Chapter 138 - Another Secret

Jacob raised his brow as he put his hands in his waist.

J grimaced and said, "Actually, about that. It was nothing serious and life-threatening. Don't worry, I assure you that it is better that I tell you that on another day. Hmm?" J stared at him for a moment waiting for him to soften.

Jacob sigh, "Okay, how about you tell me that tomorrow?"

Hmm... tomorrow? J thought to herself. She will receive a couple of words from Lance if she tells him that he has to meet Jacob tomorrow. But then, it is better than prolonging the agony. She was sure that if she doesn't tell Jacob about that as soon as possible he definitely won't be easy on her in the coming days.

Therefore, she replied, "Okay." with a smile.

"Good... now, what about Mark Sloane. What do you have to do with him? Why do you have to meet him secretly?" J sensed jealousy from Jacob's tone so she replied immediately.

"Hmm... I thought you wouldn't ask." Knowing that she was being followed by Jacob's men, she knew that Jacob would definitely find out that she meets up with Mark Sloane.

"That day, when you take me to your house and Madam Kelly introduced me to your family, I noticed that Mark Sloane seemed to recognize me once he heard my name. So, I investigated him."

"Then I found out that he is a member of the Robin Hood Society, in fact, he is one of the councils..."

"So, I had to meet him to tell him not to tell my parents about our marriage."

"But he still did..." Jacob replied.

"Yeah... but it turns out that they already knew about it way before he found out." J said.

"Mm..." Jacob was surprised for a moment to find out that his brother in law is a member of the Robin Hood Society and relieved as well.

Then his phone that was on his pocket vibrated. He grabs it and sees who could be calling him. When he realized who it was, he turned to J and give her his phone.

"I guess you should be the one to answer this call. They've been worried when you called me to come home."

J frowned and looked at his phone. Her eyes widened when she saw who was calling. It's her father. She was hesitant and nervous. When was the last time that she talked to her parents? That was when his grandfather died. More than five years ago, and that was over the phone as well. She had never seen them as well since she was ten years old.

The sense of longing that she suppressed for two decades came flooding in all at once. With a trembling hand, she reached for Jacob's phone staring at it with complex emotion.

"I was with them when you suddenly called me to come home. I should leave you first."

J heard Jacob speak but she can barely understand what he said. All that she could hear is the continuous ringing of his phone.

The continuous ringing suddenly stopped. Then the whole room became silent. She snapped back and thought if she should call back or not. She noticed that she was alone in the room, she didn't know when did Jacob leave. After a couple of seconds, the phone rings again.