A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 376 A Married Man

The manager nodded in relief. The waitress in question truly was an excellent employee, and he didn't want to fire her, either. He was relieved to hear what Maria said. "Mrs. Xi, thank you for being so open- minded. I will strengthen the employee training right away."

When the manager was gone, Ethan eyed the stain on Maria's clothes and said, "Why not change your clothes?"

"I'm fine. The heating will dry them up eventually." This wasn't the first time Maria said this.

Holding Bob in his arms, James looked at the three men, one by one. Then, his gaze fell on Lawrence once more and he asked, "Did you get your marriage licenses?"

Taken aback, Lawrence nodded, "Yes." They decided not to hold a wedding for the time being.

"So you're a married man?"

"Yeah."

James said in a flat tone, "Now that you're married, don't get too close to other people's wives."

Lawrence was dumbstruck. He quickly called to mind the events that took place just now and wondered how he had managed to offend this man. Was it because he cared when Maria got hurt? While Lawrence and Cooper immediately caught on, Maria and Ethan were still lost.

James' next target was Ethan. "Ethan, I think what

Cooper suggested is a good idea. You'd better replace a wife soon and give birth to a daughter, so Bob will have a wife. If you can't replace a girlfriend by yourself, I'll talk to your grandfather to arrange a blind date for you."

"No, I'm still young. I don't want any blind dates right now." Ethan shuddered at the thought of going on a blind date.

"You don't want to get married?" James asked through gritted teeth.

"I'm only in my early twenties. I need to have fun first and see what the world has to offer before I settle down. I don't want to get married until I'm thirty." Being young was key. If he didn't have fun now while he was young, he was sure to regret it in the future.

With one hand propping his son up and the other tapping the dining table with his index finger, James seemed to be deep in thought.

From under the table, Cooper secretly kicked Ethan, who was still unaware of what was going on.

Perplexed, Ethan looked over at him and received a wink from Cooper.

Cooper's eyes darted from James to Maria, trying to send Ethan a coded message. Finally, it dawned on Ethan. "James, I actually met a girl a few days ago," he said hurriedly. "She's lively, innocent, and young. I'm quite interested in her. I've decided to ask someone for her phone number." But the truth was, there was no such a girl in his life at all. She was nothing but a figment of his imagination, made up on the spot.

James' eyebrows shot up dubiously. "You changed your mind so soon? Didn't you just say that you didn't want to get married?"

Ethan smiled coyly and said, "I just wanted to tell you what kind of girl I'm into. I didn't say I was going to marry her, did I?" He finally realized the cause for this conversation: James' jealousy.

"Well, that makes sense." It was not until then that James, who was planning to set him up with ten other women, gave up the idea and let him off the hook.

Finally, it was Cooper's turn. After learning from Lawrence's and Ethan's experiences just now, Cooper coughed slightly and took initiative. "James, do you think you could introduce me to some girl?" "You don't plan on anything long term, do you? I'm worried you'll do her wrong," James said calmly.

"No, I'm ready. I'm over twenty. Grandma was urging me to replace one just yesterday." Additionally, while he didn't say it out loud, he figured it'd be good to have a girlfriend so that James would stop targeting him He didn't want his own brother to view him as a rival.

"In that case, give me some time to think if I know anyone who'd suit you."

"Thank you, James!"

Finally, Maria spoke up. "Cooper, do you remember my good friend, Sandra?"

Cooper thought for a while then said, "Yes."

"Why not ask her out? She's quite promising, I think. She's going to take a postgraduate entrance exam to further her studies." Maria wouldn't miss any chance to help her friend get a boyfriend. Cooper didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He decided to just go with the flow for now. "Okay, Maria."

"Why don't you take her to the movies when you're free?" Maria was extremely satisfied with herself. After all, Sandra was obsessed with him!

"Okay." Cooper decided to listen to her.

Even after dinner, Maria didn't catch on to what happened. This was because, when the accident happened, she was too busy paying attention to her clothes when the three men leapt to her side. Later that evening, the family of three retreated to their villa. Absentmindedly studying her fingernails, Maria said, "James, will you come with me to get a manicure tomorrow? We can leave Bob at Dad's place."

It was obvious that Sebastian was very fond of Bob. Whenever they got together, Sebastian seemed to cherish every moment he could get with the little boy.

James glanced at the woman's cherry-colored fingernails before saying, "Having a manicure too many times isn't good for your nails."

What a bummer! Maria withdrew her hand and retorted indifferently, "Making love too frequently is not good for your health. So why do you have to do it every night?"

James was rendered speechless. Why did she have to put sex on his mind?

"If you stop me from getting a manicure, I'll replace you with another man. He won't just let me do my nails, he'll also care for me and give me lots of money." Maria relished any opportunity to make snide remarks in front of James. In her eyes, she probably spoiled him too much lately, so much so that he'd forgotten she could easily replace him.

Pursing his lips, James had a sudden change of heart. "I'll go with you." There was no way he'd let her entertain such an idea.

He wanted her to know that he was the only man who cared for her and was willing to give her all the money in the world.

Maria wrapped her arms around the man's neck smugly and pecked him on the lips.

"Good boy." James felt sorry for himself because of his lowly status before Maria.

The following day, James accompanied Maria on her trip to the spa for her manicure. There wasn't a moment where he left her side, nor did he urge her to hurry up.

Maria decided not only to get a manicure, but also facial and hand care. Only then was she satisfied.

When the two emerged from the spa, she slipped her newly-manicured hand into James' and kissed him on the cheek happily. "Let's go."

James was infected by her happiness. "You seem to be in a good mood." He had just accompanied her to do a manicure, he did nothing big.

"Why wouldn't I be? Does that make you unhappy?"

"Of course not." As long as she was happy, so was he.

Maria squeezed his hand in hers and said, "I think we'd better hold hands from now on."

"Why?"

"It makes me feel safe!" Whenever she felt his fingers interlaced in hers, she felt a sense of security.

Raising his eyebrows, James asked, "Do you still need to feel safe?"

"Of course! I'm a woman, after all. There are some things that only a man can give me." "Such as... the pleasure of being together at night?" James asked slyly.

Maria's cheeks went red. She looked around quickly and heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that there was no one nearby. She squeezed the man's hand as hard as she could and asked sardonically, "Why not speak louder so that everyone can hear you?"

He didn't take her words seriously. "This is something I can talk to with my wife only. Why should I let them hear me?"

Maria wanted to press her palm against her face and shake her head. If he was going to act as thick-skinned as this, she was willing to accept defeat.

"I'm going to visit a client later to drop off some gifts," she said, changing the subject. "Will you go back to the office?"

"Yes." For James, it was the clients that came to him.

Maria sighed. "Sooner or later, I will rise to a position as high as yours and wait for clients to give me gifts!"

"If you want, you can have that position right now." He meant it.