A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 378

Rubbing his eyebrows with one hand, phone in the other, Norman said, "What else could he do? He took action on some of my company's projects."

"Sorry, I just found out," Maria apologized.

"Although he did us some damage, it's not that big a deal," Norman said lightly. "He probably thought that I was being too idle and found something for me to deal with. I didn't know James could get so jealous!"

Since Norman was in the mood for poking fun at her, things probably weren't as serious as she'd thought. "Well, in that case, happy new year!"

"Thanks, Maria. Don't worry about me. I'll be happy if make trouble for James as much as possible." Whenever James was unhappy, he felt doubly happy.

Maria thought of something and said, "I might have offended your mother just now because of James. Please keep her company if you're free."

Norman's eyebrows shot up. "You offended her yet you're asking me to keep her company? Why don't you accompany her, instead?" In his eyes, Gabriela would probably be very happy to spend some time with her daughter-in-law.

"She is your mother," she reminded him seriously.

"Anyway, how did you offend her? Tell me everything." Norman's curiosity was piqued.

At first, Maria didn't want to tell him. After all, his relationship with James was very strained. But after a while, she hesitantly answered, "Well, I ran into your mother and got upset when she refused to even say

James' name..."

Norman lapsed into a thoughtful silence. Finally, he said, "You must've found out she was the one who bought the cake at five million dollars. Am I right?"

"Yeah."

"Do you think she was supporting you or James?"

Maria didn't answer right away. Of course, Gabriela was supporting James. Maria and Gabriela had practically been strangers to each other.

Norman said in a lighter tone, "She's just not good at expressing herself. After all, she's been a little isolated these years. But there are a lot of things that remind her of James and Cooper in her study." Now, it was Maria's turn to lapse into thoughtful silence.

She didn't know what to say. Norman told her something that she had no idea about. "Then I really have offended your mother," she said slowly.

"Well, whatever happened, it has nothing to do with me," Norman said dismissively. He knew his mother. Gabriela wouldn't hold grudge against Maria because of this. After all, she was just defending James.

Maria sighed. "All right. It was my fault. I acted rashly. But please spend more time with her this Spring Festival!"

"Got it." Before dropping the call, Norman posed a question. "If you quarrel with my mother, who do you think James will side with?" Although he knew that the two women wouldn't quarrel, he was just curious.

However, his question took her aback. She didn't take Norman to be a gossip.

After hanging up the phone, Maria asked the driver to send her to James' office.

When she got to the CEO's lounge, Maria almost tripped on the many gifts littered across the floor.

Seeing her come in, James greeted her warmly. "You came just in time. Go to the room next door and pick out what you want. Then ask the driver to send them to the villa. I will ask them to dispose of the things that you don't want."

But Maria ignored his words. Instead, she walked over to him and leaned against the desk with her back to him. "James," she said seriously.

"What?" Sensing the seriousness in her tone, he put down the pen in his hand and held her in his arms.

"Why do you let the past haunt you? Why do you still make things difficult for Norman?" Her tone wasn't angry. She was just genuinely concerned.

He stared at her and asked, "Was he the one who told you?"

"No, I heard about it from someone else." She hadn't made up her mind yet about whether she should let him know that she ran into Gabriela.

"Well, he wasn't doing anything, so I found something for him to do." If he kept Norman busy, the latter wouldn't have the energy to think about his wife.

Maria wrapped her arms around his neck. "You should be focusing on dealing with HM Group and Tang Group, not Norman. For my sake, don't inconvenience him, okay?"