A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 495 The Real Coward

At noon the next day, James chased after Coy and beat him up for cheating.

He had deceived James into eating a plate of braised pork in brown sauce the previous day. And then, he had broken his promise and refused to eat beef for lunch. To make things worse, he denied having promised to eat meat.

Priscilla was under the impression that her father and brother were playing games. She gave a great below of laughter and it echoed in the living room.

Maria, who was used to such scenes, paid no heed to it. After Coy was sent to the same kindergarten as Mona, she hadn't noticed any major change in him. Apart from the fact his martial art skills have improved, he was pretty much the same.

After being beaten, Coy went upstairs with a lump in his throat. He carried Priscilla in his arms as he went.

"Put her down!" James ordered from behind.

Coy stared at him straight in the eye and said, "I want to play with her."

"I am sure she doesn't want to play with a lying child!

"You can't decide for her." Then he looked at Priscilla and said softly, "Princess, do you want to play with me?"

"Coy," Priscilla uttered even though she couldn't make sense of the situation.

Coy snorted indignantly at James and said, "Do you hear that? She wants to play with me!"

Taking his daughter from his son's arms, James scolded him harshly, "Go back to your room and reflect on yourself!" "No! I want Princess!"

Priscilla noticed her brother was weeping. She also began to cry. Perhaps she was feeling sorry for him.

At the sight of his little girl crying, James' heart softened at once. He coaxed Priscilla, "Don't cry."

"Coy," she uttered, still crying.

James had to put Priscilla back to the floor.

She staggered into Coy's arms. The brother and sister hugged each other and their faces broke into a smile.

Seeing the bond they shared, James was quite taken aback.

When the adults were absent, Bob went to Coy and asked, "Coy, do you want to come back to my kindergarten?"

Coy shook his head and answered decisively, "No! I replace the present kindergarten very challenging. The previous one wasn't like this."

Bob contemplated over his brother's words and said, "I heard that you have a problem with Mona. You don't seem to like her. Is that true?"

"Yes. I prefer Renee from the class next door," Coy answered without any hesitation. At the thought of Renee, his lips curved into a smile. She was gentle, quite the opposite of Mona.

"Coy, we are men. We shouldn't dislike Mona. Her father often brings us interesting toys. If you act like this, her parents will be disappointed."

Listening to this, Coy frowned. He was a little reluctant, but in the end, he said, "All right! I will remember that."

"Be nice to Mona. I just asked the chef to make some cookies. I want you to give them to her. It could fix things."

"What if she won't eat them?" He was afraid she would reject his offer.

"Why wouldn't she?"

"Because she is a coward."

Bob looked at Coy and let out a helpless sigh. He knew who the real coward was. It wasn't Mona but his little brother. However, they were in good terms so he chose to keep his thoughts to himself. He wouldn' bring his brother down.

In the evening, after hanging up an important call, James lay on the bed. He held his daughter in his arms and narrated a story to her.

Bob and Coy had played with Priscilla for a while, but now they were in their room to sleep. Maria, on the other hand, was folding children's clothes.

Soon, Priscilla gave a huge yawn and fell asleep in her father's arms.

The room became quiet. Maria was the one who broke the silence. "I'll be on a business trip for a few days. I am going the day after tomorrow," she informed. DS Group was going to be listed soon. Her days were quite packed lately.

"Do you need me to accompany you? I would like to join," he offered.

"No, thanks. That won't be required. Moreover, you are so busy lately. It will be too much to ask," she said, kindly rejecting his offer. Maria often found herself feeling sorry for James. The company work had kept him busy. And when he was done with his work, he came home and took care of his family. He barely had time for leisure. Content

"Mom called and asked us to let Priscilla stay with her for a few days. She is free now." Gabriela and Mitchell had divorced. Now she was with Sebastian again.

In order to make Gabriela happy, Sebastian had moved out of the villa where he had lived with Judy. Now he was living in another house with Gabriela.

"Priscilla is your daughter. You know what's best for her," she said. In the next few days, Maria wouldn't be home. She couldn't take care of Priscilla. Under the circumstance, she thought it was best to let James decide what to do.

"Okay." James waved at her. "Come here for a second."

Maria put the folded clothes aside and walked over. "What's wrong?"

Just when she thought it was something important, James pulled her and she fell on the edge of the bed.

He gave her a kiss.

However, when James lay back, he bumped into Priscilla, who had just fallen asleep.

The little girl squinted through bleary eyes and saw Maria pushing away James. She widened her eyes and glared at Maria. "No. Don't hit Daddy!"

A complacent smile made its way to James' face.

Maria couldn't believe how dear James was to her daughter. "Priscilla, would you like it if I beat you instead?"

Hearing her mother's words, Priscilla crawled up to James and hugged him tightly. "Mommy, no, no."

Patting his daughter gently, James calmed her down. "Good girl, Princess. Your mommy was just kidding. She won't beat you. Go to sleep!"

His words relieved her worries and Priscilla finally went to sleep again, sucking her thumb.

Maria rolled her eyes and sighed deeply. "Fortunately, I still have two sons who care about me."

James said in a low voice, "Honey, what about me? Don't forget you still have me!"

Maria rolled her eyes. She couldn't believe how flirty he was!

Soon, Maria was abroad on the business trip she had spoken about. James learned she was with a man and that made him furious. When

his employees made a silly mistake at work, he found it hard to govern his temper. Everyone was quite stunned by his reaction. Content

James had always been cold. But ever since Maria and Priscilla came to his life, he never scolded anyone. His temper was always in check.

Two employees were rebuked badly.

After coming out of his office, they looked around and made sure that nobody was nearby. With a

dissatisfied expression, the fire net

one

said, It is not my fault but I have to bear the brunt of his anger! Why is

MP. Xi being so unreasonable?"

"I have no idea. Anyway, it doesn't matter. He can scold us here. But when he goes back home, his wife will be the one scolding him!"

"That's right. No matter how much he bosses around in front of us, at the end of the day, he is a slave!" Everyone in the company was aware that James worshipped his daughter and wife. While this conversation was going on, a female voice cut in, "Is Mrs. Xi so fierce?"

"Of course!" After saying that, it dawned on the employee something was wrong. He wondered who this woman was.

He turned around and saw who it was. "Oh, it's you, Ms. Song!"

Carolina smiled and said, "I was just passing by. Go ahead and continue with your work."

"Okay." In an instant, both the men left.

Looking at their disappearing figure, Carolina shook her head helplessly.

She had come to meet the product manager of HL Group. When she finished her work and was about to leave, she overheard the conversation between these two people.

As time passed, Chandler showed a great deal of care for Maria. As a consequence, the relationship between the father and daughter had improved.

On the day of Maria's second wedding, she left from the Song family house. In fact, it was Chandler who handed his daughter to James at the altar. But this time, everyone had mixed emotions. And the way they looked at Maria was also different.

Chandler had married his mistress and brought her into the Song family. She wasn't exactly a bad person. Both Carolina and Maria received good treatment from her.