A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 136

When a gust of cold wind blew, Maria, who was only wearing a slip dress, shivered. She couldn't help cursing the bad weather inwardly. The weather had been good in the afternoon. Why did it suddenly rain? She rubbed her arms to give them warmth.

When James noticed what she was doing, he turned around to ask Ethan to lend his coat to Maria. But he found out that Ethan wasn't there anymore.

He frowned. It seemed that he was left with no choice. He took off his own coat and put it on Maria's shoulders.

When the coat touched her shoulders, Maria turned around to say something.

But before she could open her mouth, James explained at once, "I'm a man, so this is what I have to do. It has nothing to do with my identity." The expression on his face did not change as he spoke.

Maria sneered, removed his coat, and tossed it back into his arms. "Thank you, Mr. Xi. But it's not necessary. That coat of yours is too expensive. I can't afford to pay for it if it gets dirty."

James frowned deeply. "Such an ungrateful woman!"

Maria just gave him her usual bright and charming smile. "Mr. Xi, we should keep a distance from each other."

She then turned around and got in the burgundy Rolls-Royce, leaving James behind with a darkened expression.

The earthen roared away.

James reminded himself that all Maria did was play hard to get. He wouldn't let her get what she wanted.

At this moment, he began to feel that he had made the right decision when he sent killers to kill her. He told himself to hold on a little longer. If he could have another chance, he would surely not let her go so easily.

The next day, Maria went to visit Gordon before he was discharged from the hospital. He was now in stable condition. All he needed was to take his medicine on time and have a regular checkup, then he would be fine.

From the hospital, Chandler took him directly to the villa in New South District. As soon as he got settled that day, Gordon went out for a walk in the neighborhood.

After walking back and forth several times, Gordon ran into two people he knew. He scratched his forehead with his index finger, wondering if he should take the initiative to greet them or wait for them to do it.

He hesitated for a while. But eventually, he decided to take the initiative. He raised his head and greeted the man with a smile, "Hi there, Augustine..." His words stuck in his throat when he realized that Augustine didn't see him at all and had already turned to a corner at the other side.

Gordon felt disappointed for a moment, but he didn't give up. He believed that there could still be a lot of chances for them to meet in the future.

He stood still and comforted himself for a while before he returned to his villa happily.

Ethan went to HL Group again.

He deliberately came after work to find James. But much to his dismay, James was in an emergency meeting.

But he didn't leave. Instead, he stayed in James' office and played some games on his phone to kill time. Half an hour later, James came back to his office.

Ethan jumped up from the sofa upon seeing him. "James! James, you know what?"

James closed the document in his hand, glanced at him, and asked, "What?"

"Do you usually check WeChat Moments?"

"No." James didn't have time to waste on it.

Ethan was speechless for a moment. He then said, "Yeah, I should know that you don't. Well, come here. Let me show you something important."

James sat down at his desk and gave him a puzzled look.

Ethan opened his WeChat Moments and looked for Lawrence's post. He then showed his phone in front of James' face as if presenting a treasure and said, "Lawrence went to see a movie."

James' brows creased into a frown. He wondered why Ethan seemed to be so excited only because Lawrence went to see a movie. He began to feel disgusted by Ethan's noise. "I see," he said.

"No, you don't get it. Have you forgotten that Lawrence never goes to the cinema? A man like him who never sees a movie has accompanied Maria to the cinema. Don't you think they are really in love?" Ethan explained.

It was also rare for Lawrence to post on his WeChat Moments. This time, he posted two photos. One was two movie tickets, and the other one was a woman's hand.

The woman's fingernails in the photo were painted with dark green nail polish. Taking a glance at them, James knew whose hand it was.

Were Lawrence and Maria really in love with each other?