A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 139 A Rich Fool

Without saying anything, James stood still and dialed the number several times before someone finally answered, "What's up?" Despite the noise, James recognized it was indeed Maria's voice. Then he asked indifferently, "Why did you call me just now?"

Maria went silent for a moment as she realized the call she made to James earlier had, in fact, connected. However, what was the point to tell him what was going on? He didn't care about her anyway, did he? With a sad smile, she answered, "Nothing. I've dialed the wrong number!"

The second before Maria ended the call, James heard an ambulance siren in the background. He dialed the number again, but no one answered this time.

Thinking back to her driving skills at his grandpa's villa the other night, James glanced at Lorenzo and said, "You'll fly over and represent HL Group." "Me?" Lorenzo pointed at himself.

"Yes." James handed him the briefcase and turned around, walking towards the elevator.

Lorenzo watched him go, speechless. This project abroad was very important to the company. How could a special assistant like him fly over there representing HL Group? Lorenzo wondered if this was some kind of joke.

By the time his men found Maria's whereabouts, James rushed towards the Municipal People's Hospital and found her sitting on a chair in the corridor, absentminded. Next to her, a rough-looking man and two nagging women kept insulting her the whole time.

"You look like a tramp. You must be some rich man's mistress, right?"

"That's good. Now you can give me more money. I'll take two hundred thousand dollars and not a penny less!"

"Aren't you going to say anything? It was you who hit someone!"

Maria, who was known to be domineering and refused to take other people's crap, simply sat there without saying a word. Nobody could tell what she was thinking about.

Feeling sorry for her, James strode over and stood in front of Maria protectively. Then he took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to those people who were insulting her. "I'm sorry for whatever she did to you by accident. Take my business card and feel free to contact me with the sum you need. I'll make sure to pay you as you deserve. Now, please stop harassing her, or next, you'll be talking to my lawyer."

Wherever James stepped in, he would always draw attention to himself.

With an indifferent and arrogant look, he exuded a natural domineering aura that shut the three people up immediately.

The man who was scolding Maria swallowed his words once he saw James. After a while, he asked, "Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am. All you need to know is that from now on, I'll be handling this on her behalf," James said coldly. As she heard his familiar voice, Maria looked up at him in a daze.

The towering man stood with his back at her in his brand new black suit as he elegantly put the business card box away.

Maria wondered how he had found her. But the next second, she dismissed the thought. It was pretty easy for a man like James to replace her whereabouts.

The two women whispered something between themselves, and one of them plucked up the courage to say, "Even if the king walks in here today, he must pay for it!"

"As I've told you, call me with the sum you need, and you'll be paid!" James cast a look so cold at the woman that it scared her enough to take a few steps back.

"Two..." The woman was about to say the price of two hundred thousand dollars, but the man next to her quickly grabbed her arm and said, "My mother is still in surgery. Let's talk about it later!" Then he pulled her aside and scolded in a low voice, "Are you stupid? This man is obviously very rich! Two million dollars must be a drop in the bucket for him, let alone two hundred thousand!"

"Then, how much should we ask?"

"Well, let me see. One million!"

"One million dollars?" the woman shouted in shock. It was too late for the man to cover her mouth with his hand.

Her voice echoed so loudly through the corridor that everyone could hear her.

Immediately, James pulled out a checkbook from his pocket and wrote down the value. After he was done, he handed the check to the man. "One million dollars, and this is over now!"

As the three people heard his words, they all gasped with excitement.

Quickly, the man grabbed the check from James' hand and counted the zeros.

"One, two, three, four... My God, it's really one million!"

At the sound of his confirmation, the two women were so excited that they almost burst into tears. They promptly promised to James, "Okay. Alright. It's all over!" They couldn't help thinking this man was a rich fool.

Putting away the checkbook, James turned around.

When his eyes met Maria's, he asked, "Where is Lawrence?" She had a car accident. Shouldn't be her so-called boyfriend, Lawrence, the one to come and deal with this matter for her?

Coming to her senses, Maria answered, "I didn't call him."

James didn't know howto respond. So he just glared at her.

Maria lowered her head and looked at her shoes, still upset.

She wondered why James came over and protected her the way he did.

It seemed that every time she planned to let him go, he would give her some sort of hope again. Then, once she took a step towards him, he would push her away, and the cycle would recommence. 'Ah! People like to describe a woman as a drama queen. But isn't James a drama king?'

"You should have a checkup, too," James reminded her.

"I'm fine," she told him truthfully.

The man said coldly, "Just do as I say!"

"No! Why should I waste more money? I'm feeling alright!" Maria raised her head and glared at him.

James was impressed at how she dared to challenge him. In fact, he just wanted her to have a checkup to be sure she didn't have any head damage. After all, it wasn't like her not to fight back while those three people insulted her.

Once more, James took out the checkbook from his pocket and wrote another check of one million dollars before throwing it at her. "Go and have a checkup."

Maria refused at first, but on second thought, she pulled out a bank card from her handbag and said, "There are three million on this card. You come with me, and the money is yours!"

James was rendered speechless. Maria managed to surprise him yet again as she tried to actually buy him with money.

The three people nearby couldn't help being shocked at their conversation. They thought, 'Is this what rich people do?'

Next, James took Maria to the outpatient department. The medical advisor told them that if they wanted to have a general checkup, they should go to the second floor and pay for the examination. Maria followed the man, who carefully read the instructions for her, and couldn't help but sigh. 'Money does make the world go round. Three million was all it took for him to accompany me.' Apparently, she couldn't do some of the tests on the list because she already had something to eat a few hours ago.

As Maria walked into the gynecology department with a prescription in her hand, she ran into an old acquaintance of hers, Daniela.

The moment Daniela laid eyes on her, she was stunned. Although she didn't expect to see Maria at the hospital, she quickly came up with something to say to mock her. "Are you here to have an abortion?" Daniela, who had gained quite a recognition online recently, felt overconfident in herself. She believed she could easily trample on Maria this time.

Maria nodded calmly and said, "Yes!"

"You are so shameless!" Daniela snapped.

Maria moved aside as a man approached her slowly. Looking at him, she said, "James, she said I'm shameless!"

Although Maria left his sight for only two minutes while he paid the bill, she already got herself into trouble again.

Realizing who was coming, Daniela stuttered. "Mr. Xi... I..." She desperately wanted to explain herself, but she failed to put a sentence together.

Unexpectedly, instead of reproaching Daniela, James looked Maria up and down and said thoughtfully, "You are indeed shameless. You just got out of my bed and then got into someone else's!"