A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 273

James' eyes narrowed. "Don't worry about it. I won't let her hurt you."

Judy finally breathed a sigh of relief. She put great faith in James' word.

After she had gone, Ethan came up next to James and complained. "I haven't seen enough yet, why did they both leave so soon?"

That earned him a chilling glance.

Ethan touched his nose. "Your stepmother was really scared, and all it took was a few words from Maria. I really can't imagine that Maria used to be timid woman when you were still married."

James said nothing and made his way to his car.

Ethan followed him, and soon the Harkim was driving away from the club.

An accident had occurred up ahead on the street, and they found themselves stuck in traffic a few minutes later.

Ethan eyed James, who was busy texting beside him. "Hey, James."

"What?"

"Do you want to see Maria?"

He looked up abruptly and glared at Ethan before getting back to his phone.

"Listen, I have a plan. You can pretend to be drunk and I'll take you to her place. She won't refuse."

"If you have nothing else to do, you might as well get out of the car and walk back home by yourself."

"I'm indeed quite idle at the moment, almost as much as you're lonely right now. I'd better call her and see what she's up to." As a man of action, Ethan quickly whipped out his phone as soon as the idea occurred to him. He browsed for Maria's number.

James didn't bother to stop him. He just continued to deal with his assistant's questions in their company group chat.

The call connected after a couple of rings, making Ethan snicker as he turned his phone on speaker mode. Maria's voice rang clear insider the car. "Hello, young man. What's up?"

"Where are you, Maria?" he asked with a grin.

He sounded so bright and endearing, she couldn't find the heart to shoot him down right away. "I'm almost at my apartment. What's wrong?"

"So here's the thing. James is drunk. How about I send him to your place?"

'James is drunk? Wasn't he fine when I saw him outside the Leopard Club just now?' "If you take him here, we both know he's going to suspend your credit cards first thing tomorrow morning."

"Oh, pssh. No way. James is not that kind of person."

James finally raised his head and cocked it at Ethan. Then he reached out a hand with the intent to end the call once and for all.

Ethan quickly dodged. Maria continued to speak. "Anyway, didn't you see that he was interested in those two gorgeous women? You should send him to them. Who knows, if he enjoys a whole night of threesome, he might even increase your credit limit tomorrow morning."

James' eyes widened at what he had just heard.

'Threesome? Maria sure has a wild imagination.' Ethan hurried to contradict her. "James isn't even remotely interested in them! Anyway, it's a deal, okay? I'm taking him over to your apartment right now."

"Please don't, I have a prior engagement. I'm going to see Norman later."

"What? But it's so late already, what are you going to see him for?" Of course, this question was not something that lived in Ethan's mind alone, but also in the mind of the man sitting next to him.

"I'm afraid I can't give you the details. But listen, since James is drunk, just send him to Alina's place. That would make everything so much easier. Okay, I'm pulling over at my apartment now. Bye." Then she ended the call before Ethan could even say anything else.

As the silence in the car grew heavier, the two men exchanged a look.

Ethan instantly broke down and begged for mercy. "I'm sorry, James."

Not only did Maria refuse James' presence, she even she had an appointment with Norman late into the night. It was like James had been dealt with a doublekill strike.

Seeing that the other man was about to lose his temper, Ethan said, "James, aren't you interested in finding out what they're up to in the middle of the night?"