Ex-wife, Please Come Back

Chapter 300 Rest Assured

Even if he had to use his last bit of strength, Jacob decided to steel himself and that he would still hold on until the end.

The road was long, but never lonely. He had his own lover and family to support him along the way. The sheer difficulty of the task didn't bother him. He believed that as long as he continued to work hard, everything would pay off in the end.

Hard work might not necessarily pay off in the real world, but it was better than nothing. It was miles better than not doing anything at all to defend what was rightfully his.

He took another sip of his tea and began to read the documents one after another.

He frowned as he observed the documents piled up on the table. These were the new plans made by the directors, and some of them were the company's annual report.

These reports represented the company's future and performance, but as to how they were presented to him, they were nothing but a heap of numbers and words of data. Everything in this world could be expressed in the form of carefully organized data and reports.

From time to time, he would take a sip of his tea as he browsed through the files to at least replenish his energy and maintain his focus. He leaned over his hand to rest his head for a bit.

His temples were throbbing, he could totally use a head massage. He spaced out and stared into oblivion. Even though he was intently looking at the document, his mind wandered around being lost in the world of ideas.

"Knock, knock, knock."

"Come in."

He looked up and saw Cindy standing by the door. She stood there with the same anxious expression. The mixture of guilt could also be observed on her face.

"Mr. Jacob, something happened." As she spoke, she nervously walked towards his desk. She suddenly stopped as soon as she got to about one meter away from the desk.

wrong?" He raised his eyebrows

found out about its

and was familiar with everything in it. Never in her entire career did she think that all her efforts would be in vain because such a trivial matter.

she was feeling was overwhelming, but she pushed through and struggled to

of cooperation, and that was a top secret document, so it was only natural to assume that whoever stole it waited for a perfect chance to strike in the most difficult times for them.

I apologize. I sifted through a

the same, but one could tell it was gradually

for any of this to grow even more complicated than it already is. It wouldn't be of much use for others who took that file, so you don't

almost no trace of blaming

make sure to take the blame and willfully resign. I'm willing to be punished for my grave mistake of neglecting my

a tremendous sense of guilt, and all

of anything

noticed this, and he couldn't help but feel a growing sadness in his heart. He knew what impact she had done for the company, and he was in no position to decide that one mistake would outweigh all

a saint. Everyone would make mistake at some point of their lives, especially something like this. Besides, there was no reason for him to think that everything was

damn well that it's not an easy task for me to find a good assistant that can fill your shoes. Even if you can't find the file, I'll try my best to solve it myself. Don't blame yourself for this, do you understand?" he explained.

allowed him to feel that he

kept the document where it's safe. I locked the door, but

was not because of guilt. Her sobbing was more of a response to her being moved by his mercy.

than anyone. Every day, he had to do more things many times over than most employees within the company. Ironically, they were the ones most bitter about the

pinnacle of the corporate world must be that she or he had worked tenfold than

hard to achieve the comfort that they deserved. She

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