A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 433 Go Ahead

James' voice was so tender that Ethan felt a wave of goose bumps spread over his skin. "Ugh, it makes me want to throw up," he complained in a low voice.

Maria, who had finally managed to get through to James, breathed a sigh of relief. "What's wrong with you? Didn't you say you would come back home after the dinner party? Why did you go to Leopard Club?" He had told her that he would come home soon, but after playing with Bob and putting him to sleep, she still saw no sign of him.

Naturally, she couldn't help but worry about him. To her surprise, when she called Gary, she learned that James had gone to Leopard Club without telling Gary about his purpose.

"It doesn't matter. I'm coming home now," James mumbled into the phone, somewhat coherently.

Then, he hung up and rose to his feet, but his head was spinning so much that he sat back down on the sofa.

Ethan hastily reached out to support him. "James, be careful."

"I'm fine," James said, waving him away.

Rolling his eyes, Ethan held James' arm and led him out of the private room. Every few steps, James staggered, and would fall down to the floor if he wasn't holding the wall.

The manager who had been worried about James was waiting outside the door to see what had happened. When he saw the two men walking out, he hastily helped Ethan support James, and then asked a club employee to prepare the car.

As the three men rounded a corner, a drunk woman singing a love song rushed forward out of nowhere and bumped into James.

The slightly pungent smell of her perfume mixed with the smell of alcohol made James' stomach roll. He ordered in a low voice, "Throw her out!"

"Yes, Mr. Xi." The manager immediately asked his employees to deal with the drunk woman.

Gary was still waiting for James outside. It was the first time that he had seen his boss so drunk, so he did a double take before quickly walking over to the manager and taking James over from him. He asked in a low voice, "Is Mr. Xi drunk?"

"Yeah."

The manager opened the car door, while Ethan and Gary helped James climb into the car.

After James was sitting in the back seat, Ethan slid next to him, while Gary went back to the driver's seat and drove towards the villa.

Maria was sitting in the bedroom and talking to Peggy on the phone when she heard strange noises coming from outside.

She ended the phone in a hurry so that she could go out and have a look.

Just when she was about to open the front door, she heard a knock.

She opened the door and saw two men standing outside. Her eyes slid over the both of them in a daze. "Ethan? What happened to James? Why is he so drunk?" The stench of alcohol wafting off him made her frown.

Panting, Ethan continued to drag James forward, but James, who heard Maria's voice, threw his arms around her, putting all his weight on her.

Restraining the urge to kick him, Maria shoved his hands away and said, "James, stand straight!"

James opened his eyes and clumsily pressed his lips against hers. "Hi, honey."

Leaning against the door frame, Ethan made a sound similar to gagging. "Stop showing off your love in front of me."

He vowed that in the future, when he had a wife, he would bring her here and show off their love in front of James all day long.

Maria raised her head and, out of the corner of her eye, inadvertently saw a touch of red on the man's white shirt. After taking a closer look at it, she decisively shoved the man who was hugging her to Ethan. Ethan barely had time to reach out and catch James before he fell to the floor. "James, come on! Please stand up!" "Where on earth have you been?" Maria crossed her arms over her chest and looked coldly at the drunken man. "James was drinking alone in Leopard Club, so I brought him home," Ethan explained, struggling to support James.

"Huh! You are indeed good friends. You cover up so well for him." Maria yanked the corner of James' shirt and showed it to Ethan. "What's this?"

"What is it?" Ethan looked at the red mark on James' shirt in confusion. A second later, a look of realization dawned in his eyes. "Oh, right. When we were leaving Leopard Club, a drunk woman bumped into him. Maybe her lipstick got smeared at that time."

"Ha! Wow." Maria clapped her hands dramatically. "Ethan, you're so good at coming up with excuses. Get out! Take him out!"

Ethan hadn't expected such a response, and he became agitated at once. "Maria, it's true. Don't you believe me?"

"I do, but I believe my eyes more." With that, Maria shoved the two men out and tried to close the door.

But James blocked her, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her lips. Then, still looking into her eyes, he said, "Ethan, take my son away. I'm going to make love to my wife tonight."

Hearing that, both Ethan and Maria felt equally embarrassed.

Ethan wished that he hadn't come. He should have asked Gary to come and enjoy the public display of affection instead.

But since this was his fate, he sidestepped the entangled couple and picked up the little boy who was sleeping soundly in the crib. "Bob, let's go."

When he passed by the door with Bob in his arms, Maria, who was still struggling against James, tried to stop him. "Take James away!" she hissed.

Ethan continued to walk forward as if he hadn't heard anything. "Bob and I sleep like logs, so you two can have as much fun as you want. It's a big house with excellent soundproofing. I won't hear you at all!" "Okay," James said, still keeping his eyes on Maria.

Maria was getting more and more desperate. The man in front of her was too big to fight against.

Now that Ethan and Bob were gone, James lifted Maria up with all his strength, threw her onto the bed, and climbed on top of her. Then, he leaned in and whispered in her ear, "Honey, don't be angry with me. Be a good girl."

"Look who's talking! How can I not be angry? You've come home smelling like a bar! Go and take a shower! " Maria snapped, turning her face away.

"Don't be angry anymore. I asked Cooper to go there so that I could come home early. Isn't that enough?"

For a moment, Maria couldn't figure out what he was talking about at all. Why had he brought up Cooper all of a sudden?

James continued, "There's really nothing going on between me and Elina. You are the only one in my heart." Just like how, many years ago, he had been the only one in her heart.

Only after hearing that did Maria understand that he was talking about what had happened back in T Country. She rolled her eyes and retorted, "It's not enough!"

"I really didn't lie to you about what happened that day," James said earnestly, nudging his nose against hers.

Maria knew that he hadn't lied to her, and that she could trust him for the time being, but she said, "But it's true that she likes you and you didn't make it clear."

James kissed her on the lips again before saying, "Then let me make it up to you for the rest of my life."

Maria was confused. She couldn't help but wonder what had happened today to make James act so different.

But right now, she couldn't stand the stench of alcohol coming from him. "James, if you don't go and take a shower right now, I'll be angry!"

The last few words did the trick, because James finally slid off her and got up from the bed. He looked at her and said, "Come with me."

"I won't!"

"Come!" Without giving her another chance to refuse, he picked her up and kissed her as he carried her to the bathroom. "I will always give you company in the shower from now on." Maria scoffed in her head. Who said she wanted his company in the shower?

In the end, it took her a lot of effort to clean him up and lead him back to bed. He was like a child, clinging to her tightly wherever she went.

Before she could go and clean up the bathroom, James pulled her down on top of him.

Burying his face in her chest, he mumbled, "Mia, don't leave me ever again. I'll give you everything."

Maria rolled her eyes and pointed out, "That's not what you said before."

Once, she had joked about wanting to transfer all his property and half of his company shares to her name, and James had firmly shot her down.

"Yes, but I take it back. From now on, I'll give you whatever you want."

"Mr. Xi, you're slapping yourself in the face!"

"It doesn't matter as long as you forgive me," James replied.

Maria pulled his head away from her chest and looked into his deep eyes. "Tell me the truth. Are you having an affair with someone?" After thinking hard about why he was acting so strangely, she guessed that he was afraid that she would replace out about his affair, leave with their son, and never forgive him.