A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 237

The coffee shop hadn't opened for the day yet. James took out his phone and called Maria before getting into his car. "Where are you?"

"The apartment."

"I'll pick you up."

"Where are we going?"

"To the hospital to get your dressing changed."

He remembered that she had been scheduled for a reexamination. "Oh, right. Okay."

James drove over by himself, and Maria came out of the apartment wearing a long, white down jacket and a red scarf.

She opened the door of the passenger seat and got inside.

It was warm in the car, so she removed her scarf and reached over to place it on the back seat.

Her wound appeared to be healing well. "Come here once a week for the next two weeks," the doctor advised. "You should be fully recovered by then."

"All right. Doctor, thank you."

"You're welcome, Miss Song."

They left the hospital and James took them to a restaurant.

He had reserved a private room with a view of the H River, and they settled into their seats. The table was yet to be filled.

James sat across from Maria and pushed the menu toward her. "Order whatever you want to eat."

She obliged, listing off several dishes to the server who waited on them.

The server soon left, and then it was just the two of them in the room.

Maria removed her jacket and draped it on the chair next to her. James eyed her casually before asking, "What did you want to talk about?"

"Let's have lunch first."

He said nothing.

And then the dishes were served. She had ordered the restaurants specialties, the first course being roasted duck.

The chef was slicing it at the scene.

The chef placed a dollop of caviar over the slices of meat before placing the plates in front of the couple.

Maria took a bite, the forkful of duck and caviar melting in her mouth almost immediately. The dish was very good.

It didn't take long for her to finish the whole plate, and she dabbed at her lips with the napkin only to find that James' plate had remained untouched.

"Aren't you going to eat that?" she asked innocently.

"No."

Well she wasn't expecting that. What a waste! "Give it to me," she said bluntly.

James lifted his plate and placed it in front of her, and Maria wasted no time in eating his share.

Neither said anything else, and the meal proceeded

quietly.

When they were having dessert, Maria suddenly spoke. "James, let's end things where they are, okay?"

He gently put his chopsticks down and wiped his lips with the napkin.

Without missing a beat, Maria took a bite of the avocado. It was a little greasy, but she didn't think it was too bad. She turned to James again. "How about going back to being strangers to each other? Let's just pretend nothing ever happened between us, and I won't be bothering you again in the future. What do you say?"

"You said you wanted to talk about something," he said, his voice low and his tone sharp. "This is what you wanted to discuss, huh?”

"Yeah.

What do you think?"

James threw his napkin forcefully on the table, causing her to pause with her eating.

She watched as he carelessly pushed his chair back and got to his feet. He turned away and kicked the chair aside, obviously mad as he headed for the door.

"No, wait!" she called after him.