A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 410 Take Care of Norman

Lawrence patiently repeated what he had said to his grandmother earlier. "Last night, Ethan and I went to visit Maria to see how she was doing. Somehow, news of that got out, and a reporter cooked up a whole story about it. But it's all a lie. It was just an innocent visit. Besides, we were only there for a few minutes before Maria drove us away.

In fact, I only came back home today because she asked me to spend time with you and give Grandma a great-grandchild soon." He was so upright that his face didn't change even while saying this. In contrast, Meagan's face turned bright red. She took a sip of the soup before humming in a low voice to indicate that she understood and accepted his explanation. "Is Maria's injury serious?" "No. She seemed fine when we saw her." He remembered that Norman, however, looked pale and sickly, like he had been seriously injured.

"That's good," Meagan replied.

After that, Lawrence fed her some rice and vegetables. In the end, Meagan was so sleepy that she asked him to take away the food when she was only half-way through eating it.

Perhaps it was because he had tasted the pleasure of making love that Lawrence didn't leave H City that night. Once again, he pounced on the woman who hadn't been out of the room the whole day. Maria soon learned that she was on the news from her assistant, who told her that many people had called the company to ask what was going on and to dig for more details.

Feeling curious, she turned on her phone and looked through a related article before scoffing. "Why do I have to respond? They're just my friends. They visited my apartment to check on me like friends do. Jus ignore them."

"Yes, Ms. Song."

The comments on the news articles, however, were quite interesting, and generally fell into two extremes.

About half the people scolded Maria for cheating on James, but the other half gushed about how much they envied her.

For example, one of the comments said, "Mr. Lu, Mr. Nan, and Mr. Shen? I want to be Maria, too!"

Another comment said, "Oh my God, I envy Maria so much. She not only has the super handsome James as her lover, but she also has so many handsome friends!"

Another comment said, "That's my girl! Maria, listen to me! You have to date all four of them!"

That last comment in particular left Maria at a loss for whether to laugh or to cry. These people were seriously overestimating her appetite. How could she date all four of those men? It was already difficult enough for her to deal with James alone.

Finally, she turned off her phone and resumed reading the last few documents. Then, at about noon, she walked out of the company and took her car.

After a while, the car came to a stop outside the gates of a university. Sitting in the back seat, Maria took out her phone and dialed a number. "Mildred, it's me, Maria."

A few minutes later, a girl wearing a light pink coat trotted over to Maria with her phone.

The driver, who was waiting outside the car, politely opened the door for her. Mildred climbed into the back seat next to Maria and smiled. "Hi, Maria."

Seeing her flushed face, Maria thoughtfully handed her a bottle of water. "Did I disturb you?"

"Not at all. School is over for the day," Mildred replied before opening the bottle and taking a sip of water.

"Good. I'll treat you to lunch. By the way, I hope I can ask you for a favor," Maria said.

Mildred nodded her head enthusiastically. "Of course, just let me know what you need." Last time, when they had gone on a holiday to the island, Maria not only accompanied her to go shopping, but also helped her a lot. So naturally, Mildred was more than happy to be able to do something in return.

Maria, who was in no hurry to tell Mildred about her purpose of coming here today, asked, "What do you want to have for lunch?"

"Anything is okay," Mildred said with a shrug. She was not a picky eater.

"How about we have fish at a seafood restaurant? I know a good one nearby. Shall we go there?" Maria suggested, knowing well that this young girl liked eating fish.

"Sure! Are you talking about Jade City Seafood Restaurant?" Mildred guessed randomly.

"Yes." Maria shot the girl a strange glance, but didn't say anything.

Jade City Seafood Restaurant was one of the best seafood restaurants in H City, and as such, it was too expensive for ordinary people to eat in.

It was said that Mildred's mother used to be the mayor of H City, and the living standard of their family had been quite high. But after her mother had been removed from power, Mildred had fallen from grace and become a poor girl.

