A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 449 Rosa Was Arrested

Maria snorted. "You killed my son. It's only right that I kill your daughter as payback."

"If you want to get revenge, kill me! Don't drag my daughter into this." Rosa started coughing up blood violently.

"What would be the fun in doing that? It would make me feel much better to give you a dose of your own medicine!"

"What are you talking about, Maria?"

Rosa yelled. Maria glanced at James and said, "Since she didn't hesitate to toss Tommy into the sea, why don't we throw her daughter into the sea, too?"

"Maria, you bitch! Don't do it!" Rosa roared, lying prone on the floor and flailing about like a madwoman.

She tried to crawl towards Maria, but two bodyguards were stepping on her legs, preventing her from moving.

"Throw her daughter into the sea and feed her to the sharks," James ordered flatly.

"As you wish, Mr. Xi!"

Rosa pleaded over and over. "No, please! James, you can kill me if you want, just don't hurt my daughter!" She then started coughing blood again.

"Your life is worthless to me. Why would I even sully my hands to take it?"

"Maria, do you really think that James loves you? Well, you're wrong! He doesn't love you at all. And you hate him, don't you? Need I remind you that he knows that you love him and yet he has given you no response? He doesn't love you! A man like him is only capable of loving himself. He will never love you," Rosa wailed.

Maria was perplexed. What did Rosa mean by saying that James already knew that she loved him?

James held her hand tightly, offering her no explanation.

"Maria, as long as you let Ines go, I'll offer my life in servitude to you to make up for the loss of your son," Rosa said as blood dripped from her mouth.

Maria shifted her gaze away from Rosa. "There are so many people who want to serve me. What makes you so special? Your services don't matter to me."

"Then tell me what I can do for you so that you'll let my daughter go?"

"Oh, don't worry." Maria looked into Rosa's eyes. "I'll let her go as long as you give my son back to me."

Rosa was rendered speechless.

Before long, she witnessed Ines being thrown into the sea through a video. In the video, the girl was crying so miserably that even Maria's heart ached. How much harder would it have been for Rosa? Sadly, all Rosa could do right now was watch her daughter being cast into the sea. And once Ines reached underwater, her crying stopped.

The scene was reminiscent of the night Rosa threw Tommy into the sea without remorse.

History repeated itself, but this time, Rosa was the one whose heart was broken.

Before the video even ended, she fainted.

And now that there was no more camera recording the scene, several men wearing diving suits dragged the unconscious girl out of the water. They quickly gave her CPR, causing her to cough up water and regain consciousness.

Sometime later, Rosa was kept in hospital arrest. It was said that she had gone insane. The only thing she could say was, "I'm going to kill you." During the interrogation, Rosa admitted to her crimes. "I killed her. That bitch fucked my husband. Who the hell did she think she was?

I threw the knife I used to kill her into the sewers and burned the gloves I wore.

You're not going to replace them even if you search every nook and cranny of this city!"

Once the video was posted online, the rumor that Maria was the murderer had been put to rest.

In the swimming pool inside the villa, she emerged from the water and answered her phone that had been ringing incessantly. "Hello? Maria speaking."

"Ms. Song, it's about the contract with HL Group. We were tricked."

With a frown, Maria replied, "What do you mean?"

"Our grave mistake was not reading the fine print. We fell into HL Group's trap." Who would've expected that the prestigious HL Group would actually do something so nefarious to them? Before Maria could speak, the sound of steady footsteps approached her. "I see. If a problem arises, don't sign anything. Focus on minimizing our losses," she ordered. "Understood, Ms. Song."

James appeared before her, carrying a tray of fruits. Maria regained her composure as she put down her phone and got up from the swimming pool.

"Here, have some fruits," he said. James picked up a peeled grapefruit and put it before her lips.

Maria opened her mouth to take a bite, picking up a towel on the side of the pool and putting it over her shoulders.

As James sat next to her, she looked at him and asked, "How did you deal with Rosa's daughter?"

"She was sent to an orphanage," he replied flatly.

"Didn't Colby hire people to look after her?"

"I'm not sure." Colby probably didn't care about the child. After all, he could barely take care of himself.

His son with Edith was fortunate to have been raised by her mother in her hometown.

Maria nodded. Once Colby was arrested, they could finally get Bob back.

James pulled her into his arms. But before he could do anything else to her, her phone rang once more.

With a frown, he watched as she answered the call. It seemed as though she had become much busier than he was.

It was a call from her secretary. "Ms. Song, I have bad news! Something happened to the factory of H Brocade. All of the employees are on strike, and our partners are protesting!"

Maria's heart sank. "What are you talking about? What happened to the factory?"

"The person in charge of the factory has fled and brought the workers' wages with him! Right now, the workers are on strike and it's already on the news."

After listening to her secretary's report, Maria replied calmly, "I see. I'll be at the company as soon as possible."

She then dropped the cool, standing speechless beside the pool. As she gazed into the clear water, her mind drifted into chaotic thoughts.

Reflexively, she looked at the man who had been silently staring at her all this time. "Something happened at the factory of H Brocade."

James had heard her phone conversation earlier, so he nodded. "So?"

"I... I've never encountered something like this before. " Perhaps it was because Maria knew that someone was supporting her that her mind was in a mess.

Unhurriedly, James got up and said, "Call the police. You need to go to the factory and pay your workers. Bear the loss of the partners, and apologize to everyone involved in this predicament."

"Got it." The solution he provided was good, so Maria did as she was told.

She immediately called her secretary, asking her to call the police and calculate the wages of the workers. In addition, she was going to be there, too.

The factory was located in a town next to H City. It would take at least three hours to get there by car. Maria looked towards the sky, wondering if there was any point of going there today. And so, she decided to go there early morning instead.

James pulled her into his arms and asked, "Do you need me to go with you?"

Upon hearing his suggestion, Maria felt relieved. After hesitating for a while, she shook her head. "I can handle it myself." James had already told her what to do, and she could do it alone.

When night fell, the identity of the culprit behind the stolen wages of the workers was exposed. The moment Maria saw Colby's name in the list of the culprit's relatives, it occurred to her that Colby had played her like a fiddle.

The factory manager was Colby's nephew, but he never mentioned about his ties to Colby when he applied for the position. He had been diligently working for the factory for a few months, and took action when it was time to deliver the products.

The loss was certainly not small, and the damages incurred were still being calculated. Maria would go to the factory at the break of dawn.

The following day, before seven in the morning, James went to the company. After breakfast, Maria got in her car and was about to leave. But then, she received another call from her assistant. "Ms. Song, something else happened!"

"What's the matter this time?" So many things were happening right now that it exhausted Maria.