A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 250 Secret Admirer

When Maria arrived at the Leopard Club, she found only one person in the private room.

Putting her purse aside, she sat down opposite him. "Lawrence, where are your two buddies?"

"Ethan is on his way, and James might take a while."

"Why did you invite me here?" she asked bluntly. The three were having a gathering, and it had nothing to do with her.

"Have you recovered completely?"

"Yeah, it's been a while, actually." The hospital that James had put her treated her with the best, most effective medicine in the country.

"That's good." Lawrence poured a glass of wine and slid it across the table, right in front of the woman. "Actually, I wanted to ask you something about Norman Shen."

Maria smiled. "Why don't you ask him yourself?"

"We don't know each other that well." Norman wasn't going to tell him anything, even if he did ask him.

"Fine. What's up?"

"Does he train killers?"

"Isn't that kind of an open secret by now?" Everyone in H City should've known about this already. At the very least, anyone in the upper echelons of society should've known.

"Are you one of them?" Lawrence looked at Maria carefully, trying to read her expression.

However, the smile on the woman's face remained unchanged. She nonchalantly took a sip of wine and answered, "Not really."

"What do you mean?"

"I haven't killed anyone, so I'm no professional killer." However, she was trained alongside those killers, so she had picked up on some martial arts.

"Do they kill people?"

Maria frowned ever so slightly. "We may be good friends, Lawrence, but even I can't tell you things I don't know. Why don't you investigate it yourself?"

Lawrence didn't answer. Instead, he eyed the wine glass in Maria's delicate hands as he silently pondered over something.

After a moment of silence, Maria finally stood up. "Maybe you could invite Norman to dinner now.

He might talk to you if he's in a good mood," she said airily. This woman couldn't possibly be serious, could she?

Maria briskly picked up her purse and said, Tm taking off. I don't want to run into James."

Lawrence raised an eyebrow. "Haven't you two made peace yet?"

"'Peace'?" Maria rolled her eyes. "I doubt that'll happen in my lifetime. Anyway, I'll get going now."

And with that, she turned around abruptly.

However, just as she swiveled around, the heel on one of her high-heeled shoes suddenly broke off, flinging her off balance and twisting her ankle.

Fortunately, she was able to catch herself by grabbing the sofa arm.

Lawrence stood up, worry written all over his face. "Are you okay?" he asked, rushing over to her side.

Excruciating pain shot up from her ankle, paralyzing Maria. Stiff as a board, she answered in a low voice, "Not really..." Great, this was just her luck. How did she manage to break a heel just like that?

Lawrence helped her up and made her sit down on the sofa. "Let me have a look."

"Okay. Thanks."

He lifted her ankle gently and examined it. Then, he asked her an abrupt question. "What makes you say you and James will never be reconciled?"

"Well, it's because he's—ouch!" Just as Maria was explaining herself, Lawrence's hand moved like lightning.

"Try moving your ankle," he instructed.

The woman obeyed, cautiously wiggling her foot. It didn't hurt as much now. "So you asked me that question as a diversion to set back my bone?"

"That is correct." Lawrence's eyes twinkled mischievously.

Maria bit her lower lip. "Thank you so much!"

"But you still have to go to the hospital, just to be sure," Lawrence said firmly. Exclusive content from NôvelDrama.Org.

"Okay, please help me up."

Eyeing her high-heeled foot, Lawrence asked seriously, "Do you plan on spraining your other foot?"

Maria glared at him.

"Take off your shoe," Lawrence commanded, amusement in his eyes.

Maria decided to obey. After all, it'd be better to walk around barefoot than to wear a single shoe.

However, once Maria stripped off the other heel, Lawrence scooped her up into his arms.

Her lips parted slightly, as though she was looking for the right words to protest. The thought of James flashed in her mind. He had always been iffy about her relationship with Lawrence. "How about we wait until James arrives? Then I'll go see a doctor."

She couldn't help but feel a little bit guilty, despite the fact that there was nothing between her and the man carrying her.

Lawrence chuckled. "Don't worry. James is a reasonable man. Also, I don't know what time he's coming. I'll call him as soon as we get to the hospital."

"Okay." This sounded reasonable.

It was the second time Maria had been to a hospital that day. Fortunately, this was a different hospital from the one earlier.

Meagan was an intern in that very hospital. She had just gotten off work around the time Maria and Lawrence arrived.

Just as she was waiting for the elevator, she caught a familiar-looking face from the corner of her eye.

A woman with long hair was sitting on a bench in the corridor. She was stunning; everyone who passed by couldn't help but stare.

Just then, a man in military fatigues emerged from an orthopedic doctor's office nearby and carefully picked her up.

The man was very handsome, with skin as tan as leather.

'He must be her boyfriend,' Meagan thought to herself.

'He must be head over heels in love with her. After all, he picked her up so carefully!'

But before long, another man appeared. This one was also extremely handsome, but he was in an expensive-looking suit as opposed to the first man's military fatigues.

It was obvious that he was a CEO of some powerful company.

Meagan watched, entranced, as the military man carefully placed the woman into the CEO's arms. The woman's hands instantly shot up and wrapped themselves around the latter's neck.

If she remembered correctly, the woman hadn't acted as intimately with the military man.

'So, which one is her boyfriend?' she wondered.

Was it the domineering CEO? Was the military man a secret admirer? 'Well, that seems to be the case, ' she concluded to herself.

What a pity!

The two men shifted their gaze in her direction.

One gaze was cold, and the other, deep.

Meagan was startled by their sudden attention. Being stared at by two handsome men at the same time, she couldn't take it. Panicked, she jabbed a finger on the elevator button anxiously.

Fortunately, the elevator doors slid open and she got in as fast as she could.

Following the gaze of the two men, Maria happened to see Meagan's side profile. She quickly cried out, "Stop her, James Xi!"

"What's wrong?"

"She was the one who saved me that night. Lawrence, run after her! I haven't had the chance to thank her!”

Lawrence was confused. "If she saved your life, why did she run away when she saw us looking over at her?"

"Beats me. Just go!"

Lawrence sprinted towards the elevator and checked to see what floor she'd get off. The elevator stopped on the ground floor, and he quickly got into the other elevator.

When he alighted on the right floor, he saw the girl taking deep breaths in the corner of the hall, as though she was trying to calm herself down. "Excuse me..."

She suddenly turned around and found the man in camouflage uniform trotting towards her. Frightened, Meagan turned around abruptly and started to brisk walk away.

As soon as she started running, Lawrence also quickened his pace to catch up to her.