A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 118

Maria said she was pregnant again. James felt a migraine coming on, and massaged his brow. He was tired of this trick. He wondered if Maria were just trying to cause drama.

"Do you believe what she said?" James stared at Ethan, pondering whether he'd always been that stupid.

Ethan nodded, his face serious. "Of course. You slept with her a lot. Why wouldn't she be pregnant?"

"Who told you that?" James felt like his head was going to explode.

"Why, Maria, of course! She told me and Lawrence. Even Lawrence bought it. Why shouldn't I believe her?" Ethan had a point.

James reminded him, "Don't believe a single word she says!"

"Okay, gotcha. But this is my first offense. Give me a break, okay?" Ethan said. He grinned, trying to look innocent.

"Your first offense?" James cast a cold glance at him. Ethan also brought Maria into HL Group through the CEO's exclusive elevator.

"That's right. Let me off the hook and I promise I won't ever believe Maria again," Ethan swore, raising his hand.

James was too angry to let them off without some kind of punishment. "How many valid credit cards do you have now?" he asked.

"James! I'm your brother! You can't do this to me!" Ethan cried out, knowing James was going to suspend his credit cards.

"I only have one brother. His name is Cooper," James said icily.

"James, I was wrong. I'm sorry! Please!" Ethan kept whining.

Regardless of his whining, James pressed the button for his office internal line. "I need you to suspend all lines of credit for Ethan Nan."

"James!"

"For six months."

Ethan was desperate. Looking at the cold expression on James' face, Ethan gave in. 'It's not as bad as it could be,' he thought.

But he knew he had meddled in James' love life. That was something the CEO wouldn't forgive easily.

Maria might listen to him more readily than James would. Maybe that was who he needed to go to.

At the University of Arts in H City, classes had just let out for the day.

Around noon, a pink BMW slowly drove along the campus streets.

Everyone stared as the BMW came to a stop in front of the girls' dormitory.

A woman in a striped long dress got out of the car. She picked the right time. Stella had just emerged from the dormitory, and Maria called her name.

Stella was looking quite lovely today. She asked the beautician to re-draw her eyebrows. No one could tell that Maria had shaved those same eyebrows off. They'd gradually grow back, and as long they were nicely maintained, no one would be the wiser.

Stella was talking and laughing with her classmates. When she heard someone say her name, she turned reflexively.

However, before she could do anything else, a woman slapped her. Hard. The woman slapped her so hard that Stella's head rocked.

Everyone gasped, now interested in what was going on. They stood nearby to watch the fun.

When she recovered from the slap, Stella saw it was Alina that had slapped her. She looked hurt at the betrayal. "Alina? What the hell?"

"You should know!" Alina sneered, slapping her again.

She hit her former friend without mercy. After that, Alina's hand was numb.

She wanted everyone to know what Stella did. She said resentfully, "You stupid bitch! You slept with my man! You were my bestie, but you betrayed me!"

Some of them recognized Alina, and knew who she was talking about. Alina was supposed to be engaged to James. When they figured that out, they began to whisper among themselves.

Covering her burning cheek, Stella blushed and tried to explain, "It's all Maria Song! She set me up! You gotta believe me!"