A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 429

"Maria, I envy you for having such a generous friend like Mrs. Zheng."

Rosa, who had been on her guard since the beginning, started to relax as praises were heaped upon her person from other party guests.

Maria raised her glass and declared, "Rosa, let bygones be bygones! I absolutely adore this necklace. I'd like to propose a toast to you!" Then, the woman drained the contents of her wine glass.

Rosa could hardly refuse to drink after such a gesture, so she drank a glass of wine in one gulp, too.

Then, other guests came over one after another to propose a toast to Rosa. "Mrs. Zheng, where did you buy the necklace? How much was it?"

"About thirty million dollars, in Brazil."

The woman's eyes lit up. "Wow! Thirty million dollars! How generous of you, Mrs. Zheng! It's my honor to get to know you. Let me propose a toast to you!"

Tonight, Maria showed respect to Rosa, which built up her confidence and dignity among these people. Thus, her mood was greatly improved. The others were enthusiastic to propose a toast to her, so she drank several more glasses of wine.

Maria looked over at Rosa, who was busily talking and laughing with others, and a mocking sneer twisted her mouth. Then, she winked at a black-clad woman in the corner of the room.

Sending her a slight nod in return, the woman approached the party's host and clinked her wine glass with the man. "Mr. Sima, happy birthday," the woman greeted him.

"Thank you!"

"Actually, there is something you need to know, but I'm not sure whether I should tell you. After all, you are married."

Curious, Tate reassured her, "It's alright, you can tell me. Go on."

"It's about Rosa." Tate's gaze followed the woman's to land on Rosa, who was chatting and drinking in the middle of a group of people.

"She has always been interested in you, but she doesn't dare to confess. She's been begging Maria to take her to your birthday party when she found out that today is your birthday."

Confusion clouded Tate's expression upon hearing this. "Wait. Isn't her husband Colby Zheng?"

The woman appeared a little surprised. "Yes, but both of them have lovers. Don't you know that Colby has an illegitimate son?"

"I've heard rumors about it, but I don't know if they're true."

"Well, Mr. Sima, where there's smoke, there's fire."

Tate nodded, appearing to be deep in thought. "You have a point."

"Just now, she said that she has seen you several times before and that she greatly admires you. She doesn't dare to approach you because you are married."

"Really?" Evidently from the man's self-satisfied expression, this piece of information had stroked his ego.

"Yes. I just thought that you should know, but please let this be off the record, Mr. Sima. Don't tell anyone that I was the one who told you." The woman smiled and soon walked away after Tate gave her his word to not reveal the source of information.

At the end of the birthday party, the guests left one after another. Following suit, Maria stood up but then staggered and fell back on the sofa.

"Ms. Song, watch out!" Tate exclaimed, helping her up.

Maria waved her hand and glanced at the woman seated beside her. "Rosa, are you okay?"

"Yeah." Rosa was sitting with her head back and her eyes closed, obviously drunk.

Maria looked up at their host and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Sima, but Rosa seems to have drunk too much tonight. Could I trouble you to bring her home?"

"Of course I will!" Tate agreed without the least amount of hesitation. "How will you go back then, Ms. Song?"

"Oh, James will be picking me up. I'll just wait for him."

"Okay, I'll drive Mrs. Zheng home."

"Thank you."

Tate picked up the barely conscious woman and strode out of the door.