A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 335

Maria said hurriedly, "I was just joking. Carry on with your work. Bob hasn't gone to sleep yet, so I'll go and spend some time with him."

"Okay," James replied with a chuckle. "I'll finish my work soon."

"Alright. See you," she replied before hanging up the phone.

Sitting in the CEO's office, James called his assistant and ordered, "Ask Summer to come to my office when she returns."

"Yes, Mr. Xi."

As soon as Summer came back to the company, she was told that James wanted to see her. Without so much as taking a sip of water, she went straight to the CEO's office. "Mr. Xi, what can I do for you?" she asked politely as she entered.

James raised his head and asked, "What work have you been doing recently?"

Although she couldn't understand why he was asking her such a question all of a sudden, she still answered him in detail.

After thinking it over for a while, James made up his mind and said, "Hand over the trivial tasks to Gary. From now on, you're only responsible for following up on the contracts at hand and keeping track of my daily tasks."

"Mr. Xi, what's wrong?" Summer was filled with dread. Why was he suddenly lightening her workload? Was she about to be replaced?

"Nothing. Maria has become really fond of Bob, but it's hard for her to take care of him alone. From now on, you can use your spare time to help her take care of the baby," James explained indifferently.

Summer breathed a sigh of relief. "Alright, Mr. Xi, understood."

"Well, if you have nothing else to do, you can get off work now!"

"Okay, Mr. Xi," she replied obediently, discreetly taking a glance at her watch.

Fortunately, it was a reasonable time for her to get off work.

Summer had barely left the office when James received a call from Ethan. "James, let's go for a drink tonight!" he said in a jovial tone.

To his surprise, James instantly refused. "No, I promised Maria that I would be home early."

Hearing this, Ethan raised an eyebrow in disbelief. Did James really have to show off his love life every time he opened his mouth? "Oh, James, you've changed! Are you so in love with Maria that you’ve forgotten me?"

"Shut up."

"Fine, let's go out for a drink tomorrow night. I'm sure that Lawrence will only leave after his engagement party is done." Tomorrow night was the night of Lawrence and Meagan's engagement party. After that, Ethan would be the only single man among the three friends.

"I'll let you know tomorrow night," James said in a non-committal way. He couldn't give Ethan a straight answer since he didn't know whether Maria had any plans tomorrow night.

"Now that you have Maria, you've forgotten your best buddy. Well, fine. I guess I should also find a woman to spend the long nights with," Ethan said in mock despair.

"Shut up, will you?" James irritably massaged the space between his eyebrows.

"Yeah, yeah. Bye!"

Ethan was about to hang up when he heard James saying, "I'll drink with you tomorrow night."

"Really?"

"Yeah. Come to my villa when you're free." James knew that it was good to have Ethan on his side when it came to certain matters.

"Oh, my God! Are you trying to imply something? Well, anything you say, James! I don’t mind being your lover."

"Fuck off!"

"Hey, don't be so mean to your best friend! Hello? Are you still there?" Ethan lowered the phone from his ear and looked at the screen only to find that the call had been disconnected. He snorted, not at all pleased with the fact that James treated him like a piece of disposable tissue.

Lawrence and Meagan's engagement party was small and low-key. Their two families just gathered to have a meal together. The Lu family also brought some betrothal gifts to the Su family, as a token of engagement.

Although it was a small party, the atmosphere was lively, with the elders of both families enthusiastically chatting with one another. In fact, Lawrence and Meagan were the only ones who remained silent, as if they were strangers.

Of course, they had only met each other twice before, so they could barely even be considered acquaintances.