A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 419

James stared with his eyebrows raised at the woman eating the bullfrogs with relish. Maria didn't strike him as someone who would have a taste for such dishes.

The dishes in this establishment were generally delicate and served in small portions. All too soon, James finished his bean sprouts.

Maria beckoned to a waiter and ordered, "Double Happiness for Mr. Xi."

"Yes, ma'am. Please wait for a while!"

After the waiter left, Maria excitedly described the dish to James. "It's the most expensive item on their menu! I think it suits you very well. It has deer cartilage, deer tendon, chanterelles... Forget it, you can try it out for yourself once it is served."

James cast a suspicious glance at Maria, whose expression said that she was up to no good, and thought that the chanterelle was the only normalsounding ingredient in the dish. Both deer parts sounded rather nutritious, if a bit suspicious.

An image of Maria's crying face came to mind, making James think that the woman was deliberately courting trouble.

In that case, he would not let her down.

The dish was served late, so Maria had already finished eating by the time it was delivered to their table.

For some reason, the sight of James calmly eating the exotic dish in front of her made Maria feel uneasy.

'How could he eat it so happily? Didn't he know the medicinal effect of those ingredients?'

After leaving the restaurant, the two of them went back to their respective companies.

In HL Group

When James got off the elevator, he felt a gush of warm liquid flow out of his nose. Curiously, he prodded the wet skin above his lip with his fingers.

"Mr. Xi! Your nose is bleeding!" Gary exclaimed as he rushed over to his side. Having been the first to see it happen, he barked toward another assistant, "Get Mr. Xi some tissues!"

James stared at the blood on his fingertips in bemusement. It was all Maria's fault.

The assistant handed the tissues to James and asked in a concerned voice, "Mr. Xi, do you need me to send you to the hospital?"

James calmly dabbed at the nosebleed and waved him away. "No need. I'm going to clean it myself."

Then, he strode into the office without another word.

Summer was out of the office. She found out about the nosebleed when she came back at noon.

She immediately sent a message to Maria. "Maria, is Mr. Xi feeling sick? He..." Before she could send her message, several distinguished guests arrived at the company. Hastily, she keyed in a few words and sent the message to Maria without checking it. Then, she rose to her feet to greet the newcomers.

Maria read the message. "Maria, is Mr. Xi feeling sick?

He's covered in blood all over!" 'Blood all over?' Maria was horrified at the thought. Was it because of the dish?

She called Summer. The phone rang, but nobody picked up the call.

She called James, but no one answered, either.

The more Maria thought about it, the more uneasy she became. She meant no harm, but what if the dish caused him harm?

Fidgeting in her office would accomplish nothing, so she decided that it would be better if she went to James' company to have a look. After all, she was the one to blame for it.

Thus, Maria abandoned her work for the day and hurried out of the company.

In no time, she arrived at the HL Group building.

When Maria reached the floor where the CEO's office was located, only two assistants were there. Both Summer and Gary were nowhere to be found.

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Xi!" the secretaries greeted her, rising to their feet.

Maria was not in the mood to correct them. Her high heels clicking on the floor as she strode toward them, she asked anxiously, "Where is James? How is he doing?"

The secretaries looked at each other in puzzlement. "Mr. Xi went to the hospital just now..." said one of them.

"Hospital? Which hospital?" Maria was so worried that she interrupted the secretary before she could finish.

The woman racked her brains and eventually shrugged. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Xi, I don't know." After all, Summer was the one responsible for dealing with that particular client.