A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 13

In the early morning, the employees rushed to work, and so did Maria. With her long, wavy hair loose, she ran towards the HM Group's elevators on the first floor.

As she saw that the doors to one of the elevators were about to close, she exclaimed, "Hold on!" She pressed the button in time to stop it from going up.

There were three people in the elevator. A man in his forties, standing in the front, and two others in the back who seemed to be his assistants. All three of them were staring at Maria, but she didn't seem to notice their gazes or the awkward atmosphere in there. With an apologetic smile, she said to them, "Please excuse me, or I'll be late for work."

Stepping into the elevator in her high heels, she turned around and pressed the button to close the doors.

The next moment, she proceeded to press the 22nd-floor button, where the secretary department was located.

Breaking the silence, the woman standing behind her asked sternly, "Which department are you from?" Maria turned to her in confusion. "Are you asking me?"

The woman nodded blankly.

Maria smoothed her long hair and answered politely, "Oh, I'm from the secretary department. I'm new here."

The woman's suspicions were confirmed, and she said, "No wonder. Miss, be careful next time. This is the CEO's exclusive elevator. You can't take this one."

"Oops! I'm sorry for that. Thanks for letting me know!" Maria brought a hand to cover her mouth in shock. As the elevator got quiet again, she thought about it for a while and then looked at the man standing in the front before saying gently, "Excuse me, sir. Are you Mr. Zheng, the CEO of our HM Group?"

With a trace of amusement in his eyes, the man nodded. "It's okay. You didn't know. Just pay attention next time."

Maria put down her hand, revealing her lovely red lips once more, and looked at him with admiration. "Mr. Zheng, this is really nice of you! By the way, I didn't expect you to be so young! I always thought that someone who manages such a big company would be in his fifties, but you look as if you're in your thirties at the most. How amazing!"

Everyone could tell that she was intentionally flattering Colby Zheng, but the point was that she sounded as natural as if she was telling him the truth. Moreover, Maria was an attractive woman, so her words were quite pleasing to Colby's ears.

Colby chuckled. "Thank you. I'm so flattered. You should consider working in the PR department instead!" Out of the corner of his eye, Colby scanned her up and down and noticed that she had nice curves and, overall, was really good looking. It was a pity that she wasn't working in the PR department indeed.

Maria nodded, her cheeks blushing. She wanted to say a few more words, but as they were almost on the 22nd floor, she tried to sum all up as fast as she could. "Mr. Zheng, thank you so much for giving me a ride. I hope I didn't waste too much of your time. I promise I won't make such a mistake again. I'll work hard to contribute as much as I can to our company! Nice meeting you."

Colby nodded gladly at her sincere words. "Good! Keep up with your hard work!"

On her high heels, Maria left the elevator elegantly, soon disappearing from the three people's sight.

Once the elevator doors closed again, the smile on Maria's face gradually faded. Rumor had it that Colby's current wife was in her twenties. Why would such a young woman be willing to marry an ugly, old man if not for his money?

'Is it true love? Oh, please! I don't buy it!' Maria's lips curled up into a sneer.

Maria had already experienced the so-called true love from the wealthy families' perspective and got burned. Therefore, she reminded herself, 'Maria, the one you should love and cherish the most in the world is yourself!'

After two failed meeting attempts with the landlady of the shop she wanted to rent, Alina didn't request to meet her for the third time in Miracle Cafe. Instead, she wanted to see her at her house.

However, the landlady told her to meet her at HM Group, where she worked in the secretary department. In H City, the Tang Group and the HM Group were equally influential. Hence, it wasn't hard for Alina to figure out the landlady's position and salary. She couldn't help feeling confused. Why would a woman who owned a shop in the central business district not live on its rental? For what purpose would she endure such a low-wage job?