Ex-wife, Please Come Back novel Chapter 425

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.

Judging from the man's expression, Thompson knew that he wasn't lying. As he didn't lie what did that exactly mean?

"I 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 that a lot of people want his position. This...," Thompson trailed off.

The more he tried to analyze the situation in detail, the more it didn't make any sense. Jacob's choices were a complete mystery. Even him who was experienced and knowledgeable didn't know what the man was planning to do.

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

His former relaxed demeanor transformed into a somewhat depressed state.

Although Thompson knew that it was hard to tell who would win or lose this time around, he kept silent for the sake of his accomplice. After all, nothing had been decided yet.

"Forget it. Let's stop worrying about useless things. We'll figure it out eventually," he assured. He tried his best to comfort the seething man in front of him even though he didn't really mean it.

Despite this, he was still concerned about his partner's situation. All of his efforts would surely go to waste if Jonathan failed in the end.

"Since I can't seem to decipher him, I have to be extra careful. I'm not afraid 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 would probably never see it coming."

It was evident by the way Jonathan had spoken that he was extremely anxious. He used to scold Jacob at will. Now, everything was different. His feelings weren't the same as before.

Was Jacob now standing where he was at the time and laughing at him? His knees unconsciously trembled as he felt goose bumps all over his body at the thought of it. Right now, he couldn't deny that he was actually scared.