Chapter 712At first, John was a little nonchalant, but his face turned solemn as he looked through the pictures,
especially when he came to the last one. Pausing, he told her to wait for a moment and left the room.
Knowing exactly what he was going to do, Sophia waited until he was gone before going into the
bathroom and saw that he had thrown all the clothes he was wearing earlier into the bin, including his
jacket and shirt. After she had seen that, she twirled around and went out.
Standing at the top of the staircase, she watched silently as John compared the angle of the last
picture, trying to find out where it was taken.
In the end, he stopped at the side of the door panel and scrutinized the panel carefully. In just a few
seconds, he picked something out from between the pattern gaps of the panel.
Sophia had already guessed it as well, actually. She didn’t think that she would have missed it if
someone stood that close to her and even took a picture of herself. So, that would only mean that she
was being monitored. Despite that, she wasn’t afraid and thought that the other party was rather
capable.
Clenching the device in his hand, the look on John’s face turned grim. Even though Husky managed to
sneak into the house last time, he was obviously not a proficient person in his job. On the other hand,
this person proved to be a bigger threat than him although he or she had only reached their doors.
After staring at the panel for a while, he was now fully awake and saw Sophia when he turned around
and lifted his head. As she stood by the handrail with a calm expression, the look on her face made him
feel as though his heart was being crushed. It felt a little bitter and uneasy at the same time. novelbinAscending the staircase slowly, he paced over to her side and stroked her face. “Are you afraid?”
Sophia grinned. “There’s nothing to be afraid of.”
The edges of his lips curled up into a smirk, and he sighed. “Let’s go back to the room.”
When they returned to the bedroom, Sophia naturally crawled back into bed while John sat leaning on
the headboard as he texted. Even though the buzzing sound of his phone vibrating wasn’t noisy, it was
considered loud compared to the silence she experienced last night. But it was exactly in this
environment that she inexplicably fell asleep again peacefully.
After he was done sending his texts, John lowered his gaze and saw her curled up and sleeping
soundly beside him. As he stroked her hair like she was a kitten, she must have been sleeping
comfortably and wriggled closer to him.
Putting away his cell phone, he lay down as well and pulled her into his embrace. He closed his eyes
and felt her belly. There was nothing, really, but he had an ineffable feeling that her belly had gotten
bigger. A relieved sigh escaped his lips, and his heart suddenly felt at ease.
And so, the both of them fell asleep until Matilda came knocking on their door.
It was John who woke up first, and he realized that it was time to start the day when he saw the time.
Opening the door, he looked at Matilda and whispered, “Let’s wait a little longer. It seems like she didn’t
sleep well last night.”
Matilda glanced into the room and nodded. “Alright, then I’ll prepare breakfast and bring it upstairs. Tell
her to wash up so she can continue sleeping after eating.” He nodded after a moment of hesitation. “Okay.”
After Matilda went downstairs, he prepared a damp towel to clean Sophia’s face, and she woke up with
half-opened eyes. “Is it time to wake up?”
“Yeah, wake up and brush your teeth. Breakfast will be sent upstairs in a while, and you can go back to
bed after eating. But don’t sleep too much in the day, or you won’t be able to sleep again at night.”
Sophia shot him a look and murmured, “You’re such a nag.”
Chuckling, he said, “Yeah, I’m a nag, but only to you.”