In order to support herself, she had looked for part-time jobs everywhere-and that was how she had met Norman.

At the seafood restaurant

Maria shifted the steamed grouper closer to Mildred and asked, "Are you busy with your studies these days?"

"Not that much. Maria, you should eat, too," Mildred said, picking up a piece of fish for her with the serving chopsticks.

Maria didn't refuse. "Thank you," she said before putting the piece of fish into her mouth.

The two of them chatted for a while. Since they were having a pleasant conversation and the girl seemed to be in a good mood, Maria took the opportunity to get to the point. "Do you know that Mr. Shen has been injured?"

Mildred seemed to be taken back by surprise at the sudden change of topic. Her chewing slowed as she nodded and said, "Yeah, I heard about it." But it had been a while since she last saw Norman, so she didn't know the exact details.

"Here's the thing. You know him well, right? He doesn't like having too many people around him, especially people that he's not familiar with. At the moment, I'm taking care of him to an extent, but I'm really busy with work, and I have to go abroad to see James soon, so I don't know how much longer I'll be able to do it. Will you take care of him? I know you have a part-time job already, but I'm willing to hire you at double the salary you're getting now. If you're working overtime, you'll even be given extra salary."

Maria didn't have any scruples about offering a high salary. After all, she wasn't the one who would be paying it.

"Well..." Mildred trailed off awkwardly, putting down her chopsticks.

Thinking of Norman gave her mixed feelings.

"You're already familiar with his apartment. Besides, I don't want to take the risk of hiring a stranger to take care of him. Since you're already working part-time, just think of this as a better job opportunity," Maria said casually, trying her best to persuade the girl.

She was very concerned about Norman's lifelong happiness.

"Okay, Maria, I'll think about it," Mildred said softly, lowering her head.

"Sure. I'm only asking because he has been seriously injured. He almost died, actually, so he needs someone to look after him and nurse him back to good health. Think about it, Mildred. I can understand if you don't agree, though. It doesn't matter." Maria didn't put too much pressure on the girl, fearing that she would scare her into turning down the offer instead.

"Okay," Mildred said simply.

After that, Maria shrewdly changed the topic to lift Mildred's spirits again. Once they were both done eating, she dropped the girl back at the university.

Mildred didn't keep Maria waiting long for an answer. The truth was, she was, indeed, in need of money.

Although she was already earning a high salary at her part-time job, Maria had offered to double it. How could she refuse such a good offer?

That same evening, Maria received a call from Mildred. "When do you need me to begin taking care of him?"

Hearing that, Maria smiled triumphantly, but she pretended to sound sad. "Well, he's in a serious condition, so if you have no other commitments, you can go to his house right now."

"Is his injury really that bad?"

"Yes," Maria answered seriously.

"Okay then. I'll go right now." Mildred began to pack up her things and got ready to go to Norman's house.

After hanging up the phone, Maria quickly sent a message to Norman saying, "She's earning five hundred per hour at her part-time job, so I promised her that she'd get paid double. If she needs to work over- time, you have to pay her two thousand an hour. She's be at your house soon. But remember, I told her that your injury is very serious! Even if it's not, you can't show it."

Norman pursed his lips when he read the message.

Why did he feel that Maria was cursing him?

When Mildred arrived at Norman's residence, she went straight to his bedroom and found him lying in the bed with his eyes closed. "Norman," she called softly.

In the beginning, she called him "Mr. Shen" just like everyone else, but he had asked her to call him by his name.

When there was no response from the man lying in the bed, Mildred's heart fell. It seemed that he really was badly injured.

In the past, he would have noticed her as soon as she pushed the door open, but now, he seemed to be completely unaware of her presence.

She quietly lowered herself to the seat by the side of the bed, not knowing what to do for a moment.

It was less than a month ago that she had left this house, and now, she was back.

Back then, she had had a room here. Since it was very late, and it was not easy to hail a taxi in this area, she decided to stay the night.