A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 46

If James fell into her hands someday, first she would strip him off his clothes, whip him, and then tie him on the bed.

"What would you do to me?" Although Maria didn't finish her sentence, James was curious to learn what she had in mind. In his entire life, a woman never had the guts to talk to him like she did.

The words were on the tip of her tongue, but Maria swallowed them back. In order to survive the night, she changed the course of the conversation. "Mr. Xi, I wasn't serious. How could you fall into my hands? I'm just an inexperienced woman, while you're a battle-hardened man. I was just kidding."

James squatted down and looked into her eyes as if he was searching for something. Then he reached out his slender fingers and pinched her chin before whispering in her ear, "If you dare to trouble me again, I'll skin you alive or throw you into the sea to feed the sharks. What do you choose?"

"I choose the latter," Maria answered obediently. Given that she could swim, she had a chance to escape. Of course, if she wasn't tied up.

"Then I'll skin you alive first. What do you think about female circumcision?" Knowing what she had in mind, James refused to give her what she wanted.

'Holy crap! What did he say? Female

circumcision?' Maria's eyes widened in horror. How could such an abnormal idea cross this man's mind? This was the twenty-first century, for God's sake!

Anyway, Maria would keep his suggestion in mind. Once James fell into her hands, she would definitely consider male castration as an option for her revenge plans. She would turn this man into a eunuch!

At last, James saw a hint of fear in the woman's eyes. Satisfied, in a rare moment of kindness, he loosened the tie wrapped around her wrist.

As soon as she was free, Maria rubbed her wrists. The next moment, she stretched out her arm and held James' neck flirtatiously. "Thank you, ex-hubby. Muah!" Ignoring the man's scowl, she kissed him on the lips out of gratitude.

Then she fled the room as fast as she could.

James froze in place. Only after hearing the door slam did he come to his senses. Touching his freshly-kissed lips, he thought about asking someone to tie Maria up again so that he could cut her into pieces.

However, something Maria said made him hesitate. It was one single sentence among so many others that she uttered that James couldn't seem to ignore.

"Even if Arthur died because I didn't take good care of him, I didn't mean it." Maria words echoed in his mind. Rubbing his chin, James wondered whether there was any secret reason behind Arthur's death that he didn't know of.

But if that was the case, why didn't Maria straightforwardly share her suspicions with him while she confessed that she still loved him?

According to his stepmother, when Arthur had the accident, Maria was alone with their son at home. The nanny had gone out to buy some supplies. Maria was cooking in the kitchen, leaving the child in the baby walker on his own in the living room. As Arthur walked, he hit the cabinet in the corner, which fell onto him. He died immediately.

Recalling what happened to his son, James closed his eyes.

It was Maria who insisted on moving to Fairview Villa. They had been staying in the Xi family's mansion since they got married. They didn't move out until Arthur was three-month-old.

When the accident took place, they had been living there for over a month. Since there were no surveillance cameras installed yet, James had to learn about what happened through someone else's mouth. At the time, James was still attending a conference in France. As he rushed back home, he was met with Arthur's corpse.

Taking into consideration Maria's behavior after she married into the Xi family and his grandparents' regard for her, James decided to let her go. Otherwise, he wouldn't have let her go.

Once Maria walked out of James' suite, she found two strong men and Lorenzo standing at the door. They seemed a bit surprised to see her leaving the room safe and sound.

Maria cast a glance at Lorenzo and mocked, "Lorenzo, you are so efficient!" She remembered the doorbell ringing less than two minutes after James hung up the phone. Obviously, Lorenzo had everything prepared in advance, knowing that James was going to teach her a lesson.