A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 478

"I see. I'll tell Mr. Xi now. Bob isn't even five years old, though. Don't you think it's too early to be this strict?" The maid wore an expression that made it seem like she wanted the best for Maria.

Maria almost burst into laughter due to the annoyance she was feeling. "Am I his mother, or are you?"

The maid felt wrong. "Of course, you are. I'm just trying to do what's the best for Bob."

Maria cast her a cold glare and said, "Just do your job well, and don't worry about anything else. Now, go on! Call James over."

"Yes, ma'am."

After saying that, the maid left.

Boston was curious about what was going on. "Mom, Mary looks upset."

Maria asked, "Does Mary help you bathe all the time?"

"Yes. But Mommy, I'm all grown up. I can bathe myself from now on."

Maria didn't ask any more questions. "I will bathe Coy first. You should wait for your dad to come."

"Okay."

In the study

While James was typing on his laptop, he heard a

knock coming from the door. "Come in."

The door opened, and Mary came in. "Mr. Xi, the boys' mom asked you to to bathe Bob."

Her voice was choked with sobs. James glanced at her and found tears in her eyes. "What happened?" he asked flatly.

"Here's the thing. I've always been helping the boys take a bath. Tonight, their mom told me that they no longer need my help, and insisted that you bathe them instead. But I know how busy you are, Mr. Xi. I've already explained this to her, but she said that I wasn't doing my job well."

James closed his laptop and stood up. When he passed her by, he warned her, "She's right. When she told you to call me over, you just needed to do as she instructed."

Mary was surprised to hear that. When she got ahold of herself, she nodded at once. "Yes, Mr. Xi. I understand!"

James left the study, and she wiped away her tears in a hurry.

She couldn't figure out why he would protect an arrogant nun.

Upon James' return to the bedroom, Boston had already taken off his clothes and had been waiting for him.

The moment he saw his father, Bob got out of the bed and said, "Dad, I need to bathe."

James picked him up and went to the bathroom.

In the bathroom, Maria had just put Coy into the child's tub. James put Bob into the adult's bathtub.

She concentrated on bathing Coy, and didn't say anything even though she knew that James had come in.

James took off his coat. When he passed by Maria, he said, "Put them together. I'll bathe them at the same time."

"That's not necessary. I know how busy you are these days. How could I trouble you with something like this?"

Hearing that, James paused for a moment. "Are you angry?" he asked in a calm voice.

"You're overthinking." How could she be angry just because of an insignificant person?

James didn't say anything else. But Coy said he wanted to take a bath together with Bob in the bigger tub.

Unable to convince him otherwise, Maria transferred him to the bathtub that Bob was in.

Afterwards, the brothers laughed and screamed together in the tub.

Maria, who had been used to tranquil silence, was almost deafened by their squealing.

She then washed her hands and walked out of the bathroom to prepare the kids' pajamas.

The second she got out, Mary coincidentally came into the bedroom, carrying two sets of children's pajamas.