Ex-wife, Please Come Back novel Chapter 281

No one had the same amount of patience or energy that they had when they were young. Although Jacob understood that as he grew older, he never once talked about it.

He felt exhausted as the matters related to the company were getting more and more tiresome with each passing day. An unusual sense of disgust grew in his heart, but he could not stop it.

He could only let those thoughts hover in his mind until those thoughts drifted away on their own. However, such feelings seldom disappeared without a trace.

It had become common for people to get depressed. Jacob used to believe that they must have been overthinking things, and that was what caused them to be upset, but now, he did not think so. Regardless of how things went, there were people who could not let go of their memories that easily.

Jacob fell asleep on his seat, feeling tired. Although it was spring, he felt a bit cold.

All of a sudden, his phone rang, waking him up. He looked out the window and saw that the sky was as dark as the night. The phone's screen was flashing a faint green light.

"Hello, Uncle James! I am still at the company." Jacob touched his face and felt it to be as cold as ice. He quickly got up and turned on the light.

In an instant the bright white light filled the room, making it feel as though it was still daytime. Jacob closed his eyes, unable to look at the dazzling light.

"Sara just called, asking me if you were home. I checked your room, but didn't find you there," James replied with a faint cough.

"What's wrong, Uncle James? Do you have a cold?" Although Jacob heard it clearly, it was rare to see James coughing.

"I'm fine, it's just a slight cold. Come home soon, it's getting late. If you have any work to do, you can finish it tomorrow. Don't try to finish things in a hurry now." As James said that, he coughed again.

After Jacob hung up the phone, he looked out the window. Most of the lights in the city were off. And the entire area was pitch black. Jacob glanced at the clock and saw that the time was already past 1:00 a.m.

He walked downstairs and bought some cold medicine before he left for home.

He played some soothing classical music in the car on his way to lighten up his mood. Life always went on, regardless of whether one was stuck or lost.

Jacob saw that most of the apartment lights were off, which meant that most families had gone to bed while he was still outside.

Once he got home, Jacob handed the medicines to James before he walked upstairs. Neither Sara nor his father lived in his house. Hence, the house felt deserted, like an abandoned castle.

Perhaps it was his loneliness, or perhaps it was because it was the middle of the night that everything seemed so eerily calm and quiet. As soon as Jacob lay down on his bed, he fell asleep.

Since his heart was filled with worry, he was naturally exhausted. However, he seemed to be trying his best to hold on.

The next day, Jacob got up early because he was hungry.

Winnie had already prepared an array of dishes for him to eat, and Jacob couldn't help but feast on them. He loved Winnie's food, and that was probably the reason he never considered to hire a different chef. He always liked how Winnie's food tasted home-cooked.

If his mother had been alive, her food would have tasted exactly like Winnie's. But since Winnie was more like family, she prepared food with love.

Jacob and James sat in the car, but they didn't talk much on their way.

Although Jacob looked better, he remained rather silent.

Once they arrived at the company, Jacob arranged for a meeting with all of the company's directors. To his surprise, Jonathan did not stir up any trouble. He must have been so embarrassed after the incident that he decided to keep quiet.

Perhaps he had finally started to see what Jacob was capable of. And now, he seemed much more docile.