A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 278

While waiting for the green light, Maria took the chance to look at the woman in passenger seat. "You don't think I'll ever take back my position as Mrs. Xi unless I use my body, do you?"

"Well, there is still another way." Peggy shrugged. "You still have Bob."

They had nicknamed her little boy Bob in honor of the bubbles he seemed to be fond of blowing.

"Forget it then.” Maria didn't want her son to be involved in this or become a weapon for her revenge. She would have kept him by her side otherwise, instead of entrusting his care to James' grandparents.

"A pretty woman like you can easily get what she wants. What's more, you are his ex-wife. You need to win his heart and make him dump Alina. Then deal with his evil stepmother as soon as possible."

"I didn't even succeed on that first task," Maria confessed. "James is the total opposite of romantic. Sometimes I feel like he doesn't even have a heart. He only married me in the first place because his grandfather required a firm alliance with the Song family, and he got the HL Group in exchange for this sacrifice. Even now, he only got engaged to Alina for the interests of the company."

At some point in the past, she had presumed that he was actually in love with Alina, but he had cleared that up once and for all by declaring that he had no such feelings for her whatsoever. With all that said, James was a man who was willing to give up his lifelong and personal happiness for the sake of his business. He had no room for romance in his life.

"Well, since it appears that he obeys his grandfather, it's probably more important for you to have his grandparents on your side. We can discard the plan about sleeping with him then."

Maria nodded in agreement. "I don't think my efforts were in vain; his grandparents are truly very good to me. They also detest Alina, and are very vocal with their support for me to remarry James."

"That's great! I honestly don't think you need to worry too much. Now you even have James' son. What are you afraid of?" Peggy cocked her head to study the woman in the driver's seat.

"I'm not afraid of anything. I'm doing well in taking my revenge on Alina, but what frustrates me is James' refusal to do anything to aid my plans." To Maria, she had done enough where Alina was concerned. For his part, James should have known by now just what kind of person Alina was. And yet he never seemed inclined to break off their engagement. This, above all else, was the root of Maria's frustration.

Unfortunately, Peggy couldn't give her any suggestion on this matter. She had no way of guessing what was on James' mind either. "Cheer up. If all else fails, you can just tell him about Bob. If he doesn't cancel the engagement to Alina even then, you can just run away with his son and get married to another man. You should know better than I do that the rich families attach great importance to their heirs. Who knows, if you reveal the truth about Bob, you might be able to remarry into the family in the blink of an eye."

Maria didn't comment. Would she really have to resort to using her son to achieve her goals in the end? This realization made her deeply upset. She decided to just forget it for now and think about it in the future.

In the Leopard Club

A manager opened the door to a private room and Ethan walked in while whistling. Inside the room, James was sitting on the sofa and talking on the phone. There were several bottles of Bacardi rum in front of him, and he had already drunk one glass.

Ethan was used to this scene. In the past half year, James had often asked him out for a drink.

The manager poured a glass of liquor for Ethan, bowed, and left.

When Ethan overheard James mentioning about a child on the phone, he instantly perked up.

James had barely ended the call when Ethan asked, "James, whose child were you talking about?"

"Some baby Grandpa found on the street."

"A baby found on the street?" Ethan looked at him suspiciously.

James set his glass down and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Yeah."

"How old is the child? Is it a boy or a girl?"

"About a month old, I guess. It's a boy."

How could a child just suddenly appear out of nowhere? Ethan pondered the odds for a while, then uttered another one of his random theories out loud. The words, however, struck James like a bolt of lightning. "Is it possible that the boy is actually your own son?"

James instantly felt the urge to throw the other man out of the room. "Impossible!"