A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 385 Beg Your Husband

"Well, I must say that he's being sensible, at least. What about that mistress?"

After a moment's thought, Summer replied, "Pregnant. I don't know the details, and I don't want to know, either."

"That's right!" Maria put her arm around Summer's shoulders. "Congratulations, Summer. I've instructed James to introduce you to a good man or several in the future. Someone who's thousands of times superior to Jamir. You can do a lot better than that asshole!"

"Please pass along my gratitude to Mr. Xi in advance," replied Summer with a grateful smile.

"Okay, I'll talk to you later. I'll bring him lunch first." Maria gestured at the lunch box carried by the driver behind her.

"Okay! Go ahead!"

Maria took the lunch box from the driver and entered James' office alone.

When Summer got back to her desk, Gary placed an insulated bottle in front of her and said, "You wanted some water, right? The pot was already boiling, so I got you some when I got mine."

Not thinking too much of it, Summer just nodded and said thanks to him. After all, it was normal thing to do.

She opened the lid of the insulated bottle to take a sip and found a few red dates, longans, and wolfberries in the water. She looked up at Gary in confusion.

Gary knew what she was going to say, so he explained quickly, "My mother prepared those for me, but you know how men don't really like those things. I've shared them with the others. Summer, you don't like them? I'm sorry, I shouldn't have made the decision for you."

Summer didn't know how to respond. His answer was flawless. It turned out she wasn't given the special treatment, and she smiled. "I'm just curious."

"I'll be careful next time. I'll go back to work, then," said Gary with a smile.

"Okay!" Summer took a careful sip of the concoction and smiled slightly. It was sweet.

In the CEO's office, Maria placed the lunch box on James' desk in front of him. "Summer and Jamir's divorce has been finalized. I've looked into Jamir's situation. Apparently, he's working for a rather small game company. Should I buy it? What do you think?"

"Do you really have to go against a scumbag like that?" The game company might be small, but purchasing it would entail a big move for Maria's company.

Maria's enthusiasm flagged at his answer. "But I've already promised that I would ruin both the scumbag and his mistress. Now that the mistress has been dealt with, how could I allow that asshole to go about his merry way?" People who didn't know her might think that she only had the guts to deal with someone weaker than her but wouldn't dare to hurt Jamir.

James picked up his chopsticks and suggested, "Why don't you beg your husband to do it? It will only take one word from him, you know."

Maria glared at the man and pouted in mock affront. "I've been extremely busy, but I still cooked for you. Isn't that enough?"

"Didn't you make me this lunch to thank me for my investment? Why are you asking for something else in return? What a calculating woman you are, Maria!" James snorted.

Maria hadn't expected him to be so unwelcoming of the idea. She picked up a piece of pork rib for him and held it up in front of his mouth. "We're so close. We shouldn't be calculating around each other, right?' James nodded and said, "That makes sense."

"Of course!" she quipped.

He put down his chopsticks and stared at her seriously. "Let's remarry, then. I will be all yours, and I'll do whatever you ask me to do. What do you think?" It looked like he didn't intend to let any opportunity to propose go to waste.

Maria stared back at him, speechless. 'Why is he mentioning this again?' Using her quick thinking, Maria pretended to complain, "You want to marry me before courting me? Dream on!"

James nodded. It was another rejection, then.

'Looks like I haven't done enough.'

Maria opened her mouth to say something else, but her phone suddenly rang. "Is there any news?"

"Yes, Ms. Song. In fact, the mother and child you asked me to keep an eye on are not the wife and child of Colby's driver. The child is actually Colby's, but he told people that the child's father was his driver." Maria was stunned to hear this information. "I see. Keep an eye on them. If anything happens, let me know whenever." "Understood."

After ending the call, Maria propped up her chin in her hands and thoughtfully stared at the man quietly having his lunch.

Feeling her gaze on him, he asked without looking up, "What do you want to say?"

"Nothing. I'm just curious."

"Say it."

"I'm curious about how a man could have a mistress without his wife knowing." In her mind, if someone like James wanted to do something of the sort, she would never be able to replace out about it. She could understand why Colby and Rosa never divorced.

"Are you full?" James asked as he stared at her.

"Not yet." Then, she picked up her bowl and chopsticks.

"I thought you were already done with lunch. Otherwise, why would you talk about such a boring thing? I've never done such a thing. Are you trying to get me into trouble?"

Maria stared at him, outraged. Was he implying that she was too boring once she was done eating? She put down her bowl and chopsticks with a little more force than necessary. "What do you mean by that?"

'Is he complaining about me?' James had to admire her skill in shifting the blame. He said helplessly, "Let's have lunch first."

Maria rolled her eyes at him and lowered her head to eat.

After lunch, Maria cleared the table.

She didn't want to dwell on that last topic-after all, they were both too busy for petty arguments. After tidying up the table, she left James' office.

The first meeting of the H Barcode project was attended by several companies attended, all of which were leading enterprises in H City except for Maria's DS Group.

Maria made an appearance as the DS Group's CEO. At the door, she met Colby and Rosa, who were talking with the heads of other companies.

That night, Rosa was wearing a blue checkered suit dress and black high-heeled shoes.

In stark comparison with the woman's ladylike style, Maria was clad in a deep purple pantsuit, and her long hair was draped over her shoulder. Her face covered only with lightly applied makeup, she pulled off the simple, efficient business look quite admirably.

Since the moment they saw her, Colby and Rosa never took their eyes away from her.

Noticing that their attention was elsewhere, the company head chatting with them commented, "Mr. Zheng, let's talk later. Let's go in first."

"Okay."

Facing Maria, Colby said with a smile, "Ms. Song, I heard that Mr. Xi invested more than a billion dollars in your company so that you could participate in this project."

Maria admitted candidly, "I heard Mrs. Zheng was extremely interested in this project. How could I miss such a good opportunity?"

'Such a good opportunity? Does Maria mean a good opportunity to thwart me?' Rosa thought.

With her hand on Colby's arm, she mocked Maria, "You're nothing but eye candy. Just be prepared to be eliminated."

However, Maria was not offended. "Then I'll have to let you know that you're no better than I am. In fact, you're even worse than eye candy."