A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 54 Caught In A Lie

The office was dead silent for a few seconds. James asked indifferently, "Are you done?"

Chandler wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and nodded. At first, he didn't have guts to confront this man, but his wife and daughters insisted he do it. Now he wouldn't even look James in the eye.

James stood up from his seat and tidied up his costly suit. "Sorry, but my decision is final. Period."

The man nodded politely to Chandler and left the office with his mobile phone and documents.

The matter of the marriage was settled. Later, the wedding went off without a hitch. Even if Chandler tried to convince James, it wouldn't work.

Maria didn't need any special tricks to marry James, becoming Mrs. Xi.

"Who's there? Are you smoking?" A serious voice interrupted Maria's reverie, brought her back to reality.

As soon as she came back to her senses, a dazzling light swept over her. She raised her hand to cover her eyes.

She looked down again and found there were several cigarette butts strewn about her. She hadn't kept track, and started chain smoking while sitting here.

Immediately, Maria put out the cigarette in her hand, and took a tissue from her purse. She knelt down and picked up the cigarette butts she had discarded. "Sorry. It's all cleaned up now. See you later!"

The dean of the school could tell she wasn't a student there. It was obvious from what she wore. But she was picking up her cigarette butts, so the dean's attitude softened somewhat. "Miss, what

are you doing here?"

Maria packed up the cigarette butts, stood up, and said, "I used to go here. But not anymore. Sorry, I'll leave."

"Good idea. We're locking up for the night. You don't want to be trapped here."

"All right. Thanks."

Walking out of the school, Maria didn't go anywhere else. She hailed a taxi back to her hotel. Content provided by NôvelDrama.Org.

When Mr. Wang woke up in his hotel room, there was no one beside him.

If his room wasn't messy, he would have thought it was all a dream. That he hadn't spent the night with that charming woman.

He remembered the woman kept whispering in his ear last night, "Mr. Wang, please take this bidding contract! Please!"

Under her spell, he agreed readily.

Then they had a wonderful night. Mr. Wang threw back the quilt and got up. Looking around the room, he found a note on the nightstand. He picked it up and read, "Mr. Wang, my flight left this morning, so I didn't wake you up. See you next time!"

Mr. Wang smiled. He really liked women like her, good in bed and a good head on their shoulders.

But he hadn't spent the night with Maria.

When the driver went back to the hotel to pick Mr. Wang up, another woman got into the car to replace Maria.

He had already fallen into Maria's trap. Maria beat him up, and the woman who spent a passionate night with him was someone else—all arranged by Maria of course.

However, Mr. Wang didn't suspect a thing. Instead, he was still lost in his memories of last night.

Meanwhile, Maria had arrived the airport with Colby.

After boarding, they sat in the same row in the first-class cabin. James and Lorenzo sat together. The three men talked shop during the trip. Maria took a nap without saying anything. She was already pretty irritable. She didn't want to keep hooking up with a man who didn't love her at all.

It was noon when they touched down in H City. When they came out of the VIP area, Maria was surprised to see Alina at the exit.

She wore sunglasses and sported a purse, followed by her assistant. The woman kept glancing to and fro.

Maria was pretty sure Alina wasn't there to pick her up. After all, James wasn't far behind.

Alina's face changed when she saw Maria. She took off her sunglasses and stared at the woman. Maria had an evil smile on her face and was walking towards her at a casual pace.

'Did Maria Song go with them? How come Lorenzo didn't tell me?' Alina thought unhappily.

Seeing Alina did little to mend Maria's mood. She was wearing high-heels. Wasn't Alina pregnant?

How could a pregnant woman wear high-heels?

She had thought about it while she was still on that business trip. Keeping it in mind, she spun to look behind her. James hadn't disembarked yet. Colby had already left with his assistant. He didn't think being seen with her would be good for his reputation.

Then Maria stopped in front of Alina. She deliberately looked at Alina's flat belly. "Looks like a difficult pregnancy," she remarked acidly.

Alina remembered that she told Maria that she was pregnant with James' baby, so she put the sunglasses back on her nose again and said, "Not really. I'm in the first-trimester pregnancy. I barely feel a thing."

Maria burst into laughter and said nothing.

James appeared behind Maria, but neither of the women noticed. Alina asked Maria casually, "You seem to be in a good mood."

"Of course. I spent two nights with James in T Country. Why wouldn't I be?" Maria lied without any hesitation.

Alina's mood soured. So Maria did go with James on his business trip!

Before giving her any chance to say something else, Maria came over, touched her belly, and smiled maliciously. "I bet it wasn't easy getting pregnant. After, all, James does have that problem."

"Who cares? I'm pregnant. That's all that matters." Alina straightened her back to hide her guilt.

But Maria had already noticed her tone. She leaned forward again and said, "Alina, James usually lasted two minutes with me. How long could he go with you?" Alina scowled at Maria. The woman was so crude sometimes! Besides, how could she know how long James could last in bed? They never had sex. Still, she had to bite the bullet and said, "Ten minutes, I think? I guess you're not just not good enough in bed."

Maria chuckled. This woman really had lied to her! Alina said she was pregnant with James' baby. Now Maria was pretty sure she lied. She probably hadn't even slept with James yet!

So Maria mocked her, "Let me tell you the truth! James is a freak. Except for his first time, he can last at least half an hour, sometimes longer. I started that one-minute rumor to hurt him. I can't believe you fell for it, you stupid bitch!"

She had made the whole thing up. She was the one who spread that rumor.

"Maria Song!" A cold voice came from behind her.

The woman who had just mocked Alina felt a chill down her spine. She didn't dare look behind her. How long had he been there? Maria looked remorseful, but when she thought of what happened last night, she straightened up, turned, and looked at the man indifferently. "Yes, I said it. What's wrong? Are you really that narrowminded? Calm down! You're always angry. You got angry when I said you were bad in bed. And now you get angry when I say you are great in bed. Why do you get angry so easily?"

When a passer-by heard her words, he couldn't help but look at James from head to toe.

Her attitude towards James irritated Alina. She turned to Maria and scolded her. "Who do you think you are, anyway? Talking to James like that!

"Really? How should I talk to him, then? Did he love the way I talked when I was willing to have sex with him? He should be taught a lesson!" After saying that, Maria left in high-heels without looking at them again. The crick-cracks of her heels showed how irritated she was.

Alina wanted to maintain her public image as a celebrity, so she didn't go after her.