A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 49 I Don't Like Women

"Excuse me, ma'am. And you are?" The driver was confused. The woman before him wore a black dress, black hat, and sunglasses. She was elegant and enigmatic. Casting a glance at the woman, James kept his silence, his eyes darkened.

Didn't she leave with Mr. Wang?

Maria smiled and took his arm. Winking at the driver, she said, "Me? I'm James' girlfriend, of course. You can leave now!"

The driver was at a loss, but after waiting for a bit, James still hadn't freed himself from her grasp. He believed her. "All right. Thank you, ma'am." He turned and left. "Not at all." Maria raised her red lips and looked at the man, his cheeks flushed thanks to the alcohol. She gently held his hand and said, "Good boy, let's go!"

She sounded like she was coaxing a child or a dog.

James kept silent, walking into the hotel with her.

Six years had passed, and James was still so quiet and easily influenced after getting drunk.

He followed Maria into the hotel and let her lead him into the elevator.

Maria managed to get James away from his driver. He was at her mercy.

Arriving at the floor of the presidential suite, Maria only hesitated a moment to make a choice.

Of course she should take James to her suite. When he woke up the next day, she could hold it over him when he lost his temper.

In the room, Maria helped the man to lie down on her bed as she removed his shoes. And she bitched about it, too. "Okay, big man, I'm taking your shoes off for you. You're the boss and like to pretend you're better than everyone!"

She put his shoes by the door. When she came back, he had already shed his suit jacket. He lay there, eyes closed.

Maria went over to the bed, unbuttoned his shirt, and said with a smile, "You're a lot more agreeable when you're drunk. Come on, let's have some fun!"

She got to the third button, and could now see his exquisite pecs. Maria swallowed hard. "You still look as hot as the day we met. You must hit the gym a lot."

She continued undoing buttons and gasped. His washboard abs lay exposed before her. She couldn't help reaching out and running her soft fingers over them gently. "Whew! I'm getting hot now." This guy used to last at least half an hour in bed. She wondered if he could still go that long-or even longer.

Maria was ecstatic. After she took a shower, she could sleep with James.

Then a thought occurred to her. She couldn't forget that he'd slept with Alina.

And got her pregnant!

While she was lost in thought, James grabbed her hand. She was taken aback by his sudden movement. But his eyes were still closed, he was still sleeping off his alcoholic binge.

Maria reluctantly pulled herself away and retired to the bathroom. She wanted to touch James all night, but needed to do this first.

She was not going to take a shower. James was a neat freak. She need to take good care of him before she could take a shower herself.

As soon as the woman walked into the bathroom, the man behind her slowly opened his eyes.

He pursed his lips and stared at the washroom in silence, his eyes dark and sharp.

A moment later, Maria came out of the bathroom with a basin of hot water and a towel. She wrung the wet towel dry and began to wipe the man's face. James was fully aware of this. But he still pretended and obligingly kept his eyes shut.

While wiping, she mumbled, "I have to be gentle. Your skin is like silk. If I hurt you, then you could sue me."

She wiped his face and then his body. When her warm towel was nearly between his legs, he grabbed her hand again.

Maria rolled her eyes at the man. "Let go of me!

"Alina..." James murmured this name.

In the quiet night, Maria heard him clearly.

Her breath tightened and her whole body stiffened.

He said "Alina."

He said Alina's name after he got drunk. Maria bit her lower lip, eyes full of tears, hands trembling. She kept taking deep breaths to suppress the rage and sadness in her heart.

After a while, she shook off James' hand and smacked him the face with the towel. She shouted angrily, "Alina! Alina! James Xi, call your darling Alina and ask her to fly out here, why don't you? I'm done! James Xi, you son of bitch, get up and fuck off!" The towel on the man's face slowly slid off and finally fell on the pillow.

Maria was so angry, she circled around the room with her hands on her hips.

Just then, she heard the distinctive buzz of a cell phone. It wasn't hers. It had to be James'.

Maria found his vibrating phone in his suit jacket. There was no name on the caller ID, but she knew the number. After all, Alina had called her before.

Maria was amused. T Country was such an amazing country. All she had to do was think of someone, and they'd call.

She hung up the call from Alina without missing a beat. But then she thought about it. This might be a good way to mess with her.

Maria stood still for a few minutes, James' phone in hand. Then she got an idea. She came to the bedside, grabbed his hand, and used his fingers one by one to unlock his phone.

It turned out that the fingerprint lock was his thumb. It opened right up. Maria was surprised. Unlocking his phone was that easy!

She opened the WeChat app and scrolled through his chat history. Then she shamelessly opened the chat between him and Alina.

There weren't many messages, most of them sent by Alina. He didn't seem that interested in talking to her.

Maria opened her own WeChat name card and used James' phone to scan it. They were now friends on the social media app. Then she changed her nickname to "Maria" on James' WeChat.

After doing this, her anger and sadness abated.

She looked over at James. He was still sound asleep. She snickered and sent another message to Alina. "I have to be honest with you. Actually, I can't even last a minute. I'm impotent..."

She paused to look at her handiwork. But she remembered that he'd gotten Alina pregnant. So Alina would know this was a lie.

Maria deleted her text and typed, "Dearest Alina, I can't lie to you anymore. I don't like women. The only reason I proposed to you is to cover up the fact that I'm gay. Why do I get hard when you're around? Pills, that's why. I hope you're not mad, and this doesn't affect our relationship.

Finishing up, Maria tapped the send button.

Alina was applying a facial mask. She was startled by the message. She neglected the way he started the message. He never called her "dearest Alina."

James was gay?! Alina gaped. She made a phone call right away, but the person on the other end of the line declined her call again.

She couldn't help wondering whether James was with a man right now. Was that why he declined the call?

Then she called Lorenzo. "It's me. Who is James with now?"

Lorenzo looked at his watch and answered, "Who is Mr. Xi with? No one that I know of. He should be hard at work. But I'm not at the hotel, so I can't verify any of that personally."

Alina suppressed all the emotions in her heart. Thinking for a while, she finally banged out a reply. "James, I don't really mind. I love you for who you are. As long as I can be by your side every day, I'm happy."