Alina suddenly stopped talking because of the sight that met her eyes.
Maria and James both were all too familiar with the voice. Maria didn't stop kissing James. In fact, she hugged him tighter.
Maria's eyes flashed with malice. The next moment, she let go of him and said, "Ouch! Honey, be gentle. It hurts!"
"What are you doing?" Alina yelled. She heard rumors about them and believed that they had sex, and she tried to be cool about it. However, when she saw what was going on with her own eyes, she couldn't keep her calm.
Watching Maria hang all over James like that, Alina was incensed. Rage boiled inside her, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
Maria looked at Alina with a scornful smile. She kept up the act. "Mr. Xi, your girlfriend's here, but I don't think she gets it. Maybe you can make her understand. I wasn't feeling good, so you gave me a massage."
James didn't say anything. He never thought Maria could be so mean.
He disengaged from her arms and straightened his suit. He seemed subdued, totally different from the arrogant, savage man who kissed her moments ago.
Maria got off the desk, flipped her long hair indifferently. Then she walked over to the weeping woman. She still had that evil look. "Alina, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that. My bad. I should have locked the door."
Ever since she got back in town, Alina had been a bitch to her. Maria just wanted to give her a taste of her own medicine.
No woman could keep calm when she saw the man she loved in another woman's arms. Neither could Alina. Besides, Maria kept provoking her. Alina raised her hand to give her a good slap.
But she missed.
Maria ran back to James. She held him in her arms and complained to him in an exaggerated childlike voice, "Oh, James! She's so mean! You're my ex. We're not together. Tell her!"
Knowing what she was doing, James felt a headache coming on. He peeled her arms from him and said, "You should leave now."
"All right! I'll take off. Remember our
appointment tonight! Love you!" Maria stood on tiptoe and wanted to kiss James again, but he held her at bay with one hand. He cast a warning glance at Maria, but she didn't mind. She smiled as she walked out.
While passing Alina, Maria smiled enchantingly and arrogantly at her. Alina glared back at her.
'Hey, when you seduced my husband and
showed off years ago, did you think of what
might happen?' Maria's inner voice asked.
After Maria left, the office fell into an awkward silence. Neither James nor Alina spoke.
After a while, Alina couldn't hold it in anymore. She wiped her face and asked the man
desperately, "James, we agreed you could fool around with anyone. Anyone but Maria."
Standing in front of the French window, James turned and looked at the crying woman.
Somehow, he felt a little annoyed. He strode back to his desk, took a document from the drawer, and placed it on the desk. After thinking for a while, he said, "It's all my fault. You did nothing wrong. This is an important contract. Give it to your father."
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