28. An Encounter

"I had no idea that Alex was hospitalized here," Finn suddenly said from beside her. She could feel his eyes as if waiting to see if there would be any flicker of longing at the mention of the name— Sophia opened her eyes and stared at Finn and after a while, he released a deep breath and looked away—cause there was none.

"He was hospitalized a few days back."

"Oh, have the twins met him?" he asked.

"Yes," she replied.

"And he didn't say anything?"

Sophia laughed, "Aren't you being a little curious now?"

"Worried, not curious," He rolled his eyes.

She nodded.

"For the sake of my sanity and my children's safety, I love the way things have been for the past six years, and the presence of whoever wasn't there before, wouldn't change a thing. Alex is their father but he was my past. So his presence now doesn't affect me, Finn." Sophia said as the doors of the elevator opened and she stepped out.

"I have something to attend to right now, so maybe later," that was the last thing she said b