Chapter 460 - He’s Back

"Miss J, are you okay?" Arthur said with a worried expression. He is now holding both of J's elbow.

"Y-yes. Thank you." After saying that, she closed her eyes and takes a deep breath.

Arthur released her then they continued walking.

"Have you talked to her?" Arthur looked at her with confusion.

"Things will get complicated," J said without looking at him. Arthur quickly understands and replied, "Things were already complicated."

J was about to say something but she was suddenly frozen in her track when he saw a familiar figure leaning on a black SUV who seemed to be purposely waiting for her.

The man's hair is messy because of the wind. He is probably standing there for a long time already. He is wearing a gray long sleeves shirt that is folded up to his elbow. He looked haggard but it doesn't make him less appealing. Their eyes met. His eyes were filled with longing.

J was astonished at first but later on, she became infuriated. She walked fast towards the man. When she is just a foot away from the man, "Honey…"

Slap!

Jacob and Arthur were both taken aback.

Upon seeing her man, J was filled with mixed emotions. Anger, sadness, fear, all of these emotions that she was trying to suppress this past few days flooded her in an instant. And the first thing she thought of doing is to slap her man. Which she didn't regret at all. Because after that, she felt relieved. Relieved that Jacob is now standing in front of her in flesh. They've only been separated for a week but J felt like it was years. She wasn't able to talk to him for a day and it felt like a lifetime.

God! She missed him terribly!

Jacob looked at J and noticed that her eyes have become watery. He was not mad at all that she slaps him. In fact, he prepared for the worse. He already expected that she'll be mad at him. He didn't call her for the entire day, which he didn't intend to. God knows how much he wanted to call her but the circumstance won't allow it.

He promised that he will arrive before Christmas to attend the ball with her but he failed. He came late and allowed J to suffer socializing alone. He knows how much she hated socializing. Though he was thankful that Arthur was there to accompany his wife. But, he would prefer it if he was the one to accompany her.

J staggered to close the distance between them and wrapped her arms around Jacob's waist. The breeze was cold but J felt warm because of Jacob's body. It reminded her of their fireplace back at Lodgepole Estate. When she was young, Christmas Season was always cold and breezy at the Lodgepole Estate and her grandfather would light up the fireplace to keep her warm. Jacob's warmth feels like home.

Jacob's arms engulf her and pressed her body gently into his. His palm stroking her hair lovingly to comfort her. He took out a car key from his pocket and passed it onto Arthur.

"Take the car with you." Arthur takes the key from Jacob.

"Tell the others that you guys can go home now for the holiday. Just wait for my call." Jacob said. His hand continued on stroking J's hair and down to her back.

"Yes, Boss." Arthur nodded his head.

"And… thank you for looking after her for me." Jacob's words were not intended for Arthur alone. It was for all the four of them. He knew how they all care towards his wife and he never had a second thought when he left his wife in their hands.

Jacob's hands reached out for J's and they walked back inside the hotel.