A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 455 I'll Kill You

"Mommy told me that she misses me. She was calling out to me just now." Bob held Maria's hand, determined to stay by her side. He did hear her call his name a few moments ago.

Maria had been unconscious for two days, and because of that, James doubted his son's claims.

However, Bob still wouldn't listen to his father. He got tired of sitting on the bed, so he lay beside Maria and nestled in her arms. Every now and then, he would call out to her, and hope that it would wake her up.

Finally, through his unremitting efforts, Maria finally moved a muscle.

But her reaction was so subtle that her ex-husband and son didn't notice it.

"Boston!" James shouted impatiently. He had heard the word "mommy" hundreds of times today already, and he couldn't bear it anymore.

"James,"

said a faint voice.

With cold, unrelenting eyes, James glared at the little boy. "Who said you could call me by my name?"

Bob looked at his father with confusion, shaking his head in denial.

"If you keep yelling at my son, I'll strangle you myself!" said the faint voice earlier.

The moment he heard that threat, James was too stunned to react.

This time, he clearly heard whose voice it was. It didn't come from Bob; it was actually Maria's.

Her eyes were still closed as she embraced her son. "Bob, don't be scared. Mommy's here." James walked towards the bedside and held Maria's hand. "Mia," he said in a soft voice. When Maria heard his voice, she still didn't open her eyes. "Go away! You yelled at my son!"

"No, I didn't." James bit back his explanation because he knew that it wouldn't make a difference. "Mia, just open your eyes and look at us, okay?"

As soon as he finished talking, Maria's eyelids moved slightly. However, she was too dazzled by the brightness of the light. "It's too bright."

Outside the window, the sun was at its peak, but the room was cool enough to withstand the summer heat. James decided to draw the curtains to reduce the amount of light going into the room. It was then that Maria opened her eyes. She was greeted by James' affectionate gaze. "Mia, you're finally awake."

"Mommy." Now that his mother was awake, Bob sat on the bed, looking at her with a wide grin.

Maria shifted her gaze away from James and looked at her son. She wanted to touch his cute little face, but the pain prevented her from doing so. It was so painful that her face became distorted. James immediately put her back to bed. "Don't try to move. Your wounds haven't healed yet."

With that, he pressed the buzzer above the bed and asked the doctor to come in for a checkup.

Aside from the trauma it caused her, Maria's body was relatively fine. All she needed to do for the time being was to get as much rest as possible.

However, she didn't want to be in the hospital for a long time, so James brought her back to the villa, and asked her doctor to change the dressings on her wounds regularly.

Sandra, Mildred, Meagan, and Peggy often visited her. In addition to her friends, Bob was always with her, so there was never a dull moment for her.

It was already November, but the temperature in H City was still scorching. By this time, Maria had recovered from her wounds and her life returned to normal.

At this time, the news that Colby and Rosa were sentenced to death was reported by the media.

In addition to that, Rosa's statement about how Arthur actually died also circulated the news. It was true that he died in an accident, but it had nothing to do with Maria. Back then, she was just cooking in the kitchen. In actuality, Rosa was the one responsible for his death.

Maria had taken the blame for over ten years, and her name had finally been cleared of all accounts.

Meanwhile, James was in DS Group's headquarters, handing in some documents about the acquisition of HM Group to Maria. "Honey, we've acquired HM Group, and you're the biggest shareholder. Does that make you happy?"

As she sat in front of her desk, flipping through the documents, a smile appeared on her lips. "Very happy, actually. You want to know my next plan? I'm going to acquire HL Group," she bantered. James went around the desk and kissed her supple red lips. "That's an easy one. If you marry me again, everything you desire will be yours at the drop of a hat!"

'Marry him again, huh?' Maria cupped his cheek and said, "Tomorrow is your birthday. How about we take Bob out to celebrate?"

'She's changing the topic again!' Hiding his sadness, James replied, "We can go out to celebrate without Bob."

"How could that be possible?"

"We'll send him back to my grandparents' place."

Maria was speechless. She felt sorry for Bob.

During James' birthday, he went on a shopping spree with Maria. They planned to spend a few days on an island with Bob later on.

It was already getting dark, so they went to have dinner. James took her to Leopard Club after dinner.

"Why do you want to go to Leopard Club?" Maria looked at him in confusion while he was parking the car. Going here wasn't part of their plans. "Lawrence and Ethan are here," James replied flatly.

"I see." It turned out that they were here for a get-together.

Maria unfastened her seat belt and followed him into the club.

Moments later, she opened the door to Room 666. It was quite dark inside, and she wondered what was going on. "Where are they?" she asked. To her surprise, the man who had been following her was nowhere to be found.

She tried to look around, but it seemed as though James had disappeared in thin air.

Fortunately, at this time, she received a call from James. "Oh, crap! I must've remembered the wrong room number. It's actually Room 999." Maria was too annoyed to react. 'Why didn't you say so earlier? And why the hell didn't you take me along when you went there?' she thought. Maria put her phone away and went on her way to Room 999.

There were two waiters guarding the door. The moment they saw her, they greeted her at the same time. "Ms. Song, this way, please."

The door was pushed open, and yet it was still too dark to see anything inside. While she was trying to figure out what was happening, the lights in the corners turned on one after the other. Within a few seconds, all lights had been turned on.

It was only then that she saw what was going on in the room. The middle of the room was lined with a red carpet, which was embezzled by pink and white petals. On both sides of the carpet, there were two rows of flowers wrapped in decorative light.

Every bouquet was quite big. And basing from Maria's previous experience of receiving flowers from James, there must be 999 flowers in each bouquet. There were lilies, roses, and other kinds of flowers of varying colors.

Aside from that, there were also transparent boxes filled with all kinds of expensive, delicate gifts.

The wall was hung with a heart-shaped collection of balloons, and on the floor, there were four large letters that spelled "LOVE," as well as a dozen other small letters.

Maria's heart skipped a beat. She didn't look at the small letters carefully. Today was James' birthday. Who could've planned and prepared such a romantic venue? This didn't look like a birthday party for a

man.

She stood in awe of the room, and then she looked up and found a pink net on the ceiling, which was filled with balloons and petals.

The following moment, the pink net broke, causing the balloons and petals to fall down. Maria had no time to dodge, so she was covered in the sea of balloons and petals.

Just then, the door opened and a group of people entered. "Are you surprised, Maria?" said Ethan.

"Maria, today is Mr. Xi's birthday. I wish you a happy life!" Sandra, Cooper, Lawrence, Meagan, Peggy, and Summer came in one after the other. They all greeted her with a smile.

At this point, Maria was at her wit's end. It was indeed James' birthday, but why did everyone give her the benediction instead of him?

James followed them in. He was carrying a large bouquet of roses as he slowly walked towards her.

LARK COLE

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