A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 218

Upon hearing James' comment on her figure, Maria fell silent. She had always been happy with the way she looked. "Are you not satisfied with my figure? Or are you already tired of me?"

Maria asked in a harsh tone.

James put down his chopsticks again. "I get it, you're mad at me.¹'

Indeed, Maria was angry with the way he had treated her in bed. He was much too rough, she felt suffocated.

The woman couldn't keep it in any longer. Throwing her chopsticks across the table, she hissed, "You ate the food I cook. I said so many honeyed words. We had sex the whole afternoon. What more do you want? If you don't want to help me, then just say so. Quit playing tricks with me!"

'Play tricks?' He pursed his lips in silence, trying to figure out what to say.

But before he could utter a word, Maria's phone rang.

Her head swiveled in the direction of the ringtone. The phone was lying on James' desk.

She stood up and walked over. The caller ID showed it was Carolina calling.

Maria picked up the phone but didn't even wait for her sister's greeting. "Carolina Song, don't you ever call me again! I don't have the ability to persuade James. He has a fiancee, why don't you contact her instead? Anyway, I have cut ties with the Song family. I don't care what anyone thinks of me. You can say whatever you like, words won't kill me."

After a long pause, Carolina finally spoke up. "What are you talking about, Maria?"

Maria choked. "Don't you get it?"

"HL Group just asked us to sign the contract tomorrow. I was calling to say thank you. Didn't you hear about it?"

Maria was stunned. "What contract?" The man responsible was sitting right behind her. She didn't dare to look back.

"Mr. Xi has agreed to lend us three billion dollars. Did you not know?" Summer had called her. She said that Mr. Xi had only granted the loan for Maria's sake and that this would be the only time he'd extend such grace.

Maria was floored. She looked like a fool just now, since she was kept in the dark and James never bothered to mention anything.

Carolina didn't know what happened between them, so she didn't dare ask anything more. "Maria, thank you so much. The Song Group would've been in ruins if it weren't for you."

"Don't mention it." The woman's tone went flat, as though all the anger just now had evaporated into thin air.

What the hell was going on? How on earth could she face that man after having such a revelation over the phone?

Therefore, Maria decided she wasn't going to face him.

Still on the call, she clutched the phone tightly and strode around the office as though nothing had happened. Once she gathered her things into her bag, she walked to the office door and left without looking back.

When she passed by the area where the secretaries were positioned, they stared at her with wide eyes.

This was the woman who had stayed in the CEO's lounge the whole afternoon. It was likely they were just chatting inside, but two hickeys that shone red on Maria's neck said otherwise.

As Maria was leaving the HL Group headquarters, Carolina had already hung up the phone since she had nothing more to say. But since she was too embarrassed, Maria continued to pretend she was on the phone.

Maria didn't feel a sense of relief until she was safely within the confines of her coffee shop. She decided to avoid James the next couple of days.

In the Song family villa