A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 40 Falling Back In Love

Maria had been in the bathroom for ten minutes and she still hadn't come out. James felt uneasy. He went over and knocked on the door.

"I... I' 11 be ready soon," she said in a weak voice. James was going to leave the hotel, but he changed his mind.

Another five minutes passed, but Maria stayed in the bathroom.

James called her name. "Maria Song."

"Hmm...could you please... bring me my pajama bottoms? By the way, don't forget my panties."

James said nothing.

He was gobsmacked for a few seconds. Then he opened the closet and found her pajama bottoms like she asked.

He opened another drawer and stared at all the different kinds of undergarments. Patterned, leopard prints, and solid colors like black and red. Panties of all shades, tones, and tints. James felt weird peering into this drawer. He believed Maria did this on purpose.

James took a moment to center himself, taking deep breaths and calming his fluttering heart. He frowned and grabbed a pair at random, holding them gingerly between his index and middle fingers. When he arrived at the bathroom door, it was closed all the way. He reluctantly transferred the panties to the hand that held the pajama bottoms. Then he opened the door with his free hand. The man's eyebrows were furrowed so deeply that they could crush a fly.

Maria leaned against the wall listlessly. Seeing him walk in, she took the clothes from his hand and said, "Thank you!"

The bathroom door was closed again. Looking at his empty hands, James thought he must be out of his mind. He was a CEO, and yet here he was, taking care of a woman like some nanny. He should be working.

He clenched his fists and walked to the window, fighting his rage.

When Maria eventually walked out of the bathroom, she saw James standing in front of the window, deep in thought. Hearing her, he turned to her and said, "The food should be here soon. I'm leaving now." He had been here less than an hour. Why was he leaving so soon? Maria was startled by the news.

But she didn't say a word. She couldn't push her luck too far. She knew it would be difficult for him to get her pajamas and underpants just now.

"Okay. Thanks for your help. Take care."

"Bye." James stopped at the door, turned around, and warned the woman for the last time, "This has to stop."

Hearing this, Maria giggled, flipped her long hair and gave him a pale but proud smile. "You've said that a lot tonight, Mr. Xi. What's wrong? Afraid you can't control yourself?"

Maria looked sexy, even if she was still sick. "I don't want any misunderstandings between me and Alina," James explained.

He knew what she cared about the most. Maria felt her heart break. She really wanted to throw a pillow at him and yell, "Fuck off!"

But she felt embarrassed. After all, James had just put down his pride as a CEO and hung out with her for almost an hour.

The more he catered to Alina, the more Maria wanted to make her unhappy.

James walked out. As soon as he left, there was a knock on the door. The lotus-seed porridge and pan-fried buns were delivered.

But Maria had lost her appetite. Instead, she wanted to vomit. She forced herself to eat some warm porridge, hoping it would make her feel better. James walked out of the hotel in a hurry. Before he sit in the car, Lorenzo called him, "Excuse me, Mr. Xi." He angled his head to indicate James should look in that direction.

There was a silver Bentley Mulsanne parked nearby. Alina stood outside the car, clad in a light purple dress.

The woman stood there quietly, hands crossed at her waist, sporting a shoulder piece studded with black diamonds. When she met his eyes, she smiled but didn't move.

In fact, she was waiting for James to walk over to her. She knew he had spent time with Maria, and was hoping he'd feel guilty.

But she was disappointed. James went straight for the Harkim, and had Lorenzo beckon to her, inviting her to ride with him.

A moment later, Lorenzo opened the rear door and Alina got in.

She tidied up her clothes and found that the man next to her was determined to stay silent. Alina decided to break the ice. "Ron just got out of the hospital. It was a slight concussion." James just replied with a grunt, and fell silent again.

Alina didn't know what was on his mind, so she said tentatively, "It just occurred to me that Maria probably blames us for not helping her six years ago. She's taking her revenge now. James, if she keeps hurting people like this, then what do we do?"

"Whatever you have to do." There was no emotion in James' tone.

"Well, if I sue her, will you blame me?"

James looked the woman in the eye. "You don't seem to know what you're doing. I'm engaged to you, not her. I'm not falling back in love with her."

"But just now, you and she..." Afraid he might lose patience, Alina explained hurriedly, "James, please don't worry about me. Sometimes I think I care too much about you. So is it okay?"

When she heard Maria's voice on the phone, she got so jealous she went crazy.

Without answering her question, James took out his phone and took out a photo. "Take a look at the engagement ring."

Alina was surprised to hear him say that. She took the phone and glanced at it. Then she replied in a gentle tone, "Why don't I leave it up to you, James?"

"Okay."

After a moment of silence in the car, Alina suddenly thought of something. She turned and looked at James. Her expression was complicated. "James, I heard something recently. This is hard to ask. Can you only last one minute in bed?"

After that question, his attitude suddenly changed.

Alina felt it but she bit the bullet and explained, "I don't mind, but maybe we could get a doctor to take a look. My bestie's father is an expert in that field. Shall we go see him together?"

She thought she needed to clear that up.

One minute! 'Oh, my God! I heard the average time is twenty," thought Alina.

Fury could be seen in James' cold eyes. He knew where that rumor came from better than anyone else. Now he regretted going easy on Maria. He should have showed her right then and there how long he could last in bed.

"There's no need for that!" The man refused coldly with a murderous look in his eyes. "If you want to sue Maria Song, contact Mr. Zhou, one of my attorneys."

The woman who insulted him like this should disappear off the face of the Earth.

Alina knew Mr. Zhou was the chief lawyer of HL Group's lawyer team, and was the driving force behind the invincible team.

If he took a case, no one could beat him. He was known as an ever-victorious general in his field. She thought she made him feel bad, so she had to change the subject. Alina nodded naturally and said, "All right. How do I get in touch with Mr. Zhou then?" Of course she wouldn't miss an opportunity to teach Maria a lesson.

"Go see Lorenzo. He has the number." James decided he had to provide extra incentives to get Mr. Zhou to work harder.