A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 359

Shoving his hands into the pockets of his trousers, James stood straight and looked at Maria intently. "Maria, let's get married again, okay?"

For a moment, Maria was stunned speechless. After a short pause, she regained her composure and looked at him curiously. "What do you want to prove this time?"

"That James Xi is the only man that Maria Song can marry in this lifetime," he replied without skipping a beat.

A sarcastic smile tugged at Maria's lips. "What makes you think I'll agree to marry you again?" Was he really proposing to her right now? Not only was it bad timing, but it was also a bad proposal. He hadn't put any effort into it at all.

James' face darkened. "Maria, I'm not kidding. I'm serious."

He didn't want to wait any longer.

Just now, he had seen a trace of the hatred she had for him. He was afraid that she would leave him if he didn't hold her tightly as soon as possible.

"I'm not kidding either," Maria replied blankly, looking into his eyes. "I'm serious in refusing you. I won't marry you again!"

James, who hadn't expected this response at all, was completely taken aback.

A pin-drop silence enveloped the study.

A few seconds later, he turned around, opened the door, and stalked away, slamming the door behind him.

Maria's tense heart finally relaxed. As she held onto the desk next to her, the seeming disinterest on her face faded, replaced with exhaustion.

After returning to the room and taking a look at his sleeping son, James left the villa.

A while later, Maria sighed and walked out of the study. She was about to push the door of the bedroom open when her phone beeped with a notification. It was a message from her gym coach asking her to come for a workout.

She rubbed her temples tiredly. How could she bring herself to exercise at a time like this? She texted him back immediately, saying that she couldn't make it today because she was on her period.

"Ms. Song, you've had your period 13 times in the past two months," came the curt reply.

Maria was stunned. Had she used this excuse to get out of going to the gym so often? Her memory was a blur.

Putting her phone away, she walked into the bedroom and found Bob still sleeping soundly in the middle of the bed, with his little head tilted to one side.

She lay down beside him and touched his adorable face.

"Bob, now that your father has found you, you will become a member of the Xi family. You might even have to live here in the future," she murmured softly.

She had no idea whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

It would be a lie if she said that she wasn't worried that history would repeat itself.

She thought it would be better to give James an explanation first.

The next day, when Bob woke up, Maria sent him to Augustine's house.

After all, he and Charlotte missed Bob dearly. They said they could look after him while Maria went to work.

In the office building of HL Group, James walked out of the meeting room expressionlessly.

But if one looked closely, they would be able to tell by the slight way his jaw was clenched, and the small crease between his eyebrows, that he wasn't in a good mood.

Gary said cautiously, "Mr. Xi, the flowers you ordered from abroad several days ago have arrived in H City."

"Send them to her." James was in an irritable mood because they hadn't reached an agreement yet. But no matter what happened, he did not intend to break up with her.

While he was clear about his stance, Maria wasn't.

As soon as she stepped into her office and saw the exquisite box of flowers lying on her desk, she fell into deep thought.

It was true that they had just had a fight, but she knew that this couldn't be a token of apology. She had been told that the flowers had been ordered from abroad, which meant that James must have bought them for her long before their fight.

The delicate white box was filled with sky blue roses, and a handful of white ones. White pearls were hidden among the roses, and next to them was a small bottle of rose perfume.

'What should I do?' She had an inexplicable fondness for beautiful flowers.

In fact, she had asked someone to dry the Starry Roses she had received from James so that she could keep them for a longer time.

So, as she stared at the box of fresh roses in front of her, her anger at him for lying about Bob's sickness slowly faded away.