Ex-wife, Please Come Back

When Jonathan muttered those three words lowly, Thompson almost choked.

"What? Weren't you aware?" he asked. Shock was clearly written all over Thompson's face as he sat there with his mouth agape.

"I wasn't. I had no idea at all. I had done everything I could to get rid of him from the company. In the end, he was still able to solve it with a single word and no one could stop him," Jonathan hissed.

The man was staring fixedly at the ceiling with a blank expression. He could still clearly remember the events that happened from that day. He recalled himself standing in the crowd when Jacob shot him a meaningful look.

At the memory of his cousin's penetrating gaze, he involuntarily shivered. They held no malice nor any hints of emotion at all. It was entirely different from how the old Jacob used to look at him. In the past, the man deliberately showed his coldness towards him. During that day, however, there was not even a single ounce of it.

Jonathan's brows furrowed as his mouth turned grim. Until now, he couldn't decipher the mystery behind Jacob's expression.

He was expecting to be frustrated by his cousin's usual cold demeanor, yet it never came at all. He wasn't exactly happy as well, however. One thing that seemed to make him feel a bit more relieved was that he didn't see his cousin smiling that day. He might have felt uneasy otherwise.

"No one could stop him?" Thompson seemed to doubt what Jonathan said as he whispered those words to himself. His eyes narrowed and his hand was balled into a fist as he touched his mouth and started to think.

'Why did Jacob act that way? What was all this for?'

Brows furrowed in confusion, a lot of thoughts started to swim in his mind. He kept thinking of various possibilities, yet he wasn't able to arrive at an answer.

"There were no hints of anything strange, and he hadn't even mentioned anything out of the ordinary to anyone else?" With a baffled expression on his face, he sat up and leaned forward.

"Yes. There weren't any. When he returned that day, he directly stood in the company's meeting room and announced this matter. I had initially thought that it would take a lot of effort. However, it wasn't any difficult at all," Jonathan stated.

There was no emotion present in his face. After doing a lot of thinking, his eyes appeared distant and drained from feeling anything.

from the man's expression, Thompson knew that he wasn't lying. As

didn't think that he would resign because of the issue regarding Alice. That wasn't much of a big deal. Come to think of it, he would never resign merely because of that woman. What's even more bothering is

tried to analyze the situation in detail, the more it didn't make any sense. Jacob's choices were a complete mystery.

know. I don't know anything! That's why I feel depressed. I don't even know how I defeated him," Jonathan

relaxed demeanor transformed into

who would win or lose this time around, he kept silent for the sake of his accomplice. After all,

figure it out eventually," he assured. He tried his best to comfort the seething man in front

this, he was still concerned about his partner's situation. All of his efforts would surely go to

of what I've done. What scares me is the possibility of Jacob being able to successfully retaliate at me in the end. What worries me even more is that I

spoken that he was extremely anxious. He used to scold Jacob at will. Now, everything was different. His feelings weren't the same as

felt goose bumps all over his body at the thought of it. Right now, he couldn't deny that he was actually scared.

position, he never expected this feeling at all. Now, he was beginning to regret everything that he had done in the

given the chance to turn back time, he

then when he was in this position, I couldn't do anything to him. This time

grin grew even wider. He was definitely going to push Jacob to a dead end

reasons for approaching me at first. Now, I'm clearly sure that we have the

what he had been previously depressed about. He

each other after finally reaching an agreement. When climbing up the

as he thought of Jacob's impending fate

corners of his partner's mouth slightly lifted as well. In the end, he couldn't help it as a laugh escaped his lips. Although Jonathan wasn't as competent as Thompson had hoped for, he was still a little more powerful than he

this time around Jonathan knew how to cooperate. There was no doubt about it

but it was unlike before. Everything was reasonable, and everything was