A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 176 Maria's Secret

"Wait a minute!" Seeing that Maria was about to leave, Jonathan really didn't want to let go of this opportunity. "Maria, let's give Colby more time. Put the ball in his court."

"I can't wait. The project needs guaranteed capital before we can even think of launching it, Mr. Jiang." Maria had an idea. She looked at Jonathan. "Maybe I could borrow twenty million dollars from you?"

The man remained silent.

Maria sneered in her heart and pretended to be sincere. "All you have to do is loan it to me and I'll pay it back when I can. You know me. You know where I live. What are you afraid of?"

Jonathan had to admit she made sense. What was there to be afraid of?

Her obvious physical charms brought him around. He pulled out his phone and called his secretary. "I need you to transfer twenty million to this account number." Then he rattled off a sequence of numbers. "I need it done ASAP."

After hanging up the phone, he saw Maria on her phone, engrossed in conversation. "I met a nice man who has the twenty mil... That's right, I won't be back tonight. You can go there with the money. Don't worry. Everything's all set up."

Jonathan eavesdropped on her conversation. He remembered only one sentence-"! won't be back tonight."

After a while, Maria put her phone on mute and whispered to Jonathan, "Mr. Jiang, have you transferred the money?"

Jonathan took a look at his phone and found that his secretary had sent him the receipt, along with the message saying, "Mr. Jiang, it's done."

He showed the message to Maria.

Maria smiled at him gratefully, and then got back to her call. "Hurry up and funnel that money into the project. Leave me out of it for now. You can handle this on your own."

After the phone call, Jonathan couldn't wait any longer and grabbed Maria's hand. He said, "Showering is a waste of time. Let's go to the bathroom after we're done."

Maria almost threw up when she saw the obscene look on Jonathan's face.

Jonathan was usually serious in public, but he dropped all his self-respect when he was face-to- face with a beautiful woman.

"Okay! Well shower together later!" The two walked towards the bed together.

'One. Two. Three,' Maria counted inwardly while walking.

A tone rang out. It was from Jonathan's phone this time.

Jonathan did his best to ignore it, but his phone kept ringing, so he had to let go of Maria's hand. He pulled out his phone and looked at the caller ID. Then he swiped the answer key irritably and said in an unfriendly tone, "What now?"

"Bad news, Mr. Jiang!"

"What is it? Spit it out!" Jonathan's face changed dramatically.

"The video of hundreds of people defending their rights in the sales department has been uploaded to social media, and things are out of control. It's gone viral. All the members of the board of directors are at the company now. They need you to preside over the meeting."

This kind of scandal needed to be handled as soon as possible. It could tank their stocks, and take the company with it. It had to be dealt with quickly and carefully.

After hanging up the phone, Jonathan glanced at the woman sitting on the bed. He wanted to say something, but thought better of it.

Maria pretended that she didn't know what was going on. "Come on, Mr. Jiang," she said in a teasing tone.

"No! There's an emergency at work. I have to go."

"Mr. Jiang, don't go please!" Maria stood up and threw her arms around him, pretending to be upset. "Don't leave me alone here."

"Honey, things fell apart at work. I have to go there and help! I'll be back soon."

"Well, I'll wait for you here!" Maria had to let go of him.

"Okay. Bye." Jonathan wasn't in the mood to say anything more. He left the hotel in a hurry.

Maria was alone in the room. She went to the bathroom and carefully washed her hands with hand sanitizer.

After wiping her hands with a small towel, she dialed a number and asked, "Has the money been transferred?"

"Yes, Ms. Song.”

"Okay, thanks."

Jonathan was tied up until 3 a.m. He rushed straight back to the hotel room, but there was no one there.

Looking at the empty room, he wondered if he had been deceived.

In the next few days, Maria didn't go anywhere. She stayed at Fairview Villa, as James' place was the safest.

She knew that she couldn't hide forever, but she was safe for the moment.

Hiding in the villa was not enough. She hesitated for a long time and finally sent a message to James. "Do you want to do it?"

A few minutes later, she sent the second message: "Sorry, I was too impulsive. Are you there?"

James was speechless. He threw his phone aside and ignored her.

But it didn't work. Maria went so far as to call him. "Don't you want to hear my apology? I've calmed down and thought for a while. It's all my fault. I want to apologize to you."

"No need." The man refused coldly.

"Are you hungry? I'm cooking tonight. Drop by for dinner?"

"You put poison on your lips first. Then, you used black fungus to poison me. What's going to happen this time?"

"Still holding a grudge, I see. I swear I won't do anything this time. I just want to apologize to you. Trust me!"

Of course James wasn't about to trust her. He hung up on her.

Since he didn't say yes, Maria wouldn't give up. She kept sending him messages for the next three days.

She even unblocked his WeChat account and sent him pictures of the dishes she cooked every day.

James didn't really care.

On the fourth day, Maria sent him a message. "I had been looking forward to making you a meal before we divorced. Now we're back where we started. I've been missing you day and night. I made the same mistake again."

On the fifth day, she sent another message. "I know I was wrong. I was wrong because I was so ignorant and naive when I married you back then. I was wrong to fall in love with you so deeply. I was wrong to return to the city..."

Staring at the message, James didn't know what to think. But he didn't text her back.

Since James stayed away from Fairview Villa, Maria wouldn't leave. If she had her laptop along, she could work from anywhere.

On the tenth day, Maria had just come out of the guest room, and to her surprise, there was a man standing there, waiting for her.

Thinking of what she had just done, she quickly closed the door behind her and blurted out, "Why are you here?"

The man noticed the strange look. It was almost if she were hiding another man here in the villa. He asked indifferently, "What were you doing?"

Why was she so surprised to see him? Didn't she always send him messages asking him to come over?

"Nothing. Have you had dinner yet? Let's go. I'll cook for you!" The woman came over, held the man's arm with a smile and tried to escort him downstairs.

Instead of following her, James was about to push the door behind her open.

Maria was anxious and held his hand. "There's nothing in the room!" She couldn't let him discover it. She was trying to lead him away. It was so embarrassing.

The more flustered she was, the more suspicious James was. With a gloomy face, he pushed the door open anyway.

But he wasn't prepared for the sight that met his eyes. How could he be?

In the spacious guest room, there was a huge bed occupied by more than a dozen cute dolls. There were also more dolls arranged on the rug. © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

There were several glass showcases on the table next to them. There were many small dolls in those as well. About a hundred of them were neatly arranged.

Silently, he cast his gaze around the room. Wherever he looked, there were dolls.

He glanced at her, raising his chin towards the dolls. "That's it?" he asked.

The woman didn't say anything, but she did blush.