The Pampering CEO: Don't Mess With My Secretly-Married Sweet Wife
Chapter 486 Benevolence Or Cruelty

Anna looked at him. "I'll only accept what you tell me to my face."

Jacob's heart quivered.

Taking a deep breath, Anna then added, "I want you to tell me that you have never loved me before. I want you to tell me that all my efforts were futile. Jacob, if you can say that to my face, from now on, I'll stop bothering you."

Jacob closed his eyes to hide all his emotions.

"Say it!" Anna shouted, her voice trembling with emotion.

Blanchett tightened her grip on Jacob's arm, as a hint of nervousness flashed across her eyes.

"Jacob, you can't say it because I'm somewhere in your heart, right?" Anna looked straight into Jacob's eyes.

In any case, she had to get an answer today.

There was silence, and then Jacob let out a soft sigh. After a long while, he said, "The reason I texted you is that I didn't want to make you look too bad. However, since you insist that I say it in your face, I have no choice but to grant your wish."

After saying that, Jacob opened his eyes and looked at Anna, his gaze firm and direct. "Anna Wright, I've never liked you. I've never liked you in the past, I don't like you now, and I'll never like you in the future. 'He said it...'

A hint of despair crept into Anna's eyes. "I don't believe it, Jacob!" "Well, it's up to you whether you want to believe it or not, but the truth is that I've never liked you. Don't you realize it? Out of the two of us, you're the one who kept pestering me. I've never made a move before. You're not my type. Unless red rain falls from the sky, I'll never fall in love with you," Jacob replied flatly.

'Unless red rain falls from the sky...' Jacob had made it very clear that he had never loved Anna before.

"Do you have to be so cruel? You really don't want to give me even the slightest hope?" Anna said, her voice hoarse as a raven's.

"Since I don't love you, if I still gave you hope, don't you think that would be even crueler?" Jacob said in a calm voice.

Anna tightened her hands as darkness began to flood her heart.

What Jacob had said was true. If he had not told her outright that he did not like her at all, the pain she would have felt in the future might have been 100 times worse than the pain she felt right now. Even though she knew Jacob was right, she still could not help but sink deeper and deeper into a quagmire of sadness and despair.

"Alright, I'm done. If you've understood what I mean, then I hope you will stop bothering me now." Jacob's eyes were cold.

'Bothering...'

"So you are saying that everything that I've done so far was nothing but a nuisance to you?" Anna's voice was raw.

"Exactly," Jacob replied matter-of-factly.

"Okay. I get it now." Anna stumbled to her feet.

Even though Jacob wanted to hold her, he gritted his teeth and forced the urge down.

However, these changes did not escape Blanchett's eyes. She held his arm even tighter as a strange light flashed past her eyes.

"You guys have fun. I have to go now." Anna turned around and walked away as if her spirit had left her body.

The road was thronged with vehicles, and she nearly got hit by a car when she wandered off the road absentmindedly.

Jacob's heart somersaulted, and he was so shocked that he nearly shook Blanchett off and rushed forward. Fortunately, Seth had been watching Anna because her condition worried him. He went up to her with a few quick steps and dragged her back to safety.

It was only then that Jacob commanded himself to stay frozen on the spot.

"For God's sake, could you do me a favor and please watch the road? Fine, fine, fine. Let me take you home," Seth said as he called his driver.

"Mr. Leeds is really good to Miss Wright. They make quite a good couple, don't you think? 1 wonder if Miss Wright would accept if Mr. Leeds asked her to be his girlfriend?" Blanchett wondered.

'Seth and Anna?'

Jacob's apathetic gaze cracked a little as Blanchett reminded him of something.

Even though he had rejected Anna, Anna would have to have a relationship and get married eventually.

Another man would be standing next to her in the future. Her bright smile and admiring gaze would be directed at that man.

Seth was his best friend. Jacob asked himself if he would be able to accept it if that man was Seth.

He soon got an answer.

He would never be able to accept it. Regardless of who that man was, even if it was Seth, he would not be able to bring himself to wish them well.

A hint of bitterness welled in Jacob's heart.

He only realized now that he was such a selfish man. He had rejected Anna, yet he did not want her to get into a relationship with another man either. However, that was not possible.

Anna was a wonderful girl. After she got over him, she would certainly replace the right man one day.

As for him, he could only watch her from behind, no matter how painful it was for him.

Since he could not make Anna happy, he could only pass that job to another person.

Seth's driver soon arrived, and he dragged Anna into the car.

Jacob watched as the car got smaller and smaller until it completely disappeared from his line of sight. There was a myriad of tumultuous emotions in his heart, yet his face was as calm as pool water. "Where are we heading next, J?" Blanchett asked with a smile.

Jacob pulled his arm out of Blanchett's grip and said, "I'm sorry...' "Something came up and you have to go again, right?" Blanchett said as if she could read his mind.

Jacob pressed his lips until they became thin and repeated, "I'm sorry."

"I know you are into that girl." Blanchett shrugged. "What confuses me is why you would do that to her since you love her.

Since you rejected her, why can't you give me a chance?"

Blanchett looked at Jacob confidently. "J, I am confident that as long as you are willing to open your heart to me, you will certainly fall in love with me."

Blanchett was proud of herself, and she did have what it took to be prideful.

Jacob pulled away from her slightly and said, "I apologize for using you to reject her.

However, I'm afraid that I'm not suitable for you."

"What makes you say that?" Blanchett stared at Jacob, her gaze resolute. "No one in this world is born for another person. Love needs time to develop, and if you never try, how can you be so sure that I'm not suitable for you?"

Jacob thought for a while and then said," Since you said that you like me, then tell me why you like me."

A light flitted across Blanchett's eyes." Because you're good. You are the first man I look up to. Right after you defeated me, I swore to myself that I would become your wife."

"Just because I'm very good with computers? Do you know what kind of person I am? Do you know what I love to do during my free time? Do you know my temperament? You know nothing about me, so how can you say that you love me?" Jacob said sharply. "All you love is my computer skills. I'm not the only one who can beat you in this world. If you met another person with that skill, you would fall for them as well."

"This is different." Blanchett objected. "You are the one who defeated me and shrugged it off as if nothing happened. Besides, you are handsome and you're my type."

Blanchett was candid, which made Jacob smile.