A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 138

Alina, of course, got into James' Harkim. As soon as the car drove away from the hotel, she looked at his expressionless face and deliberately said, "Scott's bride is so beautiful today. I really envy her. James, when we get married, are we going to have a Western-style wedding or Chinese one?"

James was a little stunned when he heard the word wedding. He looked out of the window and answered, "Either."

He was suddenly reminded of Maria and his wedding. They had a Western-style one because she had personally requested it.

"Okay. Let's just talk about it after our engagement party." Alina held his arm and rested her head on his shoulder. "James, I'm so happy. Maria has finally let go of you, and we are getting engaged soon."

James remained silent.

"As long as Maria won't take you away from me, I will treat her well, just like my own sister."

Her excessive talking somehow annoyed James. He replied nasally, "Hmm."

Gordon was taking a walk as usual in HQ Road's sports park.

Aside from exercising, he intentionally wandered around every day, hoping to meet Augustine and Charlotte again.

Not long after, he ran into Augustine and Charlotte the second time.

Standing opposite them, Gordon pretended to be surprised. "Augustine? Charlotte?"

Augustine and his wife were also surprised to see him. Augustine asked, "Gordon? What are you doing here?"

Gordon put on a melancholic look and replied, "I moved out of Chandler's house. I'm getting older, and I don't want to cause any trouble for my children. Chandler bought a house here for me to live in."

"What a coincidence! We also live here. Actually, we have been living here all the time." The truth was, Augustine was a little confused. Almost all his friends knew that he and Charlotte lived here. He wondered if Gordon really didn't know about it.

"Oh, I see. Then it only means that we will be neighbors from now on." Gordon looked very happy.

Augustine turned to Charlotte and said, "Dear, look! I have another chess mate."

Charlotte nodded and replied, "Good for you." She then turned to Gordon and asked, "Gordon, are you out for a walk?"

"Yes."

Then the three of them turned around and slowly walked along the same path while chatting nonstop.

When they were about to part, Gordon touched his forehead as if he remembered something. He then said, "Oh, by the way, Maria bought me a set of chess made from rosewood. Augustine, do you want to play chess with me tomorrow?"

"Sure, why not?" Augustine didn't think too much. He agreed without hesitation.

The next afternoon, Augustine and Charlotte came to Gordon's house to play chess. While playing, Gordon kept praising Maria for her kindness and filial piety in every possible way. It was only then that Augustine saw through his real purpose.

Not only Augustine but also Charlotte realized it. The couple exchanged glances and smiled at each other. But they didn't ask Gordon to confirm.

It turned out that Gordon had a purpose. And his purpose was not simple.

But actually, he didn't need to do something. After all, Augustine and Charlotte were also on Maria's side.

Recently, Colby had proven that Maria was really capable. She had succeeded in the few projects that he assigned to her. Thus, he learned to trust her more and more. As a matter of fact, he just gave her a new project two days ago. This time, he wanted to use her to build up his networks, especially with HM Group's business.

Maria went out for a business meeting with HM Group today. As soon as the meeting ended, she returned to the car. She received a call from an unknown number. She answered it, and the person on the other end of the line said, "Hello? Is this Maria?"

"Yes, it's me. Who's this?"

"Maria, this is your aunt Ann."

'Aunt Ann?' Maria tried to recall who the woman was.

After a moment, she finally remembered. Ann was a short and chubby woman in her fifties. She had three kids. When Maria was little, she ate a couple of times at Ann's house.

"What's up?" Maria asked.

"Do you know that your aunt Candice has already passed away?"

'Aunt Candice has passed away?' The expression on Maria's face slightly changed. "Why is it so sudden? What happened to her?"

Ann didn't mean that much to her. But Candice was special in her heart. When she was little and still lived in the countryside, Candice spent most of her time taking care of her.

"Alas, she had cancer. She just passed away last night. I also called your mother. I asked several people for your phone number. Finally..." Ann kept babbling on the phone about how much pain Candice had suffered before passing away. She also told Maria a lot of things about Candice after Maria moved to H City.

Maria lived in the countryside until she was eight years old. Since her grandmother was too old, her relatives from her mother's side took turns in taking care of her after Elaine moved to H City.