A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 236

Maria's eyelids fluttered open. Taking stock of the empty bedroom, she wondered if James had slept in the same bed; she had fallen into too deep a sleep to tell.

After washing her face and brushing her teeth, she found women's clothes in his wardrobe and put them on.

Apparently, James had arranged for her clothes to be brought here. She gingerly pulled on her clothes, careful to avoid the wound on her back.

Once she was all dressed, she eyed the clothes in the wardrobe warily. Then she made the decision. She pulled out a suitcase she found and swept all the clothes into it.

Breakfast, along with John, was waiting for her downstairs. Seeing her lug a heavy suitcase downstairs, he called out to her. "Good morning, Ms. Song. Breakfast is ready."

"Thank you, John. But I have something important to do right now," Maria said apologetically.

John said, "Mr. Xi will be back soon."

"I see. It's not easy to hail a taxi from here. John, could you please arrange for a driver to take me?"

"Okay, Ms. Song."

Since she insisted on leaving, John couldn't force her to stay. Obediently, he called for a driver.

As soon as she was gone, John called James. "Mr. Xi, Ms. Song has left."

The man didn't reply for a while.

Finally, he asked, "Did she say anything before she left?" "No, but she was carrying a suitcase. I don't know what was in it, though."

"I see."

After the call ended, James stared out the window absentmindedly, deep in thought.

When he returned to the manor, he went to check his bedroom. Just as he suspected, the clothes he had left for her in the wardrobe were all gone.

Standing in the middle of the bedroom, looking at the neatly made queen-sized bed she had slept in, James pursed his lips tightly.

Finally, he pulled out his phone and made a call.

A couple of rings later, she finally picked up. "Hello?"

"What do you want?"

"Let's have a face-to-face talk in recent two days," Maria said.

His expression darkened. He guessed what she was going to do. "Okay."

Before he could say anything else, she hung up the phone.

Late that night, an Audi was making its way to the Song family villa when a black SUV violently swerved in front of it.

Right before the Audi collided into the black car, its driver slammed her foot on the brakes.

Before Daniela could gather her bearings, several men climbed out of the SUV and swarmed the Audi. Frightened to bits, she didn't dare open the door, despite the men's incessant knocking on the window.

The last man who came out of the car carried a hammer. Seeing she had no choice, Daniela gulped nervously and opened the door. "Who are you? What do you want?"

"Did you go to Villa Green on the first night of the last month?"

Daniela was a little shocked but hurriedly tried to explain herself. "I just wanted Mr. Bai to help me. I won't pester him anymore, I swear!"

Suddenly, she felt the cold blade of a dagger pressed against her neck. Eyes wide, she started to scream.

"Shut up!"

She immediately shut her mouth and shrank into her chair, trembling, trying to keep as far away from the man as possible.

The man hissed at her ruthlessly, "Who was the other woman you ran into that night? If you even think about lying, you won't make it back to the Song family villa tonight."

The woman she bumped into? Daniela was confused, then finally, her eyes flickered with recognition. "You mean the one who was shot?"

"Yes."