A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 48

The aroma of coffee permeated the room. Maria took a sip of her freshly-brewed coffee and nodded in satisfaction.

Compliments of the hotel, the coffee in the presidential suite was quite good. Specialty grade coffee beans and a grinder were just some of the perks for those who could afford the room.

She found the tray, picked up a steaming cup and walked out of her room.

When the doorbell rang, James was on the phone with a senior executive of HL Group.

He opened the door and saw the woman in slippers lazily leaning against the doorframe, a cup of coffee in her hands. She greeted him with a sweet smile.

When James was about to close the door, Maria deftly slipped inside before he could. She ignored his cold glare.

Heedless of the man's attitude, she put the fragrant cup of coffee on his desk, pointed at it, and whispered, "Pure craft beans. I just brewed it. Don't worry. I didn't poison it."

Before James could say another word, she left his room. Maria went back to her own suite, and poured another cup. This time, she knocked on Colby's door.

Inside the room, Colby was talking business with his assistant. Seeing her come in, he smiled and asked, "Have a good nap?"

"I just woke up. And yeah, I feel better, so I made a cup of coffee for you." Then she looked at the assistant and said, "I'm sorry, but I didn't know you are here. I only brought one cup."

The assistant closed the file unobtrusively, and said, "It's fine, Ms. Song. I have tea."

Maria put the coffee on the table next to Colby and put the tray aside casually. She sat down on the sofa next to them, her hands supporting her as she sat. "You busy now?"

After saying that, she patted herself on the forehead helplessly. "What am I saying? I can see you're working now. I was bored, so I thought I'd see if Mr. Zheng was free. I'll take off. Sorry."

Colby indeed had important business to deal with, so he didn't ask her to stay. "Get some rest. The dinner party is more important. Make sure you're ready."

Maria smoothed her hemline and put a hand behind her back when Colby's assistant lowered his head and touched his forehead. Then she stood up from the sofa and said, "Okay. See you later." She took the tray, walked over to Colby, straightened his tie, and said considerately, "Don't work too hard!"

Colby nodded, "All right."

Maria went back to her suite. She closed the door and leaned against it, panting to relieve her nervousness.

Coffee wasn't the only thing she left in the rooms of these high-powered businessmen.

Keeping this in mind, she threw the tray aside, turned on her laptop, and donned her headset.

The bug she planted in Colby's room worked like a charm. His assistant asked, "Mr. Zheng, did she tell you she acquired some inside info from Mr. Wang?"

"No. We're meeting later. She can tell me then," answered Colby. "Let's get back to technology. HL Group outranks us there. James Xi spends billions on research and development every year. He's good at making breakthroughs and excels at independent innovation. So we can't fall behind. We have to work hard! Call Mr. Xue. He knows Mr. Xiao, the head technician at HL Group, right? We could use someone like that on our team. See what it would take to get him to change companies."

Maria smiled. So Colby wanted to steal Mr. Xiao from HL Group. She wondered how James would react if he knew. Would tensions between them boil over? After listening to Colby for a while, she switched audio feeds, this time to the wireless covert listening device she placed under James' desk.