A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 26

Since Maria said this in a gentle way, which was pleasant to hear, Mr. Qi had to show respect for her charm. He nodded. "Ms. Song, please go ahead."

The smile in Maria's eyes faded a little. "I think as a successful entrepreneur who has made HL Group what it is today, James has every right to act arrogant and self-righteous."

Nobody expected that she would stick up for James. Mr. Qi looked embarrassed, and even the other man who complained that James was arrogant earlier kept silent.

Colby looked at Maria, lit a cigarette, and didn't say anything. He just listened quietly.

"Self-righteousness is akin to self-confidence. Someone who's constantly down on himself, a cowardly person who lacks confidence, can never be self-righteous. So someone without those qualities can never be successful. Because they wouldn't have the courage or charm to lead a company to glory, and they wouldn't be able to keep a company going."

On her way over to fetch the business card from Mr. Qi, Summer heard the debate as soon as she was about to open the door. Of course she loved Maria's sharp comments. She pushed the door open quietly and saw that Maria was staring at Mr. Qi, who passed her the business card earlier and expected to cooperate with HL Group in the future.

With a smile, Summer closed the door silently. She didn't want the business card now. There was no need to cooperate with a person like Mr. Qi.

Maria's words had their predicted effect. The people in the room squirmed uncomfortably.

Mr. Qi understood what Maria meant and loosened his tie. She was calling him cowardly, lacking in confidence, and down on himself. He asked Colby unhappily, "Mr. Zheng, what's wrong with your date? Why doesn't she watch her mouth?"

Colby comforted the man with a smile, "Take it easy, Mr. Qi." Then he turned to Maria and said seriously, "Maria, propose a toast to Mr. Qi and apologize." He wouldn't offend Mr. Qi because of Maria.

Maria raised her glass and stood up.

Mr. Qi's face softened when he saw her stand up with a glass of liquor. But he was gobsmacked by what came next.

Maria addressed Colby. "Mr. Zheng, I'm sorry I offended your friend today. In fact, I have a big shortcoming, that is, I always stand up to injustice, so I always offend someone. I didn't expect to get you into trouble today, Mr. Zheng. I'll drink this glass of liquor as an apology. Please accept it." After gulping down the liquor, Maria put down the empty glass and left with her handbag, and all the business bigwigs sat there after she left. The room felt somehow emptier.

In this dinner party, Maria offended two business tycoons so she could defend James Xi. If Colby didn't forgive her, that would bring the total to three.

Coming out of the private room, Maria stood still and sighed. She blamed herself for being too impulsive.

It was not easy for her to get close to Colby. And now she had offended his friends for James ' sake. She was afraid that Colby thought much less of her now.

Suddenly, her phone rang. She took it out and looked at the caller ID. It was Summer. She took a deep breath and answered the phone, "Yes, Summer?"

Outside the hotel, the Harkim's engine started. It held position outside the front door on the roundabout. Summer jogged to the back seat of the car. She heard the gentle buzz of rear window being rolled down. "Get in the car," said James.

Feeling a little guilty, Summer shook her head and said, "Mr. Xi, I'm meeting with a client later. I'll wait for them here. By the way, when I went back to get Mr. Qi's business card, I heard Maria defending you..."

Summer repeated everything she overheard.

The man didn't say anything after hearing her report. His slender index finger and middle finger tapped on the armrest of the seat. At last, he uttered just three words as a reply. "Okay. I see.

He didn't give any comment.

"Anything else?" he asked.