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.

Cindy to return. Why didn't Jonathan or someone else from the company do

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

a sort of revulsion. Alice seemed like the kind of woman who was

believed it if it hadn't been for the

her flaws. Alice wasn't the good woman he had imagined her to be. She was

in the Shi Group?" Sara guessed. She always

she chose to work in the company

she is seeing Jonathan right now. She

hand was on the steering wheel and 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

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

hearing him say it made her

you think of this

matter. If Alice's intention had been

think she is an attention seeker," she said, waving her

but laugh at

I thought. Sara, we have similar thoughts. They are right,

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

second but after that, he went back to laughing, this time even louder.

I did it because I like telling you things. Please don't misunderstand. She is free to be with whoever she

her tongue. "I can't believe you dated her! Why did you have such a terrible taste

made him embarrassed. She had a

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

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

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

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.

it. At first, she thought this news

had no feelings for that woman. However, the fact that he loved her at one point was something she didn't like to think about.