A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 252

"All right, thank you, John."

"You're welcome, Ms. Song." Stoic as ever, the man then turned around and left.

Maria had lunch and then went to her own room.

She had no idea when James had done it, but a lot of limited edition dolls and blind boxes had been sent over. There must be a hundred of them at least, sitting neatly in a corner and waiting for her to unwrap them.

Maria settled in a comfortable position on the carpet by the bed and began to go through the boxes one by one.

She had been sitting there for a good while when Summer called.

"Maria, I was busy just now so I missed your call. What's up?"

Maria had called the assistant around lunch time. "Is James going on any business trips any time soon?"

"Yes, he has to go to N Province the day after tomorrow."

"How long will he be gone?"

"It's just a one-day trip."

Maria pondered this for a moment. "Well, are there other business affairs that might keep him away from town for two days or more?"

Summer understood what the woman was asking. She looked through James' schedule and checked. "He's leaving for the US in half a month. He should be there for at least three days."

"I see. Okay, thank you." "Maria, do you want to go with him on a business trip, by any chance?"

'A business trip with James?' Maria smiled derisively. "Nope."

"Oh, All right then." They chatted some more before ending the call.

For some reason, Maria was no longer in the mood to open the boxes after that conversation. Instead, she picked up her phone and dialed another number. "Did you find anything?"

"Yes. We learned that Alina Tang is looking to seal the deal in two days. We've already asked someone to buy some time."

"How much does that person want?"

"He asked for ten million, but Ms. Tang offered to give him eight million."

'Eight million dollars?' Alina appeared to be desperate to please James' grandparents at this point.

"Give him nine million and take it."

"Understood."

Augustine's birthday party was just around the corner. If Alina wanted to marry into the Xi family, she needed to secure the patriarch's approval first. Of course, Maria wouldn't just stand by and watch the other woman pursue her goal without doing anything about it.

James wouldn't be overseas until two weeks later, and she had a plan in her mind.

When her ankle was almost healed, Maria left the manor.

Then she asked Summer to mention to James that she was planning to travel abroad.

James and Maria had no contact in the days that followed her departure from the manor, and he never asked anything pertaining to her trip.

On the day Maria was going abroad, Summer burst into James' office in a panic.

"Mr. Xi, bad news!"

James raised an eyebrow. "What happened?"

"It's Maria. Something happened to her."

He put down the document he had been looking at and sat up straight. "Make yourself clear."

Summer swallowed, her eyes red with unshed tears. "Maria is travelling abroad. The plane she's on crashed when it took off."

'The plane crashed?'

Plane crashes were no joke, and in most cases, there were no survivors. James rose from his chair and strode over to Summer, his face dark. He grabbed her shoulders and squeezed. "What did you say? What happened to Maria? Say it again!"

Veins were standing out around his temples.

"Something happened to Maria," she repeated.