A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 196

James fell silent.

With an intense glare, Maria scolded him, "I got injured. Why did you call a vet?!¹'

"Come on, Maria!" groaned Ethan.

Realizing that her manner of speaking was not appropriate, Maria turned to him and quickly explained, "I didn't mean that."

"It's okay. I understand," he replied with a smile.

"You were injured. What's wrong with me calling a doctor over?" James asked indifferently.

Well, a veterinarian was still a doctor. There was nothing wrong with what he had said.

In order to appease Ethan, whose heart was slightly hurt because of her words, Maria stretched out her hand and asked him to deal with her wound.

"James, you have a first aid kit here, right?" she asked.

"Yes." James did not deny it and even smiled in response.

He must have called Ethan to come over and poke fun of her.

Maria realized what he wanted to do. Sadly, she had no choice but to endure it.

She did not want to say anything more that would offend Ethan and make him misunderstand her.

After dealing with her wound, Ethan complained, "It's just wound dressing. It's not a big deal. Why did you have to call me and make me come here all the way? Anyway, James, pay the medical fee please. I will be a chief physician in the future, so I'm going to charge you one hundred thousand dollars."

"Fuck off!"

"Fine!" Ethan packed up the kit and walked towards the door without even receiving his payment.

As Maria watched the scene, she was speechless. How could James do this to Ethan? The latter came all the way here to help her. But as soon as he was done, James kicked him out without even saying thank you.

At the thought of this, Maria ran towards Ethan and shouted, "Wait for me!"

He looked back at her in confusion. "Aren't you going to stay here?"

"Why should I do that? I just came here to visit." To be frank, she felt guilty. James did not want her to sleep here overnight, nor did he want to sleep in the same bed as her. If so, what was the reason for her to stay here and ask for trouble?

"Well, even if you really don't want to stay here, I will. After all, James' bed is so cozy to sleep in."

Maria rolled his eyes at him upon hearing his words. "Fine. You can stay here. Anyway, I'll go now."

A snicker appeared at the corners of Ethan's mouth. "Forget it. It's already late. The road is already dark all the way to the foot of the mountain. Let me show you the way."

"Thank you!" With that, the two walked towards the door, as if nobody else was with them.

Just as Maria was about to put on her shoes, a stern voice of a man called her name. "Maria Song.” "Yes?" She turned around, yet she did not stop putting on her shoes.

"Did I say you can leave?"

'So he wants me to stay? But I won't.' She curled her lips and retorted, "Mr. Xi, you didn't ask me to stay either. I'd better leave now."

Regardless of the man's reaction, she walked out of the door with Ethan.

As they reached the parking lot, Ethan looked back at the villa and asked, "Why didn't you stay? All the beds in James' manor are so cozy to sleep in. You could sleep for three nights, and you'd still want to sleep in for another day."

"Do you think I can't afford a bed?" Why did she have to sleep in a bed that obviously did not belong to her?

Ethan opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. It turned out that this woman was too naive to get his point. Regardless, he decided to drop the subject. There was no reason for him to get involved between James and Maria anyway.

A few moments later, they went back to the downtown in a separate car. Ethan drove his car in front, followed by Maria. Before they went their separate ways, they bade each other goodbye.

Instead of going back to the hotel room, Maria went to Fairview Villa.

She opened the door of a room and turned on the light. On top of the bed were numerous dolls. Not only that, but there were dozens of unopened blind boxes beside the table as well.