A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 356

Colby was too busy trying to save the company to bother with Peggy, so that matter came to an end.

Back then, everyone in H City was afraid of James, including Maria. Now, that no longer held true for her.

James had been away for a business trip. In the morning of the third day, she sent him a message. "I dreamed about you last night."

A smile broke across James' face when he saw the message. "Okay," he replied to let her know that he had read it.

"You were standing on a beach," came the next message.

He didn't reply.

"I poked you with a small stick and said, 'Hey, little tortoise! Your shell is hard.'"

James was not amused.

Maria stumbled upon the joke while she was browsing her phone earlier and had the idea to tease him with it.

Little did she know that James was on his way back.

Maria put away her phone and drove to the company.

However, her good mood evaporated when she bumped into a Cadillac from the other side of the road.

Her morning suddenly made a turn for the worse. She thought that her driving skills had considerably improved, and she always drove James' gift with extreme caution. Even so, she ended up getting into an accident.

'Is this divine retribution because I called him a tortoise? It came too soon!" she complained in her head.

Fortunately, it was only a minor accident.

A bit shaken, she emerged from the car to see the occupants of the other vehicle, a man and a woman, getting out of theirs.

The woman was the one behind the wheel. "Honey, I was so scared! I didn't mean it," she said, trembling within the circle of the man's arms.

"Don't be afraid. It'll be fine. I'll take care of it," the man comforted her.

Maria rolled her eyes. Against her will, she identified what she was feeling as envy.

Maria was itching to call James up and flaunt their relationship in front of these two lovebirds.

She did end up calling him. "James, I scratched someone else's car..." Before she could finish, the other woman interrupted her loudly.

"Scratch? Your car bumped into mine. Look, the bumper had fallen off!"

Maria gave her a cold glance. "Your bumper is broken; mine isn't." "Where are you?" asked James.

Maria immediately told him her location. 'He'll probably send someone to deal with it.'

The woman plastered herself to the man's chest. "Babe, look at her. She is so fierce."

Maria rolled her eyes again. 'I only said the truth. Why did that make me fierce?'

"Don't worry, honey! Leave it to me."

Staring at Maria, he asked politely, "Miss, what are you going to do about this?"

"Please wait for little bit. Someone will come and take care of this."

"Shouldn't you call the insurance company?" the man asked in confusion.

Maria was a little bewildered. "I don't know-l'm not the owner. Can we discuss this when he comes?" She had yet to deal with this kind of thing on her own. The last time she bumped into James' car, he handled it for her.

The woman swept her with an assessing glance from head to foot, as if gauging whether Maria was pretending.

Before long, the one Maria was waiting arrived.

Maria stared at the Harkim, wondering who James had sent for her this time. To her surprise, James himself emerged out of the car.

Remembering the scene earlier, she ran and threw herself into James' arms dramatically. "Darling! I was so frightened just now!"

Her weird behavior struck James speechless. 'Frightened? Just because of this little accident? Do you think I would believe that?'

Even with these thoughts running through his mind, James knew that Maria's pride was on the line. He had no choice but to cooperate.

Tenderly cradling her in his arms, he reassured her, "Leave it to me. Don't worry."

Maria buried her face in his chest and asked in a low voice, "When did you get back?"