A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 184

An hour later, dinner was finally ready. When James sat at the dining table, Maria ladled out a bowl of minced pork congee with century egg and put it in front of him. "Here you go. It's hot. Be careful not to scald yourself."

She was smiling. He glanced at her and realized that she wanted something from him. "Thank you," he said casually.

Maria picked up a piece of fish and put it into her mouth. After chewing it casually for a while, she swallowed it and asked tentatively, "Shall we talk about something?"

James asked seriously, "About love?"

Maria choked. She rested her elbow on the table and cupped her chin in her hand. "Love my butt. It's about Jonathan." Of course, she also wanted to talk about love and romance with him, but she knew that he didn't want to. What could she do?

"Let's eat," James said.

Maria understood he was unwilling to talk about Jonathan yet. So she had to answer, "Okay."

When they finished eating, James went upstairs to take a shower while Maria was left in the dining room cleaning up the table.

She became less anxious this time. Actually, she could carry out her plan by herself, and she didn't have to ask James to do it for her. Maria didn't know why, but she just wanted to listen to his advice.

When James came out of the bathroom, Maria was already on the balcony, smoking. He frowned as he always thought that smoking was her bad habit.

He threw the towel aside, strode towards the balcony, and grabbed the cigarette from her lips. "Don't let me see you smoke again in the future," he snapped.

Maria was speechless for a moment. Then she retorted, "But you smoke too."

"It's different. I'm a man, and you're a woman."

"And what's the difference? We're not living in a feudal society anymore. Nowadays, women's status has risen, even surpassing men."

"Let me tell you what's the difference then." James took a drag on the cigarette, puffed out smoke, and stubbed it out in the ashtray.

He then pulled her over and went back to the bedroom together.

He threw her on the bed and pressed on her. "Men can fuck women. Can you?"

Maria was at a loss for words. She couldn't retort this time.

James' hands kept moving, and he continued what he was doing. Then he asked again, "Do you have such a function?"

Maria was totally defeated now.

After a long time, she felt that she would die if he still didn't end it. Finally, he finished.

He carried her in his arms, took her to the bathroom, and cleaned her up. He also cleaned himself before he carried her back to the bed. Then he lit a cigarette and sat down on the sofa. "Tell me!"

However, Maria was totally worn out. She lay in bed drowsily and said, "I want to sleep."

She felt like she was crushed by a truck. But why was James still so energetic?

"You can sleep after you talk."

Maria rolled her eyes. What else could she do?

She turned over and faced him. "It's about the land in the south of the city. Can you help me buy off the government officials?"

"What do you want to do?" She wanted to buy off the government officials. How bold she was!

"I'm afraid that they will be suspicious, so I have to do something to erase their doubts."

'They?' James reechoed the word inwardly. He wondered who else had she framed aside from Jonathan.

Flicking his cigarette, he asked, "Do you think Jonathan is easy to deal with? Do you think he can't tell the difference between soft and hard soil? Or even if he can't tell, how about those engineers doing the geological exploration?"

Maria couldn't agree with him more. Upon realizing that it was a big problem, she became energetic, and her sleepiness vanished. She looked at James seriously and asked, "What should I do then?"

James thought for a while before he answered, "Since we have already started, we can't leave any evidence."

That night, several trucks loaded with hard soil pulled over on that land in the south of the city. The hard soil was then spread evenly over the entire land in a thick layer, creating an illusion that there was no problem with it at all.

The next day, some residents in the vicinity also received red packets. The hush money was to prevent them from disclosing embarrassing or discreditable information about the land.

Everything was done before Jonathan sent his men to inquire about the land.