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 from the company do it?" For

true, it would make Alice a pathetic woman. He couldn't believe the woman he had loved at one point would be so

seemed like the kind of woman who was willing to do anything

if it hadn't been for the solid evidence that came from

irrefutable. He had been blind to her flaws. Alice wasn't the good woman he had imagined her to be. She was a greedy woman. Jacob shook his head. He wished he hadn't

Group?" Sara guessed.

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

She wanted to pass this message

the road. Sara regarded him and noted he seemed eerily calm. Even his tone was casual. It was not

In fact, these were

some reason, hearing him say it made her

do you think of this whole

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 miserably. Jacob

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

help but laugh at her nonchalant response.

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

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.

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

When I spoke about Alice, I did it because

can't believe you dated her! Why did

embarrassed. She

was a question to which he had no answer. She stared at him, as if she was expecting an

a few seconds passed, she said, "All right, all right! I 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

her

weren't friends nor were they related to each other. Jacob was

first, she thought this news about Alice was bothering him.

she knew he had no feelings for that woman. However, the fact that he loved her at