As soon as Charlie had driven away, Jacob grew a little impatient and hastened his pace.

In truth, ever since Matilda had told him on the phone that she was returning to Oskia, his heart had been filled with thoughts of Matilda.

After Matilda had returned to Oskia, it had ignited the spark that had been buried in his heart for so many years.

In the recent two to three decades, Jacob’s happiest moment was when Matilda had returned. When they were at his house and cooked together. That moment when Matilda and himself were embracing in the kitchen.

However, Matilda was a very sensible person. She knew that Jacob and Elaine were yet to divorce, therefore, she had always kept a strong sense of rationality and was unwilling to make any substantial progress with Jacob.

Jacob often found himself distressed over this, but he had never had a chance to find a breakthrough for their relationship.

Although Jacob had been very useless all his life, he was, at the very least, a normal man