A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 37

When the ambulance arrived, a nurse immediately applied first aid on Ronald's wound.

Maria was still unconscious in James' arms. Looking at her deathly pale face, he couldn't help wondering why he had saved her earlier. Didn't he hate her to the core? Even Alina had asked him why he did it. But he wasn't able to answer her for a long time. All James knew was his instinct told him to do so. He just reached out his hand subconsciously to protect Maria.

After a while, he cast a glance at Alina and replied lightly, "I can't let her die this way. She needs to be punished."

His tone was so calm that Alina didn't feel any doubt in his reason.

James then threw Maria to the bodyguard's arms beside him and ordered, "Tell the ambulance to take her to the hospital."

"Yes, Mr. Xi." The bodyguard immediately carried Maria on his shoulder and walked towards the ambulance.

While Maria was on the bodyguard's shoulder, James noticed a dark red spot on her ginger dress. When he realized what it was, the bodyguard had already walked away. With a stiff face, James said to another bodyguard, "Take off your coat and cover her back."

His gentlemanly demeanor told him that he couldn't let Maria be embarrassed of being exposed to the public.

Although the bodyguard was confused with James' order, he didn't dare to ask anything. He quickly took off his coat and covered Maria's back.

To sum up, James not only helped Maria make a way out of the restaurant, but she was also brought to the ambulance by his bodyguard. In the invisible competition between Alina and Maria, the latter obviously gained the upper hand again this time.

The farce was finally over, but there were no customers left in the restaurant anymore. Instead of taking Ronald, the ambulance rushed Maria to the hospital.

It was Miranda who accompanied Ronald to the hospital for his wound to be treated by a doctor.

Only a few waiters, the two restaurant managers, and some bodyguards were left with Alina, James, and Clayton in the restaurant.

As a father, Clayton was so angry with what happened to Ronald. And he was dissatisfied that James had saved Maria. But he couldn't just lose his temper in front of James. After all, the Tang family was counting on HL Group to help their business survive. However, he still couldn't help asking, "James, you and Maria...?"

James took a wet tissue from the bodyguard beside him and wiped his hands while saying, "Don't worry. There is nothing between us. The reason why I am here tonight is to discuss my upcoming engagement to Alina."

James' words set Clayton's mind at rest, so he stopped pressing about James and Maria's relationship.

Maria seriously injured Ronald. But Clayton wouldn't deal with her for now. He could wait until Alina got married to James.

Right now, the most important thing for him was James and Alina's engagement.

Whatever relationship James and Maria had, it didn't matter. Clayton believed that a successful man always had affairs outside his marriage. And Maria was James' ex-wife. Her name would always be associated with him. As long as Maria would not be a threat to James and Alina's marriage, Clayton would not get rid of her.

Lorenzo went to the manager's office to settle the problem that happened in the restaurant. James, Clayton, and Alina went back to their private room to continue the discussion about the engagement ceremony.

Since Clayton didn't make a fuss about what happened anymore, Alina didn't dare to say anything, either. She was more afraid that her engagement to James would not push through.

Now that she had turned twenty-nine, she was so eager to get married to James and take the crown as Mrs. Xi before she turned thirty.

For now, Alina would spare Maria. But she would definitely punish Maria after she became James' wife.

James had ordered his bodyguard to follow Maria to the hospital. When the doctor had finished checking on her, he told the bodyguard that she only fainted because of dysmenorrhea.

Maria was given a painkiller and intravenous infusion, and she could be discharged after it. What she needed was a good rest at home.