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.

Jonathan or someone else from the company do it?" For a split

a hunch. If that turned out to be true, it would make Alice a pathetic woman. He couldn't believe the woman he had loved at one point would be so bad! A feeling of desolation

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

it if it hadn't been for

he had imagined her to be. She was a greedy woman. Jacob shook his head. He wished he

Shi Group?" Sara guessed.

to work in the

guess is she is seeing Jonathan right now. She wanted to pass this message to me through

he seemed eerily calm. Even his tone was casual. It was not the first time that such a thing had

seemed completely possible. In fact, these were exactly her

some reason, hearing him say it made her

do you think of this whole issue,

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

think she is an attention seeker," she said, waving her hand dismissively. She

but laugh at her nonchalant

is exactly what I thought. Sara, we have similar thoughts. They are right, great minds indeed

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.

that, he went back to laughing, this time even louder. "Hahaha! Sara, you're

you jealous? When I spoke about Alice, I did it

sounded genuine. Sara stared at him and stuck out her tongue. "I can't believe you dated

question made him embarrassed. She had a

She stared at him, as if she was expecting

so seriously!" Sara touched her forehead with her hand. Her mind flitted to a different subject. She wondered whether the trip to Sri Lanka had tanned her or

her family. Alice was one of those unimportant topics that she discarded easily.

about her. After all, they weren't friends nor were they related

wasn't blaming Jacob for it. At first, she thought this news about

for that woman. However, the fact that he loved her at one point was something she didn't like to