"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.
"Yes. I want to know why it was Alice who asked Cindy to return. Why didn't Jonathan or someone else
from the company do it?" For a split second, he was lost in thought.
He had a hunch. If 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 heart.
Jacob wasn't sad exactly, but he felt a sort of revulsion. Alice seemed like the kind of woman who was
willing to do anything for money.
He wouldn't have believed it if it hadn't been for the solid evidence that came from the previous
investigation.
The truth, however, was 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 known
how bad she was. Living in oblivion would have been better.
"Does that mean Alice works in the Shi Group?" Sara guessed. She always detected something
strange about Alice.
Alice chased victory and success. The fact she chose to work in the company right after Jacob left was
indeed odd.
"My guess is she is seeing Jonathan right now. She wanted to pass this message to me through
Cindy."
Jacob's 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 had happened.
Sara dwelled on his words. It seemed completely possible. In fact, these were exactly her thoughts.
She hadn't dared to say it out loud.
For some reason, hearing him say it made her happy.
"Well, what do you think of this whole issue, Sara?"
he asked 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 miserably. Jacob didn't give a rat's
ass.
"I think she is an attention seeker," she said, waving her hand dismissively. She seemed bored.
Jacob couldn't help but laugh at her nonchalant response.
"Yes, you are right. This is exactly what I thought. Sara, we have similar thoughts. They are right, great
minds indeed think alike." He continued to laugh.
For some 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.
Her words stunned him for 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 do with her?"
Jacob didn't want to anger her but he couldn't keep this question to 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 care less."
He sounded genuine. Sara stared at him and stuck out her tongue. "I can't believe you dated her! Why
did you have such a terrible taste before?"
Her question made him embarrassed. She had a point.
But this was a question to which he had no answer. She stared at him, as if she was expecting an
answer.
After 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 Sri Lanka had tanned her or not.
She had other things to occupy her mind. She thought about herself and her family. Alice was one of
those unimportant topics that she discarded easily.
In fact, Sara didn't even enjoy hearing 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.
Of course, she wasn't blaming Jacob for it. At first, she thought this news about Alice was bothering
him. That made her a little unhappy.
But deep down, she knew he 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.
Sara remained silent. And Jacob decided to drop the topic. She hoped he wouldn't pursue this topic
now.
They had even made an agreement to not bring Alice up. However, Jacob didn't stick to it. Sara could
call him out for breaking the agreement.
She was in no mood to pick a fight so she behaved generously, letting it slide. Fortunately, he took the
hint and understood this topic was bothering her. There were times when she found Jacob's actions
quite inappropriate. But in the end, she understood he meant no harm.
Silence ensued in the car. Jacob realized discussing Alice was considered taboo. He had to be more
sensitive from now on.
There was a scar in Sara's heart. And the worst part was, he could do nothing to heal it. It was beyond
his ability.
After all, he couldn't change the way Sara felt about his ex-girlfriend. If he insisted on talking about it,
things would get worse. All his earlier attempts to pacify her would be in vain.
He had decided to take small steps that would eventually change her opinion of him. Unfortunately,
today's attempt had backfired.
Yet he wasn't annoyed with Sara. In spite of everything, she had decided to stay with him. That went to
show how much she loved him.
He told himself with time everything would become better. He shifted his gaze from the road and looked
at Sara, only to realize her gaze was on him as well.
"Why are you peeping at me?" Sara muttered discontentedly, her fierce glare boring into him.
Jacob was rendered almost speechless. He had no idea how he would respond to her question. 'How
cute is she, ' he thought to himself. 'Was I actually peeping?'
He cleared his throat and said, "Just so you know, I wasn't the only one peeping. This makes us even."
He sounded confident. Sara snorted when she listened to his reply.
"I caught you. So now you are making excuses!" she retorted back defiantly. She wasn't going to let
him win this banter.
Jacob let out a sigh of defeat. "All right, Sara. Please don't be mad at me. I am extremely sorry." He
brought the car to a halt, showing her the extent of his seriousness.
Watching his reaction, Sara was overcome by an urge to laugh. "What are you sorry for?"
His gaze met hers. With utmost sincerity, he said, "I am sorry for bringing Alice into our conversation. I
know I can't change the past, but I am determined to show you how good I can be. Slowly, I wish you
can forget everything."
Sara nodded her head, glad he had taken her feelings into consideration.
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