Ex-wife, Please Come Back novel Chapter 411

"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.