A Vengeful Ex-Wife
Chapter 65 A Plea For Help

If Maria made those videos go viral, the share price of Tang Group would plummet, and the consequences would be dire.

Taking a little time to consider this, Alina hit on a solution. "Ron, go ask James for help. Remember to be polite."

She didn't want to dismiss the lawsuit-she still wanted to teach Maria not to mess with her. Her last hope was to ask James for help.

"Why bother? Alina, just dismiss the lawsuit. It's that simple! We lost this one. So what? There'll be another time!" Ronald didn't want to beg anyone for help, even if it was James, his future brother-in-law. People always came to him for help. They tried everything, begging, flattering. Why should he do the same?

"You idiot! Just do as I tell you!" Alina didn't have many chances to lord it over Maria. So when an opportunity like this came along, she would jump on it.

Alina would never give in, so Ronald had no choice but to turn to James for help.

So, the very next day, Ronald showed up bright and early. He got some coffee from a cafe in the HL Group building. He hopped an elevator and got off near the CEO's office. The man made sure to wait there so he could catch James as he walked in.

Ronald almost never came here. And he'd certainly never been on the executive floor, so close to the CEO's office. But that was to be expected. He and James didn't run in the same circles. Yes, James was going to be his brother-in-law, but that was a recent development.

Ronald was not used to getting up early, so he couldn't stop yawning. He was bored, so he looked around a bit. Staring at the ceiling, examining the decorations in the hall, he gave the designer high marks. He also planned to decorate the building of Tang Group like this when he became CEO. He just as quickly changed his mind. He wanted better interior design than this.

At half past seven, James showed up.

Ronald's eyes lit up. He straightened up his clothes and ran to him with a flattering smile. "Hey, James! Remember me? Alina's brother, Ronald."

The man was kind enough. He stopped and looked at his future brother-in-law. "What's up?" As soon as James reached the company building, he got the news that Alina's brother was waiting for him. "Not here," said the young man. Ronald took a look at Lorenzo, The assistant stayed behind James, standing by. Alina's brother was a little perturbed. "Maybe your office would be a better place to talk!"

Two men entered the CEO's office.

Ronald followed James and looked around. He tried his best to be unobtrusive.

'Holy shit!' he exclaimed inwardly. James' office was all decked out, and with myriad high-tech devices that he had never seen before.

The CEO sat down at his large mahogany desk, took a sip of water, and said, "Go ahead."

"Well, you see, I have this problem..." He didn't hide his envy. Ronald sat down in a leather-upholstered chair, and opened his mouth to say more.

He was interrupted by a knock at the door. It was a female secretary who came in to bring a cup of tea to Ronald.

The secretary set the tea in front of the young man, and he couldn't tear his eyes from her face.

'Damn! Even the secretary working for this guy is mega-hot! Wow, those slender fingers! Beautiful! ' Ronald was drooling.

The secretary didn't seem to notice anything untoward. She put the tea on the table and walked out of the office.

After the door was closed, Ronald came back to his senses. That was when he found James had been staring at him all this time. He coughed awkwardly and continued, "Ahem! It's Maria Song. After she attacked me, she got my videos and wanted to expose me! As a man, you should understand that affairs are personal, and should remain that way." Ronald thought that a wealthy guy like James should have more women than him. Perhaps he had done a better job keeping his private life confidential.

The bite marks on his mouth were obvious. Who did that to him? Noticing that, Ronald wondered whether his sister knew.

James kept silent.

Ronald continued, "If this gets out, Tang Group is done! Please do something. If not for me, then think of Alina." He was not stupid enough to dig his own grave. "That bitch Maria Song framed Alina and said my sister was going to kill her. She also said she had dirt on both of us. Can you help me out? Please? We're going to be family, you know."

James didn't want to listen to his yammering. Obviously, Ronald wanted to entangle him in the fate of the Tang family, stressing they'd be family soon. "Get to the point," he said impatiently.

Noticing his impatience, Ronald stopped fawning over him. "James, can you confiscate the videos and whatnot that Maria is holding over us? If she doesn't have those things, she can't threaten the Tangs anymore. We can continue the lawsuit against her."

The man was unmoved. "You don't have to come to me. You know what she wants. Why not give it to her?" James wondered if Maria wanted to fight fire with fire just because she figured out he wouldn't help her.

Since she could get the videos of Ronald's orgy, she had someone in her corner. Someone resourceful.

Certainly Ronald knew what James meant, but getting Alina to agree to it was impossible. She wouldn't rescind the lawsuit. That was why he came to beg James for a favor. He wanted to teach Maria a lesson as well. She needed to pay for attacking him.

"I... I'm afraid it would backfire on me. That we'd cancel the lawsuit against her and she'd go ahead and ruin us anyway. You were wise to divorce her so quickly!"

James' eyes darkened but he said nothing.

"If Maria Song is tossed in prison, then she won't be able to bother you anymore, right?" Ronald thought James also hated Maria. After all, she killed the man's son.

Ronald was right. Maria was a headache for James now. But he answered, "If she really threatens my interests, I won't need others to do my dirty work for me. I'll solve the problem in person."

What he meant was that if he really hated Maria, he would solve it himself instead of trying to get Ronald to do it.

However, Ronald didn't get it. He was a little confused. "So do we have a deal?"

Without answering his question, James opened the folder on the table and said, "I'm not interested in your feud with Maria. I got Joshua to help Alina. I don't have time to get involved in anything else. So if we're done here, leave. You look like you could use some rest." Ronald had dark circles around his eyes, like a giant panda.

Ronald got anxious as soon as he heard James dismiss him. He got closer to James with a conspiratorial look on his face. "Alina's been in love with you for years and has never had a boyfriend. She's still a virgin. If you help me out, I'm pretty sure I could get her to give it up before the wedding." There was a nasty smile on his face, his eyes glinting with dirty thoughts.

"Ronald Tang!" James' face darkened.

Ronald was frightened, but not that intimidated yet. "It's all true. You're getting married anyway. Maria had a secret crush on someone before she married you. We found it in her diary. Maybe she wasn't a virgin when she married you."

The temperature in the office fell quickly, and James' arctic gaze threatened to overwhelm Ronald. Mumbling, the young man met his eyes by accident. He couldn't help but shiver. He had a hard time standing, as his knees wanted to buckle. He fell silent.

After a while, he stood up from the chair trembling and said in a shaky voice, "Well, I see you're busy. I'll think of something. Thanks anyway! Bye!"

Ronald left James' office with as much speed as he could muster.

He didn't dare to breathe until the door of the office was locked behind him and he was safe from James' evil gaze.

'That wasn't fun! I'll never come here again!' he thought to himself. Now he knew how those people in horror movies felt.