Ex-wife, Please Come Back novel Chapter 360

"Jacob, I can forgive you if it is for anything else, but how can I forgive you on this matter? You are happier living with another woman. What about me? What should I do?"

Alice demanded in a pleading tone. Tears welled up in her eyes again, threatening to fall. Almost immediately, she blinked back her tears. And it was a deliberate act.

Jacob sighed, getting more impatient as this conversation seemed to be endless.

"Don't talk about anything else. Have an abortion,"

Jacob retorted, hitting the nail on the head. He distinctly voiced out what she didn't want to hear the most. Although he didn't have the heart to give up the child, he had no other choice.

He figured that there was no other alternative, but having the baby aborted was still the best option for everyone, although Alice would refuse and even Sara was also against his idea of resorting to abortion. But he couldn't think of any better way except this one.

"What did you say?" Alice could hardly speak. And with a horrified expression, she stared at Jacob as if she were looking at a devil. She felt totally appalled that Jacob seriously said those words without the tiniest bit of hesitation.

But despite her feeling unnerved by his startling words, she was more convinced of what she had guessed.

"How can you be so cruel, Jacob? I have spent all my youth on you. Do you really have the heart to leave me alone and let me live a miserable life? I don't even have friends because I have always regarded you as my whole world."

Her voice broke as her lower lip trembled. And with tears burning her eyes, she failed to suppress a sob. She knew it was not right to cry, but she felt downright terrible if she forbade herself from shedding these tears.

Anger stirred within her, and she felt wronged. She was aggrieved, and she had no one to talk to, so she had to bear it by herself.

But she knew that having to endure this silently would not do any good to her in the long run. Time would come she wouldn't be able to carry on. Besides, Jacob treated her so differently now.

Her heart ached as resentment gripped her. Everything was vividly clear to her now. Jacob didn't have the same old feelings for her. So treating her the way he used to would now only be a part of the memories they had shared previously. And he had taken away too many things that initially belonged to her.

What once she considered as her own was now taken away by another woman. Apart from this, he didn't allow her to say anything unpleasant about Sara.

Then what did she do wrong? Her resentment grew deeper as she contemplated further. As fury roared through her mind, she held onto the chair tightly. She couldn't care less that the pregnant woman shouldn't be angry.

Jacob's demeanor softened, but a smile that was equally evil and attractive instantly appeared on his face. It seemed like he was reluctant to reveal something directly.

"Your youth? Alice, although I was not with you abroad, I've heard a lot about you. Do you think I didn't know what you did abroad?"

Jacob countered, wearing a mocking smile on his face. He didn't expect that this woman would talk about her youth. 'So only her youth counted while my own didn't deserve anything?'

He sighed inwardly. He found this insanely ridiculous. Since they were all equal in exchange, there was no need to say who had lost. Moreover, he could only consider those romantic affairs which she had done abroad as mere compensation for what he did today.

Alice instinctively met his gaze. Her eyes widened in total surprise that he knew her past! It was true that she had been worried about this, but she had never taken time to consider it carefully.

'So this turned out to be the reason he gave up on me?' Alice mused, slightly feeling a sense of relief, knowing that he left her not all because of Sara.

Her thoughts jumbled as she tried to figure things out. Now she felt torn. She found herself glad and at the same time unwilling. This time, she realized, she couldn't keep Jacob anymore.

Besides, she did commit a lot of things that she didn't dare to tell him. Because if she did, everything would fall into ruin.

"Have you investigated me?" she asked. Her eyes appeared calm now. She seemed to get hold of herself as she was not as aggressive as she acted earlier. Since everything had been made clear, then she resigned herself with the thought that there would be nothing else.

"So, just have an abortion. Even if you give birth to this baby, it won't be my child." Jacob shrugged, letting his eyes roam around the room.

This conversation between them had been going on for too long, but Jacob had considered the cause and effect. In today's world, nothing was perfect. It was better to experience a sudden, sharp pain than deep, recurring pain.

And the more he reflected about it, the clearer his mind became. Finally, he pulled his thoughts together. He then realized that he eventually gained clarity for everything, as if he had come out of a fog. And now, he found himself staring blankly at Alice, which reminded him that he had been doing this countless times already.

"Jacob, I don't understand why you are so heartless. For old times' sake, even if you don't have any feelings for me anymore, you shouldn't be so uncaring. Why are you so gentle to Sara and so cruel to me?"

Alice still couldn't believe her ears. She struggled against her resentment, thinking that it was so unfair. And it seemed to be magnified infinitely at this moment. However, there was one crucial thing that she completely ignored, that people were different from each other.

Since they were two distinct individuals, they would be treated differently. And she failed to figure this out. Her reason only revolved at the thought that Jacob had changed a lot after she went abroad.

"Well, that's it. I have told you everything that should be said and done. If you decide to have an abortion, I will go with you,"

Jacob said with simple directness before he stood up abruptly. He had made up his mind to leave.

Hearing he say those words on a note of finality, Alice felt a cold rage churning in her heart. She had never thought that Jacob would be so ruthless. Although she heard about him being ruthless, it was all hearsay for her.

Only when it actually happened to her did she fully understand that it was more painful than she had ever imagined.

It was no ordinary pain but something that could pierce through and grip her heart.

She steeled herself and didn't care to stop him. For so many years they were together, she had grown familiar with his stubbornness. And not even a single soul could ever stop him.

With his back facing Alice, Jacob had no intention of slowing his pace to look back.

"Alice, that's enough. Don't be willful anymore. You will only make me hate you more. While I still have a slight attachment to you, just stop."

Jacob straightened his clothes and said bluntly. From afar, no one would have thought that it was a piece of sympathetic advice. At this moment, it fittingly seemed to be more of a warning.

And if Alice insisted, then Jacob would undoubtedly be cruel and unkind. She should know this better than anyone else. But the more she got to have a clear understanding of him and his ways, the colder her heart became.

Today was the day that she never wanted to see in her whole life. Now that she had seen it so soon, it didn't only surprise her but hurt her to the core. And she didn't see it coming, directly affecting her.

Jacob's steps on the ground were firm and steady. Although he didn't believe that this matter would be solved this easily, still, he finally expressed his opinion.

Regardless of whether Alice was willing or not, this was his ultimate decision. And keeping on pestering wouldn't do any good for anyone.

In this world, the last thing people needed was to make sound decisions. However, after arriving at such a decision, sticking to it was another story because it was never easy.

Only the strong-willed people could have the last laugh. So he weighed everything for a while longer before he could suddenly figure it out.

But even though he had come up with a plan to resolve it, it didn't mean that Alice could be that open-minded. She kept staring at his back through her tears, but she said nothing. Her throat constricted as tears stung her eyes. And she tried hard to restrain them.

And behind her blurry eyes, she could finally see a lot of things so clearly now. This time, it appeared to her that Jacob had made up his mind to abandon her.

He not only rejected her but also totally deserted her. 'Could I accept it? Of course not.' She mentally shrugged. But being unable to accept it and whether or not to accept it were two different things.