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.

Why didn't Jonathan or someone else from the company do it?" For a split second,

a hunch. If that turned out to be true, it would make Alice a pathetic woman. He couldn't believe the woman

wasn't sad exactly, but he felt a sort of revulsion. Alice seemed like the kind of woman

hadn't been for

had imagined her to be. She was a greedy woman. Jacob shook his head. He wished he hadn't known how bad she

in the Shi Group?" Sara guessed. She

victory and success. The fact she chose to work in the

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

seemed eerily calm. Even his tone

In fact, these were exactly her thoughts. She hadn't dared to

some reason, hearing him say it made her

you think of this

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

she said, waving her hand dismissively.

couldn't help but laugh

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

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

a second but after that, he went back to laughing, this time even louder. "Hahaha! Sara, you're so funny. Why should I be sad? What have I got to do with

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 be with whoever

sounded genuine. Sara stared at him and stuck out her tongue. "I can't believe you dated her! Why did you have such a terrible taste

embarrassed. She

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

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

had other things to occupy her mind. She thought about herself and her

didn't even enjoy hearing about her. After all, they weren't friends nor were they related to each other. Jacob was the only thread that bound them together as enemies.

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

deep down, she knew he had no feelings for that woman. However, the fact that