A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 408

Maria was surprised to see who was standing outside the door. "Lawrence? When did you come back?"

Hearing her words, Ethan, who was standing by Lawrence's side, stopped smiling. "Maria, don't you see me? I even brought you a bunch of flowers."

Maria smiled and took the gorgeous bouquet of lilies from his arms. "Of course I see you. Please come in," she said, stepping aside to make way for them while leaning down to inhale the fresh aroma of the flowers she was holding.

The two men entered the apartment and glanced around appreciatively. But as soon as Ethan saw the man sitting calmly on the sofa, he stiffened and strode over. "Norman Shen? Is that really you?"

With a faint smile, Norman said, "Mr. Nan, you have great eyesight!" 'Or maybe I should call him Mr. Mu.'

Ethan was rendered speechless. How did this have anything to do with his eyesight? He was not blind; of course he could see such a large man sitting on the sofa.

While he was scoffing to himself, Lawrence and Norman nodded to each other in silent greeting.

Ethan had always been a talkative man. Glancing at the woman who was pouring two glasses of water forthem, he asked, "Maria, it's so late. Why is Norman here? The two of you were all alone. Does James know about this?"

Before Maria could answer his question, Norman smirked and said, "Mr. Nan, if a man and a woman are alone at such a late hour, what else do you think the reason could be?"

Ethan snorted. He didn't believe what Norman implied at all. "Do you really think I can be tricked so easily?"

Maria shrugged, handed the two men who had just arrived a glass of water each, and asked, "Do you guys want to play mahjong? We have four people here."

None of the men knew how to reply to that.

Taking the glass of water from her, Lawrence cleared his throat and changed the subject. "How are you? I heard that you were injured."

"It was just a small injury, no big deal. How did you hear about it?" Maria asked, widening her eyes in surprise. The news had spread so quickly!

"James called me. I happened to be in H City tonight, so I dropped by," Lawrence explained, taking a sip of water. In order to avoid any questionable or inappropriate situations, he had specially called Ethan to come with him, but he hadn't expected that Norman would already be here.

"Oh! Thank you." Although Maria was confused as to why James had informed Lawrence about her injury, she didn't ask.

"Do you need any help? I might be free tomorrow," Lawrence said.

Maria looked at him seriously and said, "Well, there is one thing I really need your help with."

"Shoot," Lawrence replied, a little taken aback. Why had she suddenly become so solemn?

"Do you still remember that you're a married man?"

"Of course," Lawrence replied without thinking. How could he forget such a thing?

Ethan snorted and chimed in, "I doubt it. His grandmother called me recently to ask if I knew where he was and what he was doing. Not only hasn't he gone home for a long time, but he hasn't stayed in touch with his family, either."

Norman just hung back and watched their conversation with an amused smile.

Maria was so annoyed that she wanted to punch Lawrence. "You already have a wife. Pay more attention to her instead of concerning yourself with other people's affairs. Especially don't interfere in women's affairs. If you have so much spare time that you can offer to help me, you'd better go home and work on giving your grandmother a great-grandchild."

Lawrence's jaw dropped open in shock. Is this what he got in return for coming all the way here to check on her?

"Maria is right. Listen to her!" Ethan said as he picked up an apple from the fruit tray and took a bite.

"Okay. Since you're fine, I'll leave now," Lawrence said flatly. In fact, he hadn't planned on going home tonight, but after hearing Maria's words, he thought that he should at least go and show his face once.

Ethan glanced at Norman, who seemed to be rooted to the sofa, and hesitated whether to leave with Lawrence or not. Lawrence was the one who had given him a ride here. If he didn't go along with him now, he would have to find his own way back home later.

But if he did leave with Lawrence, then Norman would be alone with Maria.

Taking another bite of the apple, he decided that he couldn't leave. Since James wasn't in H City, he had to be a good friend and guard against Norman.

When Lawrence bid Maria goodbye and walked to the door of the apartment, he found that Ethan didn't get up to follow him. Raising an eyebrow at the man who was busily eating an apple, he asked, "Aren't you coming?"

Ethan shook his head and casually said, "It's my first time coming to Maria's apartment. I really like the vibe here! I think I want to stay a little longer. You can go home first!"