A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 399

"You go home now. I'll go to the hospital," Maria told James. She knew that was still on bad terms with Norman, so she wouldn't force him to come along with her.

"You've completely forgotten what I said, haven't you?" James asked incredulously.

But Maria was confused. He had said so many things in the past. How could she know what exactly he was referring to at the moment?

Pinching her chin with his fingers, James look into her eyes and warned, "You're my woman, so you can't work for Norman anymore!"

A flicker of pain crossed Maria's eyes. She tried to shove his hand away, but to no avail. "Just now, when I suggested that we break up, didn't you agree with me? So I'm not your woman anymore."

James was so shocked that he let go of her.

Well, this woman was really a piece of work! Not only had she risked her own life to save another man, but she was also ready to break up with him.

He could not help but admire her determination. But in that case, he wanted her to know that he had a bottom line, especially when it came to being her man.

"Stop the car!" he ordered.

The driver obediently stopped the car at the side of the road.

When the door opened, however, it was James who climbed out in a huff.

With a bang, he slammed the door shut behind him, and then strode along the road.

Maria didn't have the mood or the time to argue with this man right now.

After impatiently telling the driver to go to the hospital, she took out her phone and called Ethan.

Ethan was playing a game on his phone when he received the call. He looked at the screen in confusion. What were this couple doing at midnight? "Maria?"

"Ethan, are you up? Can you come and pick up James? He is near the city library." Maria looked out the car window.

"Maria, I'm at your home, keeping an eye on Bob," Ethan answered helplessly.

Maria was a little surprised to hear that, and for a moment, her mind went blank. She knew that James would have gotten someone to look after Bob, but she hadn't expected that it would be Ethan.

Fortunately, before she had to rack her mind for another person she could call, Ethan added, "I'll ask someone else to go there and pick him up. Don't worry."

"Okay."

When Maria reached the hospital, Norman was in the operating room, while many of his men stood guard outside. Maria sent all but two of them away.

She didn't inform anyone about Norman's condition, not even Gabriela.

Norman had been injured a few times before, but he had never informed his family about his injuries until long after he had recovered. Every single time, Gabriela would lose her temper at him after finding out that he had hidden such a big injury from her, and every single time, he would smile and tell her that he wouldn't hide it from her next time. But he always would.

As for his father, Norman had never mentioned him, so Maria guessed that the relationship between father and son was not very good.

Then there was Mildred, who didn't seem to know that Norman fancied her, so Maria didn't dare to bother her so rashly.

After thinking about it for a while and considering all the options, she decided that, for the time being, she was the most suitable person to stay here and take care of Norman.

In fact, she didn't actually need to take care of him. There were many nurses here for that. But she would need to keep an eye on him.

Maria was told that it would take at least a few hours for Norman to come out of the operating room, so she asked his two men to wait here and inform her if anything happened.

In the meantime, she took the opportunity to go back to the manor by herself. It was only after seeing the empty house and asking the maid about it that she found out Ethan had taken Bob away.

James wasn't in the manor either, so she took a quick shower, changed her clothes, and had a short nap.

When she stepped out of the manor again, she was carrying a suitcase in her hand. She got into the car and asked the driver to send her to the hospital before taking her luggage to the Golden Mansion.

On the first day after her break-up with James, Norman didn't regain his consciousness. Maria was about to go to Augustine's house to pick up Bob when Charlotte told her that he had already been picked up by James.

Maria had made up her mind to not go to his manor for the time being, so she went to the Golden Mansion instead.