A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 149

"I have an idea. Why don't you keep Maria in your villa?" Lawrence suggested.

As he heard this, James frowned deeply. How could he give Maria free access to his villa like that?

The man remained silent for a long time. Lawrence, who was aware that James was a neat freak, added, "I don't mind her staying in your villa. What are you worried about? Maria is not an outsider, anyway."

James felt a migraine coming. Lawrence's words sounded a little too weird for him to process.

Nevertheless, James didn't have much time to think about it. He hung up the phone and ordered Summer to take Maria to his villa on the hillside in the east of the city the next day. He didn't care how she would take Maria there, but Summer would get fired if she failed.

As soon as she received the order, Summer almost passed out. Why did James put her up to this? Why was she so unlucky?

She was about to go to bed, but after James' call, she didn't think she could sleep anymore. She thought about calling Maria but was afraid to wake her up. With no other choice, she decided to wait until the next morning.

In order to keep her bright future in HL Group, Summer went straight to Maria's door the next day and rang the doorbell.

As Maria answered the door, she found the woman with a helpless smile. Yawning, she asked, "What happened? Do you want to go shopping? I'm not in the mood to go shopping today."

"Oh, we're not going shopping today."

"So is it breakfast? I don't like having breakfast. Actually, I just want to get some more sleep now." She didn't go to bed until 3 a.m. last night, and now it was only seven in the morning.

"No, Maria. I'm not here for breakfast either." With a sigh, Summer stopped beating around the bush. "Well, are you interested in getting to know Mr. Xi's manor?"

"Not at all," Maria shook her head.

Summer was about to burst into tears as she desperately tried to find the words which could convince Maria. "You realize that Mr. Xi's manor is quite mysterious, right? Except for Mr. Lu and Mr. Nan, no one else has the chance to get in, not even me and Lorenzo. Aren't you slightly curious about it, Maria?"

"What's so great about it? Is it the manor that's just a little bigger than the other regular villas?" Maria then thought to herself disdainfully, 'Does James think I've never seen a manor before?'

Summer didn't know what else to say. Maria had a point, but she still had to complete her task. "And what about me, Maria? I want to have a look at it," she said with pleading eyes.

Leaning against the doorframe, Maria assumed, "So, James asked you to come and take me to see his manor?"

"Sort of..."

Maria sneered, "What if I don't want to go?"

"I'm going to get fired. Don't you feel sorry for me?" Summer blinked her puppy eyes. She had fallen victim to the battle between the two people.

Maria rolled her eyes. James was really a cunning fox. He even dared to use Summer to threaten her. "No worries, Summer. Come in. I'll sleep in a little longer, and then well sort this out."

After staying up so late, if she didn't get some more sleep during the day, she would probably have a sudden death.

"Okay!"

At noon, after Maria finally got up, the two women unhurriedly had lunch and then set off for the manor.

By the time they arrived at James' manor, Maria was forced to take back her words about the place.

This was far from being just a manor. It was heaven on Earth!

From the moment they stepped into James' land, everything changed. The air became fresher, and the sky was bluer.

The hillside road they were traveling on was wide and smooth. It felt as if they were driving in the clouds. There was no need to worry about any danger on winter or rainy days.

After driving about one kilometer along the road, the car finally arrived at the gate of the most mysterious manor in H City.

As Summer pressed a button on the remote control, the gate opened automatically. Next, the car drove into the parking lot.

When Maria got out of the car, she stood in front of the three-story villa and looked around in awe. "There must be more than a hundred rooms inside, right?" In fact, the place shouldn't be called a villa at all, but a castle.

Summer chuckled. "Although I've never been inside, I know there are more than eighty rooms. Over twenty out of them are guest rooms, all of them presidential." "James does know howto be extravagant and wasteful! " Maria commented.