Just like he was awakened for the first time, Bob opened his eyes and looked around in confusion.
Maria was furious. She wondered who it was.
She put her son on the bed and took out her phone from her pocket. It was James who was calling.
She wanted to kick him to death, so she hung up the phone again. This time she adjusted the phone to vibration mode, but then she was afraid that he would call her again, so she directly turned off her phone.
After making sure that the phone wouldn't ring again, Maria turned to coax her son again. However, after being woken up two times in a row, Bob seemed to have lost his sleep.
It seemed that the little boy was in a bad mood. He frowned, as if he wanted to cry but did not cry yet.
Maria lay down beside her son and patted him on the chest gently. "My dear, your dad woke you up just now. Let's beat him to revenge some other day!"
No matter how she coaxed him, the boy didn't seem to have the intention to close his eyes and go to sleep.
Since he didn't want to sleep, Maria went onto the bed and sat beside him, playing with him.
On the other hand, when James heard the programmed female voice from the phone, his face became more and more gloomy. "Sorry! The number you dialed is powered off..."
He hung up the phone and threw it aside.
In his opinion, if there was any misunderstanding between the two of them, or if she had any dissatisfaction, they could communicate with each other face to face. What did she mean by refusing to answer the phone and even turning off her phone?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He drove to Maria's company, but didn't find her there. Then he went to the Golden Mansion, but she was not there either.
Sitting in the car and looking at the dark night, James called Augustine to ask if Maria was in the mansion of the Xi family.
Maria hadn't told Augustine that she would come in advance, and she hadn't seen him in the mansion, so the old man didn't know she was here. So when his grandson asked, he directly said no.
Since she was nowhere to be found despite his efforts, James had no choice but to go back to the villa in the end.
Maria thought that she and James would be like this for the time being, but she was wrong.
Sure enough, James failed to get into contact with her tonight.
However, on the next day, as soon as Maria and Peggy got in the car after work, a Harkim appeared in front of them and blocked their way.
The man in the driver's seat of the Harkim just stared at the woman in the driver's seat of the other car. He didn't do anything in a hurry.
Maria honked the horn, but the Harkim didn't make a way but even turned off the engine.
Peggy said in a low voice, "He must be here for you. Aren't you going to get off the car to meet him?"
Maria looked into the man's eyes and answered lightly, "I'm not a woman who is at his beck and call. Why should I have to get off the car to meet him as long as he comes?"
"But even if you don't get off the car, we can't leave either!" James was good at choosing the position. There was no way back for Maria's car.
Maria was rendered speechless by Peggy's reminder. She could not help but curse James silently.
The two cars were in a stalemate for a while. The man got out of his car first and knocked on her window.
Maria rolled down the window and looked at him expressionlessly.
He took out something from his pocket and handed it to her. "Have a look. Do you like it?"
Maria looked at the brocade box in front of her eyes in confusion, hesitating as whether she should take it or not. Peggy acted faster than her. She took the brocade box from James' hand and put it in Maria's hand. Then she said to James with a smile, "Mr. Xi, it's great that you are finally here. Maria has been in a bad mood for two days. Please coax her."
Maria was speechless again. Being forced to take the brocade box, she said through her gritted teeth, "Peggy, you're courting death!"
Pear smiled awkwardly and whispered in her ear, "Maria, Mr. Xi has taken the initiative to come to you even with a gift. You should know where to stop."
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