A Vengeful Ex-Wife novel Chapter 57

"Mrs. Song, you haven't changed a bit." The smile on Maria's face faded, and only hatred remained in her eyes. "I'm not the same Maria Song you knew! If anyone dares lay a finger on me, I'll make them pay."

The look in her eyes scared Elaine. Her heart hammered in her chest. Suddenly, she raised her hand and slapped Maria. Pak!

Silence reigned after the slap. Gordon's excitement faded, and Chandler pretended to scold Elaine. "Holy crap, Elaine! What were you thinking? Just leave her alone!"

Satisfied smiles appeared on the faces of the Tang family. They knew Elaine hated Maria the most, especially knowing she hurt Alina and Ronald.

As if she hadn't heard what Chandler said, Elaine turned on Maria. "You left once! Why did you come back? You should have stayed where you were until you die!" The thing she regretted most in her life was giving birth to Maria. Because of her daughter, she lost her job, Chandler cheated on her, and he left her in their hometown.

Later, Maria managed to anger the Xi family as well. And James divorced her. It was all because of Maria. Elaine always felt ashamed around Judy because of this. Maria rubbed her burning cheek and smiled. "I didn't want to come back either, but my beloved is here." Her eyes passed over the crowd and fell on the man she referred to. He was oblivious to, engaged in some conversation, phone in hand.

Realizing who she was referring to, both Elaine and Alina wanted to rush over to her and strangle her.

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Maria!" Elaine was seriously angry. Six years ago, Maria took James away from Carolina and Daniela. After she married him, their son died because of her. In the end, James divorced her and was going to get engaged to Alina.

"I am, believe me!" Maria lowered her head to stare at her shoes and quickly hid the pain in her eyes. When she raised her head again, there was no emotion there. "Everyone loves someone. I just said it in public. Is that so bad?"

Maria finally realized James was as cold as the Song family. When she confessed her love to him in public, he acted like he hadn't heard her.

Everyone knew who she was referring to. The Song family wouldn't stick up for her, and even James was unwilling to lift a finger.

Carolina came over and tried to calm Elaine down. "Mom, please stop. Everyone's staring at us," she said gently.

After calming herself down, Elaine sighed heavily in her heart.

Seeing her mom in a better mood, Carolina turned to Maria. "I'm going to marry Mr. Xi's special assistant, Lorenzo. He's on a business trip today, so he couldn't be here. Can you come to our wedding?"

'Carolina is going to marry Lorenzo?' Maria was stunned.

Carolina was conceited. She thought only a man like James was good enough for her. So why was she lowering her standards to marry a CEO's assistant?

After shaking off her amazement, Maria stared at her sister. She gave her an unambiguous answer. "Sorry, I'm not interested in your wedding. But I'd love to attend your funeral. And that goes for all of you!"

Carolina didn't expect her to say something like that. Her eyes darkened and anger laced her tone. "Maria!"

This time, even Chandler rushed to chastise her. "How dare you! If you set foot in our house again, I'll break your legs!" he growled.

Elaine wasn't putting up with any more. She covered her heart and looked away from Maria. She pointed at the door and shouted again, "Get out of here!"

Half of Maria's face began to swell up, but she ignored it. "Sure. Before I leave, I have to tell you something."

Everyone stared at her in spite of themselves.

The smile on Maria's face disappeared

completely.