Chapter 168: What to talk about
Jacob looked over at me and said cautiously, “So that means this program of yours has to be viable, no loopholes at all!”
“It was arranged long ago! Just waiting for the company’s qualifications to be verified tomorrow, there will be a result!” I said with confidence, “These conditions are the same as those who want to cooperate with overseas consortiums in the past, only this time it’s a little bit more harsh, even if Robert thinks it’s harsh, he won’t be suspicious.”
Jacob looked at me and smiled, “I’m seeing our Daisy femme fatale again.”
“That’s not because I was almost killed by someone else’s scheme!” I sighed, “People’s hearts are treacherous!”
“Let’s not talk about that, let’s talk about something else!” Blake changed the subject and looked over at us.
“So talk about what? Talk about how you’re just going to walk away?” Jacob asked back dismissively.
I was silent.
The silence embarrassed Blake this time; he cleared his throat and tried to speak, but suddenly had nothing to say.
“You cut off my full rights with one word, Blake, in fact you are the person I hate the most!” Jacob looked at Blake full of resentment and continued, “If it wasn’t for that note from you in the first place, I wouldn’t have let her fall into Robert’s hands and make a mess like this!”
Confused, I looked to Jacob, “What do you mean?”
Blake immediately picked up on this “Don’t listen to him, you can’t blame anyone else for your lack of charisma!”
“Holy shit … I’m not attractive? How am I not attractive? I was thinking … forget it!”
Jacob suddenly hung his head!
I looked over at the two of them, sensing with hindsight that I was in the conversation they were talking about. It seemed like there was something more in that note from Blake in the first place.
I wisely felt I couldn’t ask.
Suddenly Jacob looked up at me, “What are you going to do after you deal with Robert?”
I froze, I honestly hadn’t thought about it.
But I could visibly see Blake’s hand clench.
“What to do, take my kids and have a good life, what else!” I said casually.
Blake’s clenched hand released, but didn’t raise his eyes.
I smiled a little to myself, wondering why I wanted to pay attention to him after hearing such a question!
I changed the subject just in time, “Have you contacted Kelly since you got back?”
Jacob was married after I had Oliver, and his wife’s name was Kelly, whom I knew, a very virtuous woman, gentle and quiet, not smiling or talking, and quite good-tempered. A daughter was born the following year, older than my Charles, and very beautiful.
Before I got sick, we were always in touch occasionally, but some time ago, when I was looking around for Jacob, I didn’t get through to her, I think she had changed her number. I was so burnt out during that time that I didn’t try to contact her again.
Jacob shook his head and said with a grim look, “I haven’t told them yet, in their mother and daughter’s minds, I’m afraid I’ve died in an accident a long time ago, so I’d better not tell them now!”
“How long are you going to keep it a secret?” I pressed, a little puzzled.
“I can’t show my face at the moment, it’s not that easy to turn the page when you lose someone in the park all of a sudden, especially when it’s me who’s lost. There are strict files on everyone who goes in there, it’s like a death camp! As long as you go in, you don’t want to come out alive, and I’m purely a special case!”
Jacob’s words felt a little alarmist to me and I looked at him incredulously.
He told me with certainty, “Don’t believe me, I reckon Steven must have gotten the instructions, after all, he was the one who sent me out in the first place too!”
Blake nodded back, confirming that what Jacob had said was right, “We suspected that they were behind it in the country, and the reason why Jacob didn’t press his family too hard there in the first place was that he didn’t want to keep him alive. There’s another reason!”Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.