A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 416

"I don't want to listen to your explanation. Don't worry, I won't disturb you anymore," Maria said.

James clenched his jaw, and a terrible expression came over his face. His grip on her wrist tightened unconsciously, causing her to wince in pain.

"Elina is the CEO of the branch company here, and she is also a former classmate of mine. Since she has just taken over the company and isn't familiar with the work yet, I'm training her in person. As you know, I'm staying at the hotel. All the senior executives come to my suite for meetings. Elina just happens to be one of them. You only know one side of the story, Maria. Don't let anyone sow discord between us and ruin our relationship," James said firmly, sensing that she was jealous.

"Is that all?" Maria's tone was indifferent, and it was clear that she didn't believe him.

Anger flashed in James' eyes. "Don't you have confidence in your own man? Or don't you have confident in yourself?"

"All right. You want to give me an explanation?" Maria said impatiently, trying to control her anger. She didn't want to fight with him in public. As she spoke, she gently pulled her wrist out of his grip and smoothed her clothes. "Then tell me, who on earth was that bouquet of flowers for? As long as you tell me the truth, I'll let it go."

"It was for you," James answered seriously.

"Then why did you give it to another woman just

now?"

It was not until then that James finally understood why she was so angry, and he calmed down a little. "Just now, I ran into Elina by chance. She said the bouquet looked beautiful and wanted to take a closer look, so I gave it to her."

Every word that came out of his mouth was the truth.

However, Maria couldn't accept it at all. She turned around in silence and strode away like the wind, leaving James speechless.

This time, he didn't try to catch up with her. He just stood still and watched as she climbed into a taxi and disappeared from sight.

Then, he reached into his pocket and took out his phone, which had been vibrating, and slid the answer key. "It's me."

"Mr. Xi, I saw you with Mrs. Xi just now and didn't want to disturb you, so I left. Shall we talk about the rest of the work tomorrow in the company?" Elina's tone was calm as usual.

James inadvertently glanced at the trash can nearby, and saw two children reach into the trash can and pull out the bunch of flowers. "From tomorrow onwards, all the work will be done in the company, including the meetings. Inform all the senior executives to not come to the hotel to see me unless necessary. The same goes for you," he said calmly.

For a moment, Elina was dumbstruck. Then, after a tentative pause, she said, "Yes, Mr. Xi."

After hanging up the phone, James dialed Cooper's number. "Hand over your work to someone else as soon as possible and come to T Country for a one-month business trip."

Cooper was a little confused by the abrupt change of plans. "But James, aren't you already handling the business there?" What sort of work was in T Country that both of them had to be there?

"Maria misunderstood the relationship between me and Elina. She's pissed off," James answered flatly.

"Ah..." Cooper finally understood what was going on. It was indeed a headache. Or, to be exact, it was a headache for his brother.

After leaving in a huff, Maria took a taxi to the airport. On the way, she called the hotel reception and asked them to send her luggage, which she had left behind, to H City by express delivery.

A week before the public bidding of the H Brocade project, HL Group, Mu Group and Song Group all voluntarily quit one by one. At last, only DS Group and HM Group were vying for the project.

The development of this bidding war was particularly interesting. It was such a big project, but the bigger enterprises that were most likely to succeed had all quit in advance. For a time, this was the topic that was at the tip of the tongue for everyone in H City.

The result of the bidding would be decided by voting. On the day of the voting, Maria, Colby and Rosa all arrived at the appointed venue.

Colby seemed to be well-prepared and confident. Sitting in the meeting room, he kept chatting with the rest of the people there.

Just before the voting session began, Maria made a phone call before turning off her phone and entering the meeting room.

There were more than a dozen voters present. They all discussed among themselves in low voices before coming to a unanimous decision.

Just as everyone was about to press the voting button, an employee rushed in and whispered something in the ear of the government official who was in charge of the bidding war. The official looked at Colby, and his lips gradually turned into a frown.

A bad feeling rose in Colby's heart. Just as he feared, the next moment, the official said, "Mr. Zheng, at such a critical moment, how could you...? Alas! You'd better solve your own problem first!"