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.

to 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

pathetic woman. He couldn't believe the woman he had loved at

Alice seemed like the kind of woman who was willing

it hadn't been for the solid evidence that came from the previous investigation.

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. Living in

Shi Group?" Sara guessed. She always detected something

work in the company

She wanted to pass

seemed eerily calm. Even his tone was casual. It was

these were exactly her

some reason, hearing him say it made

think

Alice's intention had been to insult and degrade him, then she had failed miserably. Jacob didn't give

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

couldn't help but laugh at

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

was feigning it. "Well, stop pretending. If you are sad, you can show it. There is no point

stunned him for a second but after that, he went back to laughing, this time even louder.

want to anger her but he couldn't keep this question to himself. He asked, "Are you jealous? When I spoke about Alice, I did it because I like telling you things.

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

made him embarrassed.

to which he had no answer. She stared at him,

leg. Look at you! You have taken my question so seriously!" Sara touched her forehead

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

they related to each other. Jacob was the only thread

she wasn't blaming Jacob for it. At first, she thought this news about Alice was bothering him. That made

fact that he