A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 180

Ethan pressed the service bell, and when the waiter came, he said, "Serve the hot dishes, please."

"Yes, Mr. Nan. Please wait a moment," replied the waiter courteously.

Ethan then turned to Maria. "Maria, I..."

But before he could even say something, James interrupted him. "Ethan." For the third time, James called his name in a voice that sounded like a devil.

Ethan almost went bananas. "James, what are you doing? Isn't there a waiter to call? I just want to have a chat with Maria," he complained.

James looked at him and asked, "How are your credit cards?"

At the mention of this, Ethan told James, "There's still one frozen. Do you want to unfreeze it for me?"

"Okay."

Ethan looked back at Maria excitedly. He wanted to share his joy with her.

But much to his surprise, Maria picked up a piece of fried fish with the serving chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth when he was about to say something. She then said, "Have a taste. It's delicious."

'Ethan is so naive. He can't tell that James doesn't want us to talk right now,' she thought to herself, amused.

She had to stuff Ethan's mouth with something to stop him from blabbering before James tortured him.

However, she didn't expect that what she did would darken James' expression at once.

Lawrence, who was watching them quietly, noticed the sudden change in James' expression. So he prayed for Ethan secretly.

Ethan wanted to thank Maria. But as soon as he opened his mouth again, Maria picked up a piece of mushroom and put it into his mouth. "I don't want to talk to you for the time being,” she said.

He had no other choice but to chew silently. He started to wonder if he had offended Maria by any chance.

James glanced blankly at Ethan, who was still chewing the mushroom, and decided to teach him a lesson in the future.

Holding back his laughter, Lawrence stood up and poured a glass of wine for Ethan. He then picked up his own glass and clinked glasses with him. "Come on, let's drink."

Ethan was so touched that he swallowed the food in his mouth right away. "Oh, Lawrence, you love me the most. Come on, let's drink cross-cupped wine and ignore them."

Lawrence got disgusted with him in an instant. "Stay away from me!" He regretted that he cared and talked with Ethan.

Maria chuckled slightly. She put down her chopsticks and said jokingly, "I haven't seen anyone drinking crosscupped wine. Can you guys show it to me?"

"Do you really want to see it?" Ethan asked.

Maria nodded with a smile.

"Well, I want to see it too. Why don't you and James drink cross-cupped wine, so we can all see?"

Maria was rendered speechless. She didn't expect that Ethan would say those words, so she said hastily, "Well, I'm not interested to see it anymore."

She then continued eating, pretending that she had said nothing.

Lawrence's gaze swept James and Maria. Finally, he confirmed that they were at odds.

But since neither of them showed any signs of guilt or anger, he couldn't tell who had caused the problem.

The dinner of the four went on smoothly. When they finished eating, they walked out of the club together.

Maria walked with Lawrence behind Ethan and James. She said to him in a low voice, "I forgot to ask you. What did you mean by saying that I confessed to James last time?" It was true that she confessed her love to James verbally all day long. But she wondered how Lawrence knew.

Lawrence felt that it seemed meaningless to tell Maria the truth now. After all, that message was sent by James himself. If Maria, who was a proud woman, knew that James had made such a move, she would probably make a fuss. So he just said, "Nothing. It's over now."

But Maria didn't want to let it pass so easily. She tugged on his sleeve and said, "Tell me. Don't worry. I won’t get angry. I'm just curious."

Ethan inadvertently saw what they were doing, so he turned around and asked, "Lawrence, Maria, what are you guys doing behind us?"

Lawrence didn't know what to say.

Maria was not able to retort either.

As expected, James also turned around. His gaze fell on Maria's hand on Lawrence's sleeve. A trace of darkness flashed across his eyes.

The temperature in the corridor dropped a few degrees in an instant.