A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 383 I Feel Guilty

Maria snorted. "Don't confuse the public like this. I never agreed to your proposal. How could you call me your wife?"

"You are going to be my wife sooner or later, so I might as well start calling you that in advance. Besides, me calling you that has nothing to do with whether we remarry or not," James said cheekily. In fact, it didn't even matter whether she accepted the ring or not. She would always be his woman, even if they didn't get remarried.

"James, you're so bossy. Be careful not to scare me away," Maria said coolly, raising her glass of wine.

James just smirked at her. He would never let her run away! He raised his glass of wine and clinked glasses with her. "Happy Valentine's Day, honey."

"Happy Valentine's Day!" Maria echoed before taking a sip of the wine. At this moment, she was filled with genuine happiness.

If possible, she wanted to feel this way for the rest of her life.

After dinner, she playfully said, "I haven't prepared any Valentine's Day gift for you, except maybe the dinner. Do you mind? How about I give you a beautiful woman?"

"I'm satisfied with the dinner. I don't need a woman."

"No?"

"No!" James refused decisively.

Maria nodded. "Okay then. I'm leaving now!" she said,

turning away.

It was only then that James realized she was referring to herself. With a chuckle, he embraced her from behind. "If you're offering yourself to me, how can I refuse?" he said gently. Maria scoffed. "You just said no!"

He planted a kiss on the top of her hair and said, "I was confused just now!"

She beamed as she turned to look at him. "Kiss me."

James lowered his head without hesitation and kissed her deeply.

Their love was like a blooming flower, fragrant and refreshing.

The next day, James brought Bob back home. The moment the little boy saw his mother, he grinned from ear to ear and reached out his little hands to hug her. Jealous that Bob looked much happier to see his mother than him, James held the boy tightly in his arms, and even turned around to block Maria from his view. However, Bob tilted his head and continued to look at Maria, calling out to her in his baby language.

Maria was afraid that the boy would burst into tears, so she tried to take him away from James' arms. "You poor baby, come here. Let Mommy hug you." However, James turned away, not letting her hold Bob.

Maria could do nothing but heave an impatient sigh as she watched Bob burst into tears, just like she had expected. Only then did James hold out the little boy to her. "Make him stop," he urged. He hadn't thought that the baby would cry so easily.

Maria rolled her eyes at him. "It's your son, make him stop on your own."

James wanted to argue, but thought better of it and walked into the living room with the crying baby in his arms.

However, the farther he walked from Maria, the more Bob cried. In the end, Maria couldn't bear to hear her baby wailing like this, so she took him from James' arms.

After a few seconds of being rocked up and down in her arms, the little boy's tears ceased, and the trace of a smile glimmered in his glassy eyes.

"What an ungrateful child," James sneered, looking at the two of them in annoyance. Bob had forgotten that he was the one who had brought him back home.

"Are you seriously scolding a baby?" Maria asked helplessly.

"No," James denied and turned away quickly.

Shaking her head, Maria carried Bob to the playroom, which was full of blind boxes.

She picked up a doll that she had just taken out from one of the blind boxes to put in the display cabinet, and handed it to him. "Here you are! If it falls to the floor, it will break..." Before she could even finish her words, Bob loosened his grip and the doll fell to the floor.

The thin neck of the doll snapped, and the two broken pieces of the doll rolled away in opposite directions.

It was at this moment that James appeared at the door. Maria moved aside to let him see the broken pieces on the floor. "Your son broke it. Buy me a new one.

"I'm not the one who broke it. Ask your son to buy it," James retorted. He wouldn't let her blackmail him so easily.

Looking at the little boy in her arms who was staring around the room, Maria said, "I'll sell you! And then I will buy blind boxes with the money."

"Okay, at least you can exchange him for a blind box company," James said, nodding. His son was worth some money, at least.

Maria was speechless. How could he agree with her so easily?

James stepped forward and held Bob's little hands. "How come you're not going to the cafe these days? I went there many times before the Spring Festival, but I didn't see you there." "I've already gotten you. Why do I still need to go to the cafe?" Maria said proudly.

Realization dawned in James' eyes, and he chuckled. "So you opened the cafe just to have an opportunity to get close to me?"

"You didn't know that till now?" Maria teased. Of course, his guess was right.

Besides, since the manager of the cafe handled everything well on his own, Maria chose to focus all her energy on the company.

"Well done!" James said with a satisfied nod.

"Of course. How could I snag a man like you without a proper plan? Isn't that right?" Maria didn't deny that she had used some tricks to win him over.

James kissed her on the lips and said, "You should learn from me. Be more soft-hearted, so that I can snag you."

"Soft-hearted? Do you think it was easy to get you?" Maria asked incredulously.

"Yes." James didn't notice the change in her tone. In his eyes, he had been soft-hearted to her. Otherwise, how would she be standing in front of him with his child in her arms now?

"I almost died at your hands several times. And because of Alina, you..." Maria began, but he pressed his fingers against her lips. Pushing his hand away in a huff, she asked, "What are you doing? You don't want to hear all those things?"

"Yes, I feel guilty," James admitted.

Maria took a deep breath and flashed an artificial smile at him. "Do you feel sorry for me now?"

"Yes," James said softly.

"In that case, buy a new blind box for me!" she ordered angrily.

James took Bob from her arms and lifted him high into the air. He said in a relaxed tone, "Let's go, Bob. I'll take you to buy a new blind box for your mommy."

Bob, who felt like he was soaring in the air, giggled happily. The little boy's crisp laughter lightened the mood in the villa again, making them feel like a happily family.

Maria thought that James had just taken Bob outside to play, and that his comment about buying a blind box was a joke, so she stayed in the room to clean up the pieces of the broken doll.

But when she was done and went outside to look for the two of them, she found that they were actually shopping.

When she called James, he said, "I have never taken him out alone. Give me a chance. You can take this opportunity to rest."

"I'm not tired. I'm worried that he will make trouble for you," Maria protested.

"If he dares to make trouble for me, I will beat him," James said playfully.

Maria rolled her eyes and clenched the phone in her hand. "If you dare to hit my son, I'll hit you."

"Honey, you are so violent!"

"Drive carefully!" Every time he called her honey, her heart beat faster.

"John is the one driving," James explained.

Thinking of him sitting in the back seat with Bob, Maria finally relaxed. "Okay. Come back soon."

"Okay." Since she missed him so much, James vowed to go back home as early as possible.

A few days later, Maria received a gift from James, just as he had promised. However, it was not just a VIP card; it was the beauty salon itself.

Summer chuckled when she looked at the shocked expression on Maria's face. "This is the biggest beauty salon that our company owns. Mr. Xi asked me to transfer it to your name."

Maria frowned helplessly at the share transfer agreement in her hands. The agreement said that she would hold seventy percent of the shares, while the other thirty percent would be in the hands of the company's executives.

"I just asked him to apply for a card for me. And even that was just a joke," she explained, sighing. She had all kinds of VIP cards after all, and even if she wanted a new one, she could afford to get it for herself.

Summer shrugged. "It doesn't matter. After all, Mr. Xi is rich. This shows how much he loves you."

Maria nodded slowly. The share transfer agreement had already been signed by all the other parties involved. She knew that she shouldn't refuse a gift from James, so she signed it. She could just give it to Bob one day.