A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 196 Too Attractive

James fell silent.

With an intense glare, Maria scolded him, "I got injured. Why did you call a vet?!11

"Come on, Maria!" groaned Ethan.

Realizing that her manner of speaking was not appropriate, Maria turned to him and quickly explained, "I didn't mean that."

"It's okay. I understand," he replied with a smile.

"You were injured. What's wrong with me calling a doctor over?" James asked indifferently.

Well, a veterinarian was still a doctor. There was nothing wrong with what he had said.

In order to appease Ethan, whose heart was slightly hurt because of her words, Maria stretched out her hand and asked him to deal with her wound.

"James, you have a first aid kit here, right?" she asked.

"Yes." James did not deny it and even smiled in response.

He must have called Ethan to come over and poke fun of her.

Maria realized what he wanted to do. Sadly, she had no choice but to endure it.

She did not want to say anything more that would offend Ethan and make him misunderstand her.

After dealing with her wound, Ethan complained, "It's just wound dressing. It's not a big deal. Why did you have to call me and make me come here all the way? Anyway, James, pay the medical fee please. I will be a chief physician in the future, so I'm going to charge you one hundred thousand dollars."

"Fuck off!"

"Fine!" Ethan packed up the kit and walked towards the door without even receiving his payment.

As Maria watched the scene, she was speechless. How could James do this to Ethan? The latter came all the way here to help her. But as soon as he was done, James kicked him out without even saying thank you.

At the thought of this, Maria ran towards Ethan and shouted, "Wait for me!"

He looked back at her in confusion. "Aren't you going to stay here?"

"Why should I do that? I just came here to visit." To be frank, she felt guilty. James did not want her to sleep here overnight, nor did he want to sleep in the same bed as her. If so, what was the reason for her to stay here and ask for trouble?

"Well, even if you really don't want to stay here, I will. After all, James' bed is so cozy to sleep in."

Maria rolled his eyes at him upon hearing his words. "Fine. You can stay here. Anyway, I'll go now."

A snicker appeared at the corners of Ethan's mouth. "Forget it. It's already late. The road is already dark all the way to the foot of the mountain. Let me show you the way."

"Thank you!" With that, the two walked towards the door, as if nobody else was with them.

Just as Maria was about to put on her shoes, a stern voice of a man called her name. "Maria Song." "Yes?" She turned around, yet she did not stop putting on her shoes. "Did I say you can leave?"

'So he wants me to stay? But I won't.' She curled her lips and retorted, "Mr. Xi, you didn't ask me to stay either. I'd better leave now."

Regardless of the man's reaction, she walked out of the door with Ethan.

As they reached the parking lot, Ethan looked back at the villa and asked, "Why didn't you stay? All the beds in James' manor are so cozy to sleep in. You could sleep for three nights, and you'd still want to sleep in for another day."

"Do you think I can't afford a bed?" Why did she have to sleep in a bed that obviously did not belong to her?

Ethan opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out. It turned out that this woman was too naive to get his point. Regardless, he decided to drop the subject. There was no reason for him to get involved between James and Maria anyway.

A few moments later, they went back to the downtown in a separate car. Ethan drove his car in front, followed by Maria. Before they went their separate ways, they bade each other goodbye. Instead of going back to the hotel room, Maria went to Fairview Villa.

She opened the door of a room and turned on the light. On top of the bed were numerous dolls. Not only that, but there were dozens of unopened blind boxes beside the table as well.

Despite the clutter, she found herself a place to sit down. With her legs crossed, she began to remove the wrapper of the blind boxes one after another.

She tore them open one by one. The angrier she felt, the more aggressive she opened the boxes. She tore open the wrappers of more than thirty boxes. Sadly, not one contained the hidden design. While enduring the urge to burn all of the boxes, she called Ethan on the phone. "Hey! Let's go shopping tomorrow."

"What? Just the two of us?"

"Yes. Let's go buy some blind boxes." The first time Ethan opened a blind box, it had the hidden design. He was so lucky. Maria wanted to have the same luck as him.

"You are not a fun of blind boxes, aren't you?" Ethan asked.

"It's all because of the Khaki blind box you gave me last time. I just thought that it was so beautiful that day. Then, I started buying blind boxes. I've even bought hundreds of them," Maria answered exasperatedly.

A single blind box cost over 10,000 dollars, and she bought hundreds of them. Ethan was at a loss. He could not help but heave a heavy sigh as he realized how a woman, who had been raised by a wealthy man, could be so willful.

However, he was scheduled to perform an operation on a kitten tomorrow morning. "Sure, but I'm only free tomorrow afternoon. Is that okay?"

"Deal!"

"Okay."

The next day, Maria did not get up until noon. Before she did, she sent Ethan a message. "Shall I invite you for lunch? I haven't eaten the rice noodles near the No. 3 Middle School for a long time." Coincidentally, Ethan was working overtime, so he had not eaten yet. He agreed to her invitation without hesitation.

Maria sighed and thought that that young man was courteous and a gentleman. She could not help but wonder if James could be like that one day.

Before she dressed up for the day, she received a message from James. "What's your plan this noon?"

"Go shopping with a friend," she replied.

"A friend?' James thought of Summer, who was busy in her office right now. He didn't know Maria had another good friend other than her. Thinking of this, he sent her another message. "A man or a woman?" Staring at the message he sent, Maria could not help but sneer. 'It's none of your business! You're just a nobody to me,' she thought.

With that, she tossed her phone on the bed and went to the bathroom to shower.

Although Maria did not reply to James, Ethan gave him a call.

"James, Maria and I will go shopping later. Do you want to join us?" Ethan pondered for a long time and thought that it was better to inform James about it. After all, Maria was this business tycoon's date. As it turned out, the friend whom Maria was going to shop with was Ethan. James frowned at the thought of his. "Why does she want you to go shopping with you?"

"She wants me to go with her to buy some blind boxes. She thinks that she's unlucky that she didn't get the hidden design even after buying hundreds of them. She must be envious because I got the hidden design after buying one.

James, am I really lucky?" James felt his head hurt because of what Ethan informed him. Ethan was indeed childish. "No, thanks. I have a meeting this afternoon. Enjoy yourselves." "Alright then. Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on Maria for you. I won't let any man get close to her."

"There's no need for that." "Why not? Aren't you worried that men would be attracted to her?"

"What I mean is, you should look at yourself. Stay away from her."

Ethan snorted. "I know that. I'm not Lawrence. There's no way I'd steal my friend's wife."

With a sneer, James reminded Ethan, "If that's the case, then who told me last time that he would fall into Maria's honey trap if she dared to use it on him?"

"Ha-ha! I wasn't serious. She isn't my cup of tea. I can't deal with her, and only you can do that. You're the best match for her," Ethan replied fawningly in order to flatter James.

"Fuck off! Remember to pay her bill, okay?"

"Double reimbursement?"

"Come here, and I'll tell you."

"I don't have to. She's a woman, so I'll always be willing to pay her bills."

James rubbed the crease between his eyebrows in exasperation. "Ethan, if you don't stop talking nonsense, I'll pull your tongue out."