A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 336

Ethan shook his head and said casually, "You should maintain basic decency in public. Remember to be respectful of your marriage.

Don't hurt the woman who agreed to marry you after meeting you only twice." Lawrence was speechless. Since when did Ethan become so mature? He flashed Ethan a mocking smile and said, "A single man has no right to comment about someone else's marriage."

Waving his fist in anger, Ethan retorted, "What's wrong with being a single man? I'm still young!"

"Being single by choice and being single because you can't find a woman are totally different," James chimed in dryly, adding salt to the wound. For some reason, Ethan found James' words eerily familiar. Hadn't Maria said the same thing to him before? "No wonder you and Maria are getting back together, you have a lot of things in common," he said, scowling.

"Yes." James didn't deny, interpreting Ethan's words to mean that he and Maria were a perfect match.

Ethan glared at him dully, unwilling to admit defeat. "James, are you really going to getting back together with Maria?"

"I think so."

"Didn't you say that you would never rekindle your relationship?"

Ethan pressed. Looking at the glass of wine in his hand, James murmured, "Yeah, but what else can I do?" His words sounded helpless, but they were a stark contrast to his tone, which was filled with happiness and content.

Ethan scoffed. "Are you that eager to jump off a cliff? Not only are you getting back together with her, but you also seem to be enjoying it very much!"

James turned his head and shot him a warning glance. "Do you want to be wheeled out of here on a stretcher?"

Sure enough, those words made Ethan shut up at once.

'Humph! You always bully me because I can't defeat you,' he complained inwardly.

After quite a while, James took a sip of the wine and said, "She is Arthur's mother. Even though the child is gone, I owe her. Nothing I do will be enough for me to pay her back for it."

What was more, Maria had been pregnant twice. He would never let her down in his lifetime.

Even if the previous passion between them could not be restored, he would get back together with her.

His friends didn't know whether he was talking to himself or telling them.

Lawrence and Ethan silently exchanged a glance. They were both thinking the same thing—James had fallen.

He had fallen into the abyss that was Maria, and he would never be able to get out of it again.

Less than two hours after they had met at the bar, James finished his last drink and announced that he was leaving.

Once he was gone, Lawrence and Ethan awkwardly made small talk for a while. But in the end, deciding that it was weird and boring to just have a drink alone with a man, Lawrence called for a designated driver to pick him up from the bar.

Ethan hadn't driven to the bar, so he opted to ride back home in the same car as Lawrence.

In James' villa, Bob had fallen asleep early.

When James came back home, he found Maria sitting on the bed and doing some work on the laptop.

She raised her head and greeted him with a smile. "Are you done with your work?"

"I finished it a long time ago," he answered.

It was not until he came closer that Maria smelled the trace of wine on him. "Did you go to a business party?"

Sitting down on the edge of the bed, James reached out and raised her chin. "No." After saying that, he lowered his head and kissed her red lips.

Maria's brows furrowed together in confusion. 'He didn't go to a party, but he drank. Did he have a drink with Ethan?' she wondered.

Just then, out of the corner of her eye, she saw him moving her laptop aside to make some space. Instantly coming back to her senses, she pushed him away and said in disgust, "Go and take a shower first. You stink of smoke!"

James pursed his lips in displeasure. Staring at her intently, he grabbed her hand and whispered, "Come with me."

The implication of his invitation was obvious. Exhaling impatiently through her nose, Maria took a look at the child sleeping next to them. But James said, "If you refuse me because of him again, I will send him to Grandpa's house right now."

"No," Maria said immediately. It was true that she had been using Bob as an excuse to refuse all his advances recently.

But she knew that if she didn't satisfy him at least now and then, the baby would definitely be sent away.

Thinking of that, she got out of bed, leaned over to him, and kissed him on the lips. "Go and take a shower. I'll put him in the cradle."

"Okay," James replied, hiding the smug smile. 'That's more like it,' he thought to himself.

At 2 am, Maria was twisting under James and biting her lower lip tightly when she heard a strange sound.