The Returning EX (Sophia and John)

Chapter 2158 A Chat About Their Relationship
In Ian's eyes, she was still a young lady. Surprised by her sudden visit, he asked, "What's up? Is something the matter?"
Valerie went into the room without thinking that much. "Nah, just thought we should chat. After that little talk we had, I went home
and talked to my boyfriend, and our relationship's gotten better since then."
Ian smiled and sat down, offering the couch to Valerie. "It's normal in relationships. You guys care about each other, so you get
bothered by a lot more stuff, which necessitates more communication, as misunderstandings become a lot more frequent without
that." Misunderstandings only happened when everyone was overthinking.
Valerie nodded. "Honestly, I've been in this industry for a long time, but I've never gotten into any relationship scandals. First, it
was because I had no idea how things worked, and then I'd seen people treating the relationship matter so flippantly, leading me
to lose interest in love. And now that I have gotten into my very first relationship, I have no idea what to do or how to handle it."
Ian joked, "You haven't learned anything after seeing so many relationships, huh?"
Valerie smiled. "Yeah. I have no experience in relationships at all. I tried to talk things out, but I had no idea how to speak up.
Honestly, that was stupid of me. Everyone says you can learn more about relationships just by starting one, but that doesn't work
with me." She then asked, "So, how about you and your girlfriend? You guys seem to get along."
Ian and Cindy did get along well. Ever since they went steady, they never had any problems. First, they had no
misunderstandings; second, Cindy was a tender woman. Sometimes too gentle. Ian thought that even if she were to date
someone else, Cindy's life would get better with time anyway, just because she was gentle.
Ian grunted. "She's a very accepting lady. You know how much mess I can get myself into. It does get to her, but she never
throws a tantrum. Instead, she tries to come up with ways to help me. Sometimes, I think I'm not good at dating, either. I'm just
lucky enough to run into her, and she taught me a lot."
Just from the way he spoke of Cindy, Valerie could see that he really liked her. There was a big gap between him and Cindy, and
the public didn't think their relationship could work out, but even now, they were still going strong. It motivated Valerie. She and
her boyfriend also had some gap between them, but not as wide as the one between Ian and Cindy, and the problems they met
were way more minor. If Ian and Cindy could conquer those problems and stay strong, she thought she could do it, too.

Valerie chatted with Ian for a while, until some crew members came and prepared for the shoot. She composed herself and got
ready to work. For the last two days, she had been dragging work down because she was in the wrong mood, and it was
unacceptable for her. She was a professional, and the fact work was delayed because of her filled her with guilt. Now, she
wanted to blast through her progress. The shooting wasn't scheduled for this long. First, Ian took a leave of absence, and then
she dragged everything down, so they were behind schedule. Now that Ian had caught up with the schedule, she refused to
trouble anyone further, so she wanted to work harder.