A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 410

Lawrence patiently repeated what he had said to his grandmother earlier. "Last night, Ethan and I went to visit Maria to see how she was doing. Somehow, news of that got out, and a reporter cooked up a whole story about it. But it's all a lie. It was just an innocent visit. Besides, we were only there for a few minutes before Maria drove us away.

In fact, I only came back home today because she asked me to spend time with you and give Grandma a great-grandchild soon." He was so upright that his face didn't change even while saying this.

In contrast, Meagan's face turned bright red. She took a sip of the soup before humming in a low voice to indicate that she understood and accepted his explanation. "Is Maria's injury serious?"

"No. She seemed fine when we saw her." He remembered that Norman, however, looked pale and sickly, like he had been seriously injured.

"That's good," Meagan replied.

After that, Lawrence fed her some rice and vegetables. In the end, Meagan was so sleepy that she asked him to take away the food when she was only half-way through eating it.

Perhaps it was because he had tasted the pleasure of making love that Lawrence didn't leave H City that night. Once again, he pounced on the woman who hadn't been out of the room the whole day.

Maria soon learned that she was on the news from her assistant, who told her that many people had called the company to ask what was going on and to dig for more details.

Feeling curious, she turned on her phone and looked through a related article before scoffing. "Why do I have to respond? They're just my friends. They visited my apartment to check on me like friends do. Just ignore them."

"Yes, Ms. Song."

The comments on the news articles, however, were quite interesting, and generally fell into two extremes.

About half the people scolded Maria for cheating on James, but the other half gushed about how much they envied her.

For example, one of the comments said, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Nan, and Mr. Shen? I want to be Maria, too!"

Another comment said, "Oh my God, I envy Maria so much. She not only has the super handsome James as her lover, but she also has so many handsome friends!"

Another comment said, "That's my girl! Maria, listen to me! You have to date all four of them!"

That last comment in particular left Maria at a loss for whether to laugh or to cry. These people were seriously overestimating her appetite. How could she date all four of those men? It was already difficult enough for her to deal with James alone.

Finally, she turned off her phone and resumed reading the last few documents. Then, at about noon, she walked out of the company and took her car.

After a while, the car came to a stop outside the gates of a university. Sitting in the back seat, Maria took out her phone and dialed a number. "Mildred, it's me, Maria."

A few minutes later, a girl wearing a light pink coat trotted over to Maria with her phone.

The driver, who was waiting outside the car, politely opened the door for her. Mildred climbed into the back seat next to Maria and smiled. "Hi, Maria."

Seeing her flushed face, Maria thoughtfully handed her a bottle of water. "Did I disturb you?"

"Not at all. School is over for the day," Mildred replied before opening the bottle and taking a sip of water.

"Good. I'll treat you to lunch. By the way, I hope I can ask you for a favor," Maria said.

Mildred nodded her head enthusiastically. "Of course, just let me know what you need." Last time, when they had gone on a holiday to the island, Maria not only accompanied her to go shopping, but also helped her a lot. So naturally, Mildred was more than happy to be able to do something in return.

Maria, who was in no hurry to tell Mildred about her purpose of coming here today, asked, "What do you want to have for lunch?"

"Anything is okay," Mildred said with a shrug. She was not a picky eater.

"How about we have fish at a seafood restaurant? I know a good one nearby. Shall we go there?" Maria suggested, knowing well that this young girl liked eating fish.

"Sure! Are you talking about Jade City Seafood Restaurant?" Mildred guessed randomly.

"Yes." Maria shot the girl a strange glance, but didn't say anything.

Jade City Seafood Restaurant was one of the best seafood restaurants in H City, and as such, it was too expensive for ordinary people to eat in.

It was said that Mildred's mother used to be the mayor of H City, and the living standard of their family had been quite high. But after her mother had been removed from power, Mildred had fallen from grace and become a poor girl.

In order to support herself, she had looked for part-time jobs everywhere-and that was how she had met Norman.