A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 444

"Once James finds out that Norman is his brother from the same parents, he will definitely tolerate him and let their feud go. Perhaps the fight between brothers could be avoided entirely."

However, Gabriella remained unmoved. "Norman's surname is Shen, not Xi. That should be enough proof that he's Mitchell's son. I don't care whether he wants to fight with James or not, but I think that my son doesn't need you pleading on his behalf for such an advantage. He would not let James bully him easily. The same goes for James."

Sebastian tried reasoning with her again, but his voice sounded more anxious. "As long as you admit that Norman is my son and James' younger brother, then maybe the fight doesn't have to happen. Don't you want our children to live a happy, peaceful life?"

Gabriela finally lost her temper and lashed out in a raised voice, "So now you want to avoid fighting? Why weren't you like this back then? If it weren't for that woman, do you think we would be in this kind of situation?"

At the mention of Judy, Sebastian's guilt weighed down on his heart even heavier. In a soft voice, he reassured Gabriela, "She's in prison now, and I already know what kind of person she is. Gabriela, I was unfair to you. It was all my fault. Give me a chance to make it up to you, okay?"

"No!" Gabriela firmly refused. "Regardless of the state of my relationship with Mitchell, I will never marry you again."

"Gabriela!"

After rearranging her features into a semblance of calm, Gabriela faced Sebastian squarely and finally said, "I admit that Norman is not Mitchell's child. So what? The fact only makes me feel more disgusted by you. Nothing happened between me and Mitchell— not only before I married him but also after our marriage. What about you and Judy?"

Gabriela's revelation rendered Sebastian speechless.

Without waiting for his response, Gabriela stood up and left, leaving Sebastian rooted on his spot in stupefaction.

Maria was still busy with work in her office that night when she received a call from Peggy. "Hello, Peggy."

Without preamble, Peggy asked, "Maria, do you know Mr. Xu?"

"Yes, I do. What's wrong?"

Peggy said helplessly, "I provoked him, so he had me locked up. Maria, he wouldn't let me go, so I had no choice but to call you."

Maria's brows furrowed slightly. "I see. Tell him that I want to go shopping with you. If he still refuses to let you go, you can call me again." Because of that incident where Mr. Xu accidentally drugged Maria, he had one of his fingers cut off by James. However, it seemed like the man hadn't learned his lesson yet.

"Okay! Thank you so much!"

"You're welcome. Call me any time if you need help."

"Got it!"

After hanging up the phone, Peggy asked someone to tell relay Maria's message to Mr. Xu.

In less than two minutes, the man who had insisted on sleeping with her walked her out of the bar with a smile.

Peggy's head reeled at the man's about-face. Here was proof that Maria had become a force to be reckoned with in H City. She only had to drop her name and tell people that she was her friend in order to be set free.

Once again, Peggy was filled with admiration for her friend.

In HL Group

James threw a project contract on the desk and said in a cold voice, "Investigate this. Look into Fosun Entertainment Group at all costs. Even if you have to use force, you must find out the person behind that company."

He would like to meet this person face to face.

Heaving an inward sigh, Summer answered promptly, "Yes, Mr. Xi."

At that point, Fosun Entertainment Group was an unstoppable company in H City. It was a mere entertainment company in the beginning, but its business had already expanded into the fields of clothing, cosmetics, real estate, and other industries. Recently, the company even dared to harm the interests of HL Group and making it suffer a considerable loss.