A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 171

When James saw that Maria was with Colby, his icy gaze swept over her and then he looked away.

Summer greeted Maria quietly before she found a seat near the door and sat down.

Meanwhile, Jonathan was really curious about Maria, especially that she was personally brought by Colby to this dinner party. Besides, he also noticed that James had stared at her for a while. Thus, he got more eager to get to know her.

Since all of the invited guests had arrived, the dinner soon started.

Maria was the most beautiful among the women present at the party, so she naturally became the center of men's attention.

Even the bureau chief who organized this event wanted to talk to her from time to time. He would also take care of her occasionally. "Ms. Song, do you drink?" he asked.

Maria put down her chopsticks, smiled at him, and replied, "Of course, I drink. But I'm better at pouring wine." She then picked up a bottle of wine, walked towards the bureau chief, and filled his glass while he was laughing heartily.

James just silently smoked while watching Maria wander around men skillfully and with ease. He never said a word.

The bureau chief kept on praising Colby for finding a good manager for HM Group. Colby just smiled and glanced at James. He then tried to sound out Maria for the last time. "Maria is Mr. Xi's ex-wife. Of course, she is excellent."

Since the bureau chief was only transferred from another city not long ago, he didn't know many things in H City yet. So obviously, he was interested in what Colby said. His gaze swept James and Maria and said, "Well, Ms. Song and Mr. Xi..."

James didn't react. It was as if the chief wasn't talking about him.

With the same smile plastered on her face, Maria put her elbow on Colby's shoulder and said in a sweet and coquettish tone, "Well, I'm not good enough to be with Mr. Xi now. But Mr. Zheng treats me better."

Men were always too proud, so Colby was overjoyed by her flattery.

He tested her several times, but the results showed that she had nothing to do with James anymore. Finally, he was convinced that James and Maria had nothing to do with each other now.

Everyone knew that Colby had a wife. But this kind of affair was very common to successful businessmen. It happened everywhere. Thus, they all tacitly did not mention his wife.

This time, Jonathan chimed in, "Mr. Xi is so handsome and rich. Ms. Song, don't you miss him?"

For a moment, everyone's gaze fell on Maria again.

She was still pissed off, so she answered, "Mr. Jiang, Mr. Xi already has a fiancee. Of course, I can't possibly get back to him. Why should I miss him? At most, I just wanted to fool around with him. But Mr. Zheng treats me better."

'Fool around?' These two words from her reechoed in James' mind. Although he remained quiet, a hint of irony flashed across his eyes.

Maria was so bold that she dared to say something like that. He decided to piss her off too. At the thought of this, James stubbed out his cigarette and said in a lazy tone, "There are thousands of women in the world. Maria is just a second-hand woman. If her boyfriend really doesn't mind it, then he seems to truly love her.”

'Truly love her?' These words sounded really ironic.

No one could guarantee that businessmen like them loved their wives truly. Almost eighty percent of these men had a marriage of convenience. They valued power, money, and business than love.

Maria got more pissed off by what James said. The last time she was in his manor, it seemed that he really had a great time playing with her before she flew to France.

On the other hand, Colby felt a little embarrassed by James' words. But he tried to smooth things over with a smile. "We are now living in modern society. Maria is beautiful and has a good figure. How can a man not fall in love with her?"

"Yes, you're right. As a matter of fact, I'm so envious of your luck, Mr. Xi and Mr. Zheng," Jonathan said.

The obscenity in his words made Maria almost throw up.

After pouring wine into the men's glasses, she didn't return to her seat. Instead, she walked up to James with the bottle and her glass. She poured wine into his glass and asked with a smile, "Mr. XI, can we still hang around in the future?"