Giving Alina a dose of her own medicine, Maria declared that she was pregnant with James' baby again. She wanted Alina to understand that the more beautiful a woman was, the more deceptive she could be.
"What did you say? This can't be..." Alina was shocked.
Maria put her long hair behind her ear and repeated, "I said James doesn't allow me to take pills, and now I'm carrying his baby again."
Alina's mouth fell open. So Maria was really
pregnant again! "You..." Alina's face turned livid with anger while she tried her best to find the right words to say. At last, she snapped, "You should be ashamed of yourself!"
How should she handle this situation now?
James' grandparents had been disapproving of Alina's engagement to James. If Maria were pregnant, Alina's hopes of marrying James
would be gone.
"Ashamed? Me? Oh, save it, Alina! Before accusing me of anything, you should first
consider every time you hit on James when I was still married to him." What Maria had done to Alina was nothing but an eye for an eye. When Maria was still Mrs. Xi, Alina had been trying to seduce James. Besides everything Maria had seen with her own eyes, Daniela also told her many details of their relationship in order to mock her.
Alina was rendered speechless. She knew what Maria said was true.
Unwilling to keep the conversation with the two women going, Maria warned Stella one more time before waltzing out gracefully from the private room under Alina's jealous gaze.
As soon as Maria left, Alina put her clothes back on and asked someone to drive her to HL Group immediately, ignoring Stella's cries for help.
Lately, Alina had been showing up in HL Group with more and more frequency. Hence, once James saw her in his office again, he knew at once why she was there.
Maria must have provoked her again.
Although Alina was on the verge of breaking down, she still had to pay attention to her image. So, not daring to speak loudly, she tried to suppress her frustration as she asked, "James, how could you get her pregnant? What should I do now that she's carrying your baby?"
'Pregnant? Who is pregnant?' James looked at her doubtfully, unable to understand what she was talking about.
Due to her own anxiety, Alina failed to notice the confusion in James' eyes. However, as a man of a few words, he was also hard to read. Therefore, she continued to vent her jealousy. "Haven't we agreed that you could fool around with any woman you want except for Maria Song? How could you get her pregnant? James, this news broke my heart." Tears fell from Alina's eyes as she spoke.
She knew better than anyone that James didn't like women who cried a lot, but she could not hold it back this time. Maria's pregnancy news had been a heavy blow to Alina, but no matter what, she wouldn't dare to do anything against James' baby now.
It was not until then that James understood that Maria was pregnant.
He frowned, thinking back to when he had been with Maria at Fairview Villa. This happened just a week ago, and he gave her some morning-after pills. So how could Maria be sure she was carrying his baby? James wondered if she was pregnant with air.
Nevertheless, James didn't explain anything to Alina. He was more concerned about the possibility of Maria playing a trick on him. What if she didn't take the pills? After all, he wasn't there to see her do it with his own eyes. "This wouldn't affect our engagement."
James knew Alina too well. He knew exactly what she wanted to hear.
With tears in her eyes, Alina said between sobs, "But when the baby is born..."
"It won't stop you from becoming Mrs. Xi."
What James said was enough to make Alina stop crying. Taking out a tissue from her bag, she wiped the tears off her face and suggested, "Well, James, I don't wish any harm to the innocent baby, so what do you think about sending Maria away? We can let her stay abroad and give birth."
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