A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 45 Jaws Of Death

Soon, the door was opened. But it was Lorenzo who opened it.

Maria was taken aback. She didn't expect to see him here. Moreover, he was only wearing a shirt. She cleared her throat. "Are you and James together?" she asked.

Lorenzo's brows creased in confusion. But then, he impatiently asked, "What?"

Instead of answering him, Maria pushed him aside and rushed inside. And much to her surprise, James was sitting leisurely on the sofa. He was working on his laptop with his legs crossed. She raised an eyebrow, wondering what he was doing there. He was supposed to be having sex with Ms. Li.

James glared at Maria gloomily, but the latter just ignored it. She poked her head into the bedroom and blurted out, "So soon?"

Lorenzo, who was now standing behind her, was still full of confusion. But James, on the other hand, understood what she meant. He clenched his fists and called out her name through clenched teeth. "Maria Song!"

He still remembered what Maria had done to him earlier.

Maria turned to look at him and nodded. "What's up?" She then trotted over to the sofa and sat down next to him. With a serious look on her face, she asked in a surprised tone, "Are you impotent now because of wallowing in sex in the past?"

After she spat those words out, she looked around. As her gaze moved from James to Lorenzo and back, she sensed something wrong.

James closed his laptop and said to Lorenzo, "Close the door when you go out."

Lorenzo, who immediately understood what he meant, replied, "Yes, Mr. Xi." Before he turned around, he cast Maria a disdainful look. He then walked towards the door and left the room. Noticing Maria's dull look, Lorenzo couldn't help thinking, 'Maria Song, you're such a fool. You will definitely be taught a lesson this time.'

Click! Maria heard the sound of the door being locked. It was only then that she realized that Lorenzo was gone. She was left alone with James in the room. As soon as she saw his gloomy expression, she jumped up from the sofa at once.

"Mr. Xi...well...urn... I would like to apologize for the misunderstanding," she stammered. 'Maria, you are such an idiot. You don't deserve being trained by Norman. You are a stupid woman,' she scolded herself inwardly.

James' suite was neat and clean, and he was appropriately dressed up. Obviously, he didn't have sex with Ms. Li. It was most likely that he had driven Ms. Li away.

James slowly stood up, pulled out his tie, and unbuttoned his shirt with one hand.

As his muscular chest partly came into view, Maria swallowed hard. 'James Xi, you are finally in the jaws of death!' she screamed in her mind. She couldn't deny the fact that he was still her cup of tea. She was obsessed with his every move. He was so charming in her eyes.

With a straight face, James threw his tie on the sofa, rolled up his sleeves, and reached out to grab Maria, who was at a loss fancying on him.

Maria came back to her senses. She was not that naive not to know that he wanted to hug her and make love to her. Hence, the moment she noticed that he would attack her, she leaned back to dodge him. Maria did her best to avoid him. But unfortunately, James was determined to teach her a lesson today, so he continued to seize her.

Eventually, they had a brawl in the living room of his presidential suite. Maria braced herself to deal with James. She found an opportunity to kick off her high heels, and she felt more comfortable struggling against him. When she caught sight of the door on the other side, she thought of escaping as soon as possible.

That was the right thing to do. She had to stay away from him before he could succeed with his evil plan. When she had sneaked in Fairview Villa last time, she had already know she was no match for James in fighting. Now she could only run as fast as she could to avoid his punishment.

After a two-minute scuffle, Maria was finally pushed on the sofa with her face down. James then pressed her legs with his knees, pushed her back with one hand, and grabbed his tie with the other. No matter how much she resisted, he was able to successfully tie her hands.

"James Xi, let go of me! Just because I didn't offer you my help, you are doing this to me? I didn't know that you are so narrow-minded!" Maria yelled at James, ignoring the fact that she was the one who made him mad.

"I should throw you on Mr. Zheng's bed. What do you think?" James snapped as he looked at her indifferently. She was still struggling under his knees. Understanding what he meant, Maria felt a little anxious. "James Xi, if you don't let me go now, I swear, I'll haunt you even if I die."

James smiled cruelly and said, "I'll take note of that. Remember to come back often after you die." He then took out his phone and called Lorenzo. "Bring two men with you. Tell them that I want this woman to be thrown in the middle of the sea."

This time, Maria got more anxious. She realized that her pertinacity and resistance could only turn James into a beast. So she tried to change her strategy. She stopped struggling and burst into tears. "Okay, I give up. I think it's only best to end my life this way."

Perhaps her sudden change of attitude really worked because James looked at her confusedly. Seeing this, Maria put up a pitiful look as if she had given up all the hopes to live.

"After all, it's been six years that I haven't seen Arthur. I'm missing him so badly each day," she continued. 'Arthur, I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I really don't want to make use of you, but your daddy has been so cruel to me,' Maria apologized to her late son inwardly.

Because of her words, the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed. A trace of anger flashed across James' eyes as he yelled, "You don't deserve to mention his name!"

He was so angry, not at Maria but himself. While watching Maria grieving for Arthur, he felt so uncomfortable, which made him scold himself. In the end, he just convinced himself that he felt this way because he was too sorry for his son.

Soon enough, Lorenzo arrived with the two men. He had already anticipated this to happen. Maria had annoyed James so much, so he knew that she wouldn't walk out of his suite safe and sound.

When the doorbell rang, James and Maria looked at the door simultaneously, knowing who were outside.

But James didn't move. And since Maria was still pressed under his knees, she couldn't move either.

She wanted to continue putting an act, but what he said just now instantly made her angry. "Why don't I deserve to mention his name? Arthur is my son! I carried him for almost ten months in my belly and gave birth to him. How about you? You were just a sperm contributor. And when I was pregnant, you were always busy. I didn't know if it was because of your work or because you were hanging out with Alina. You weren't there in most times that I needed you. You seldom showed up even in my prenatal checkups. Did you even know how hard it was for me?"

Summer's words rang out in James' mind. "Maria had a difficult time. She couldn't keep anything down. Even the smell of the food made her rush to the bathroom."

But what about him at that time? He was the happiest man because his grandfather had finally handed over the HL Group to him. Because of the baby in Maria's belly, he got everything he wanted. He didn't realize that she had a difficult life at that time.

"People blamed me for what happened to Arthur. Even if Arthur died because I didn't take good care of him, I didn't mean it. Why do you hate me so much? When we were married, I was always loyal to you. I was a filial daughter-in-law to your parents. James Xi, please be man enough to just let me go. From now on, I won't bother you anymore."

All of a sudden, Maria felt the weight on her legs was removed.

But she didn't get up at once because she was a little tired after lying on her stomach and roaring for quite a while. She gasped for air and continued, "If I didn't love you anymore, I wouldn't have come back and bothered you like this." This time, her voice was calm, with no trace of anger.

Despite Maria's confession of love, James remained emotionless. He pursed his lips and stared at her half-naked back.

Ever since she came back to H City, she seemed to like showing her back to everyone. She was always dressed like this every time he saw her.

Maria was not like this before. When they were still together, she usually liked wearing street clothes. She had never been this revealing.

Maybe she was wearing these kinds of clothes now to seduce more men. At the thought of this, fury surged up in James' heart.

Maria had no idea what was in his mind. With her long disheveled hair, she looked up at him and said, "James, you'd better keep your glory like this all your life. Make sure that you won't fall into my hands one day. Because if that happens..." She paused as she lost the courage to finish what she wanted to say.