Ex-wife, Please Come Back

"I talked to Cindy and she mentioned Alice had spoken to her recently." As Jacob broached this topic, his face turned grave. He still hadn't made up his mind about Alice.

She was his ex-girlfriend but at the same time, she was also his enemy. He wished to let go of the past and start afresh.

Listening to his words, Sara simply shrugged her shoulders and said, "So what?"

The look of dissatisfaction on her face didn't go unnoticed by Jacob. However, he knew it was only normal for her to react like this. After all, Alice was his ex-girlfriend.

"That's not it. There is something else. I don't like to believe it is true, but..."

Jacob faltered for a moment. He knew Sara didn't like Alice. But he had to say what was on his mind.

However, he reminded himself to word his sentence carefully. He couldn't risk angering her. He went on, "Cindy told me that Alice wanted her to return to the Shi Group and take over the position as president's assistant. Do you know what this means?"

As he finished speaking, Sara slowly began to register what he was driving at. But she wasn't going to say it out loud.

She shook her head and said, "What?" She was curious to learn if Jacob's thoughts would mirror hers.

"My guess is Jonathan wants to know what happened to me in the past. He is using Cindy as his accomplice. There is another theory. Perhaps he wants something from me. After all, Cindy was my assistant. She knows almost everything about me,"

Jacob said, waiting to gauge her reaction before continuing.

He worried his next words would hurt Sara. But he didn't have any choice.

He let out a sigh. He wondered why he had such bad taste in the past.

Sara's clear eyes stared at Jacob.

"Is there something more you would like to add?" she asked. She wished to hear it all.

know why it was Alice who asked Cindy to return. Why didn't Jonathan or someone else from the company do it?" For a split second, he was lost in thought.

make Alice a pathetic woman. He couldn't believe

sad exactly, but he felt a sort of revulsion. Alice seemed like the kind of

it if it hadn't been for

been blind to her flaws. Alice wasn't the good woman he had imagined her to be. She was a greedy woman. Jacob shook his head. He wished he hadn't known how bad she was.

mean Alice works in the Shi Group?" Sara guessed. She always detected something strange about Alice.

she chose to work in the company right after Jacob left was indeed

right now. She wanted to pass this

his gaze on the road. Sara regarded him and noted he seemed eerily calm. Even his tone was casual. It was not the first time that such a thing had

his words. It seemed completely possible. In fact, these were exactly her

some reason, hearing him say it made her happy.

what do you think of this

it, he seemed quite cool about the whole matter. If Alice's intention had been to

she is an attention seeker," she said, waving

help but laugh at

I thought. Sara, we have similar thoughts. They

he was feigning it. "Well, stop pretending. If you are sad, you can show it. There is no point in acting so cool!" she said.

him for a second but after that, he went back to laughing, this time even louder. "Hahaha! Sara, you're so funny. Why should I

keep this question to himself. He asked, "Are you jealous? When I spoke about Alice, I did it because I like telling you things. Please don't misunderstand. She is free to

"I can't believe

made him embarrassed. She had a point.

which he had no answer. She stared at him, as if she was

seriously!" Sara touched her forehead with her hand. Her mind flitted to a different subject. She wondered whether the

occupy her mind. She thought about herself and her family. Alice was one of those unimportant topics

After all, they weren't friends nor were they related to each other. Jacob was the only thread that bound them

thought this news about Alice was bothering him. That made her

that he loved