A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 160 I Love You

Except for when Augustine was hospitalized long ago, this was the first time that James took care of someone in his life.

Maria didn't have the strength to open her mouth, let alone any appetite when she smelled the mutton soup. All she wanted was to sleep.

Feeling impatient, James pried her mouth open with the spoon and fed her some soup whether she liked it or not.

Maria almost choked. However, she didn't bother to argue with the man in front of her. Knowing he could be more aggressive than she was, she forced herself to take a few sips. Fortunately, the mutton soup was well cooked and didn't make her sick. At least, not at first.

After a short while, Maria pushed the bowl of soup away and said, holding her stomach painfully. "The trash can, please."

James was shocked at her reaction. With a dark face, he put down the bowl and took the trash can nearby, quickly placing it on the bedside.

Maria grabbed the trash can and retched, but couldn't vomit anything. She felt as if she was about to die.

Standing next to her, James frowned and closed his eyes. The retching sound made his stomach turn as well.

He thought about leaving but gave up once he saw the pale woman with tears on her face.

As Maria lay listlessly on the edge of the bed, James handed her a glass of water. This time, she didn't refuse. She took it over and had a sip.

The next moment, she gave the glass back to James, who immediately handed her a tissue. She accepted it, wiping her lips.

After throwing the tissue into the trash can, she turned over and gasped slightly.

She swore to herself again that she would never be a woman in her next life.

James took the medicine for her cold and gave it to her. "Take it before going to sleep."

He had consulted in advance with the doctor whether she could take the medicine during her period or not. As the doctor told him there was no harm, James asked him to send the medicine to the hotel. Maria shook her head and prayed that James could leave her alone instead of keeping torturing her.

James asked indignantly, "You don't want to take the medicine? What if I catch your cold?"

Maria couldn't believe this man. If she were her usual self, she would glare at him and yell for him to get out at once.

But now, she had no strength to do so.

James poured some hot water and sat down beside her, holding some pills in his hand. "Take them!"

Maria looked at him and said weakly, "James, when I recover, I won't let you get away with this."

All she wanted was to have some sleep. Why was it so difficult? James just couldn't miss any chance to come all the way to her hotel room and torture her.

"You have to recover first then."

Maria was angry beyond words. Although she had no choice, she didn't want to make things easy for him. Therefore, she demanded shamelessly, "So feed me!"

Glancing from the pills in his hand to her dejected figure, James didn't refuse. He helped her lean against the headboard and shoved the pills into her mouth one by one, giving her water next. Maria thanked God when she was finally able to go to sleep.

James stood up and opened the window to get some fresh air. Then he called the hotel manager to ask the staff to clean up the soup and the mess in the room. After making sure Maria was fine, he left. At sound of the door being locked, Maria felt a little disappointed.

She couldn't help but mock herself inwardly, 'People are really hypocritical. The whole time he was here, I couldn't stop complaining about how annoying he was. But now that he's gone, I miss him.' With a silent sigh, she fell asleep.

It would take Maria at least two days to recover, and she spent most of that time in bed.

In fact, she was lying down, playing on her cell phone when she received the news about Daniela.

She clicked on the video someone sent her.

It showed Daniela about to perform on a variety show. The hostess looked at her and suggested, "I heard you're a good dancer, Daniela. Today is a great opportunity to show us your talent. Would you mind dancing to our audience?"

Daniela was obviously stiff. This request was not in the script.

However, she couldn't refuse it right away. With so many cameras around, she had to maintain her composure. So she replied modestly, "Not really. I don't dance that well."

At that moment, a special guest from the TV Show stood up and said, "Nonsense! I've seen you before, Daniela. You dance really well. Don't be too modest!"

"Come on, Daniela, please!"

"Dance! Dance!"

Seeing there was no way to refuse it anymore, Daniela had to show them a modern dance.

The crowd's reaction was a little weird, but the hostess managed to keep the atmosphere lively.

After her dance, Daniela asked the staff to cut off that part when no one was noticing.

However, as they wrapped up the shooting, she realized the dancing part was not only kept on the show, but it also ended up on the top trends online.

As soon as Maria finished watching her sister's dance, she asked someone to pay the websites to keep Daniela's video as the first one on the trending topics list. Then she spent a lot of money to delete the negative comments under the video.

Hence, when Daniela checked the comments section of her video, she saw that almost everyone was praising her.

"I didn't expect that Daniela would be so enchanting. I loved her performance!"

"Daniela is great! Keep up with the good work!"

"Wow, she's such a good dancer! The dancing association should come to recruit her."

It was a pleasant surprise for Daniela to see so many people flattering her.

Gradually, she indulged herself in the comments. She believed that her dancing skills must have improved a lot after practicing with some videos online.

At night, James went to a private room in the Leopard Club to meet with his best friends.

He smoked while Ethan played games on his phone. Both were waiting for Lawrence, who soon walked into the room.

He came over carrying a paper bag, which he promptly handed to James. "This is a handbag Maria liked, but it just arrived now. If you have time, please send it to her for me."

Looking at the paper bag in front of him, James didn't take it. Instead, he kept smoking.

Lawrence chuckled, putting the paper bag on the table. "If you don't want to take it with you, I can send it to her myself. It's just a few minutes driving anyway." Then he pulled out a cigarette from the box on the table and lit it.

Ethan's gaze swept between the two men from time to time as he tapped his phone screen. He couldn't help wondering if they would fight each other fiercely over the enchantress Maria tonight.

With his phone in his hand, James looked for a text message. When he found it, he pushed the device in front of Lawrence.

As he read the message, Lawrence smiled without saying a word. He then looked back at James, still silent. He preferred not to react before James did.

Curious, Ethan craned his neck to see what was going on. James noticed his action but didn't mind him reading it.

The message was from Maria. It read, "I love you, deeply and truly."

Ethan couldn't believe his eyes. He tried to imagine the look on Maria's face while confessing her love for James. James stubbed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray and said indifferently, "She told me you two were acting." Lawrence still smiled without saying anything.

He was afraid James was tricking him only to expose him.

Putting away his phone, James asked, "Don't you believe me?"

Lawrence shook his head. "Not really. I'll have to confirm it with Maria. It definitely didn't happen as you said."

James stared at him in silence. It was obvious that Lawrence didn't buy it. James' face darkened slightly. "How was your blind date, by the way?"

"I didn't go, actually. I didn't want to betray Maria," Lawrence answered, taking a drag. He couldn't fall into James' trap.

- Author's note

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Translator: Jessie Chen