A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 139

Without saying anything, James stood still and dialed the number several times before someone finally answered, "What's up?"

Despite the noise, James recognized it was indeed Maria's voice. Then he asked indifferently, "Why did you call me just now?"

Maria went silent for a moment as she realized the call she made to James earlier had, in fact, connected. However, what was the point to tell him what was going on? He didn't care about her anyway, did he?

With a sad smile, she answered, "Nothing. I've dialed the wrong number!"

The second before Maria ended the call, James heard an ambulance siren in the background. He dialed the number again, but no one answered this time.

Thinking back to her driving skills at his grandpa's villa the other night, James glanced at Lorenzo and said, "You'll fly over and represent HL Group."

"Me?" Lorenzo pointed at himself.

"Yes." James handed him the briefcase and turned around, walking towards the elevator.

Lorenzo watched him go, speechless. This project abroad was very important to the company. How could a special assistant like him fly over there representing HL Group? Lorenzo wondered if this was some kind of joke.

By the time his men found Maria's whereabouts, James rushed towards the Municipal People's Hospital and found her sitting on a chair in the corridor, absentminded. Next to her, a rough-looking man and two nagging women kept insulting her the whole time.

"You look like a tramp. You must be some rich man's mistress, right?"

"That's good. Now you can give me more money. I'll take two hundred thousand dollars and not a penny less!"

"Aren't you going to say anything? It was you who hit someone!"

Maria, who was known to be domineering and refused to take other people's crap, simply sat there without saying a word. Nobody could tell what she was thinking about.

Feeling sorry for her, James strode over and stood in front of Maria protectively. Then he took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to those people who were insulting her. "I'm sorry for whatever she did to you by accident. Take my business card and feel free to contact me with the sum you need. I'll make sure to pay you as you deserve. Now, please stop harassing her, or next, you'll be talking to my lawyer."

Wherever James stepped in, he would always draw attention to himself.

With an indifferent and arrogant look, he exuded a natural domineering aura that shut the three people up immediately.

The man who was scolding Maria swallowed his words once he saw James. After a while, he asked, "Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am. All you need to know is that from now on, I'll be handling this on her behalf," James said coldly.

As she heard his familiar voice, Maria looked up at him in a daze.

The towering man stood with his back at her in his brand new black suit as he elegantly put the business card box away.

Maria wondered how he had found her. But the next second, she dismissed the thought. It was pretty easy for a man like James to find her whereabouts.

The two women whispered something between themselves, and one of them plucked up the courage to say, "Even if the king walks in here today, he must pay for it!"

"As I've told you, call me with the sum you need, and you'll be paid!" James cast a look so cold at the woman that it scared her enough to take a few steps back.

"Two..." The woman was about to say the price of two hundred thousand dollars, but the man next to her quickly grabbed her arm and said, "My mother is still in surgery. Let's talk about it later!" Then he pulled her aside and scolded in a low voice, "Are you stupid? This man is obviously very rich! Two million dollars must be a drop in the bucket for him, let alone two hundred thousand!"

"Then, how much should we ask?"

"Well, let me see. One million!"

"One million dollars?" the woman shouted in shock. It was too late for the man to cover her mouth with his hand.

Her voice echoed so loudly through the corridor that everyone could hear her.

Immediately, James pulled out a checkbook from his pocket and wrote down the value. After he was done, he handed the check to the man. "One million dollars, and this is over now!"

As the three people heard his words, they all gasped with excitement.