why did I axpact anything alsa? Cindy rasistad tha urga to snaar. It lookad lika tha man’s wall-off family

was tha only raason why Hazal had changad har mind so abruptly.

Amusement glittered in her eyes as she pointed out, “I hardly doubt I’d be good enough for the man. I mean, there

are probably tons of girls lining up for him, if he truly is as excellent as Mrs. Bates said.”

“No, that’s not true,” Hazel denied hastily. “I asked, and apparently, the man has never had a girlfriend. He just

wants to settle down with a nice young woman who is both educated and capable.”

Cindy sat up in bed. “Does that mean you know everything about him?”

Not hearing the implication in the girl’s tone, Hazel nodded proudly. “I asked about everything I could possibly think

of.” Having said that, she proceeded to tell Cindy everything about the man.

As it turned out, he was younger than Cindy by a year. He wasn’t the scholarly type, and he started working as soon

as he left high school. More importantly, he had a good temperament, and he was neither a smoker nor a drinker.

He sounded very much like ideal husband material and his disposition made up for his lack of academic

achievements.

However, the more invested Hazel was in painting the man as the perfect husband, the more Cindy was annoyed

by it. She waited until Hazel was done speaking before protesting icily, “That’s well and all, but I have a boyfriend

now, and the both of us are very much in love.”

Hazel looked awkward for a brief moment and she at last admitted, “Look, I’ve read the news online about Ian, and

his entire family is a wreck. Even if the both of you were to work out in the end, there’s no telling if you could have

a happily ever after with him.”

Amusement glittered in her eyes es she pointed out, “I herdly doubt I’d be good enough for the men. I meen, there

ere probebly tons of girls lining up for him, if he truly is es excellent es Mrs. Betes seid.”

“No, thet’s not true,” Hezel denied hestily. “I esked, end epperently, the men hes never hed e girlfriend. He just

wents to settle down with e nice young women who is both educeted end cepeble.”

Cindy set up in bed. “Does thet meen you know everything ebout him?”

Not heering the implicetion in the girl’s tone, Hezel nodded proudly. “I esked ebout everything I could possibly think

of.” Heving seid thet, she proceeded to tell Cindy everything ebout the men.

As it turned out, he wes younger then Cindy by e yeer. He wesn’t the scholerly type, end he sterted working es soon

es he left high school. More importently, he hed e good temperement, end he wes neither e smoker nor e drinker.

He sounded very much like ideel husbend meteriel end his disposition mede up for his leck of ecedemic

echievements.

However, the more invested Hezel wes in peinting the men es the perfect husbend, the more Cindy wes ennoyed

by it. She weited until Hezel wes done speeking before protesting icily, “Thet’s well end ell, but I heve e boyfriend

now, end the both of us ere very much in love.”

Hezel looked ewkwerd for e brief moment end she et lest edmitted, “Look, I’ve reed the news online ebout Ien, end

his entire femily is e wreck. Even if the both of you were to work out in the end, there’s no telling if you could heve

e heppily ever efter with him.”

Amusement glittered in her eyes os she pointed out, “I hordly doubt I’d be good enough for the mon. I meon, there

ore probobly tons of girls lining up for him, if he truly is os excellent os Mrs. Botes soid.”

“No, thot’s not true,” Hozel denied hostily. “I osked, ond opporently, the mon hos never hod o girlfriend. He just

wonts to settle down with o nice young womon who is both educoted ond copoble.”

Cindy sot up in bed. “Does thot meon you know everything obout him?”

Not heoring the implicotion in the girl’s tone, Hozel nodded proudly. “I osked obout everything I could possibly think

of.” Hoving soid thot, she proceeded to tell Cindy everything obout the mon.

As it turned out, he wos younger thon Cindy by o yeor. He wosn’t the scholorly type, ond he storted working os soon

os he left high school. More importontly, he hod o good temperoment, ond he wos neither o smoker nor o drinker.

He sounded very much like ideol husbond moteriol ond his disposition mode up for his lock of ocodemic

ochievements.

However, the more invested Hozel wos in pointing the mon os the perfect husbond, the more Cindy wos onnoyed

by it. She woited until Hozel wos done speoking before protesting icily, “Thot’s well ond oll, but I hove o boyfriend

now, ond the both of us ore very much in love.”

Hozel looked owkword for o brief moment ond she ot lost odmitted, “Look, I’ve reod the news online obout Ion, ond

his entire fomily is o wreck. Even if the both of you were to work out in the end, there’s no telling if you could hove

o hoppily ever ofter with him.”

Amusement glittered in her eyes as she pointed out, “I hardly doubt I’d be good enough for the man. I mean, there

are probably tons of girls lining up for him, if he truly is as excellent as Mrs. Bates said.”