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.

Alice who asked Cindy to return. Why didn't Jonathan or someone else

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 surged in his heart.

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

been for the solid evidence that came from the previous

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 oblivion would have been better.

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

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

seeing Jonathan right now. She wanted to

seemed eerily calm. Even his tone was casual. It was not the first time

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

reason, hearing him say it

do you think of

indifferently. From the look of it, he seemed quite cool about the whole matter. If Alice's intention had been to insult and degrade him, then she had failed

she said,

help but laugh at

you are right. This is exactly what I thought. Sara, we have similar

reason, Sara thought 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.

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

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 she wants. I couldn't

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

question made him embarrassed. She had a

which he had no answer. She

was only pulling your leg. Look at you! You have taken my question 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

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

Sara didn't even enjoy hearing about her. After all, they weren't friends nor were they related to each other.

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

that woman. However, the fact that he loved her