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 return. Why didn't Jonathan or someone else from the

that 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

sad exactly, but he felt a sort of revulsion. Alice seemed like the kind of

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

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

mean Alice works in the Shi Group?" Sara

victory and success. The fact she chose to work in

now. She wanted to pass this message

and noted he seemed eerily

seemed completely possible. In fact, these were exactly her thoughts. She hadn't dared to say it out loud.

reason, hearing him say it made her

think

he seemed quite cool about the whole matter. If Alice's intention had

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

but laugh at her nonchalant response.

Sara, we have similar thoughts. They are right, great minds indeed think alike."

are sad, you can

that, he went back to laughing, this time even louder. "Hahaha! Sara, you're so funny. Why should I be sad? What

He asked, "Are you jealous? When I spoke about Alice, I did it because I like telling you

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

embarrassed.

question to which he had no answer. She stared

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 Sri Lanka

herself and her family. Alice was

enjoy hearing about her. After all, they weren't friends nor were they related to each other. Jacob was

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

woman. However, the fact that he loved her at one point was something she didn't like to think