A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 340 You Are Pregnant

Clayton placed a piece of braised pork into Ronald's bowl and said, "You can rest a few days at home. Then, come to the company with me to learn how to manage it."

Ronald's chopsticks stopped on the way to his mouth. After several moments, he shook of his astonishment and nodded. He'd do anything as long as he could stay away from prison.

When Alina went back to her room after dinner, she received a call from an unknown number.

She slid the button onscreen to answer. "Who is this?"

"Ms. Tang?"

A woman's oddly familiar voice came from the other end of the line.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Rosa Qiao."

'Rosa Qiao?!' Alina knew the woman. Rosa used to be a maid of the Xi family who ended up marrying Colby Zheng. The woman managed to make a complete status reversal.

"Why are you calling me?" Alina asked in a wary tone.

Rosa chuckled. "Ms. Tang, you don't have to be on guard against me. An enemy's enemy is a friend, right?"

Alina paused to digest those words. Was she implying Maria was their common enemy?

"I know that you are pregnant," Rosa said straightforwardly.

"How did you know?" Nobody but Alina herself knew about it.

The baby was Kent's. She had forgotten to take morning-after pills, which led her to her current condition. Even so, she had no intentions of keeping the baby, no matter what.

At that stage, the baby was probably still be a tiny blip. Without any delay, she made an appointment to have an abortion, so she rearranged her schedule for the next few days accordingly.

"I can easily find out things when I want to, Ms. Tang. But please rest assured that I don't mean to harm you. Would you like to have afternoon tea with me when you're free?"

Alina didn't care for afternoon tea, and for some reason, her intuition was warning her that Rosa was up to no good. "Can I take a rain check? I'm really swamped at the moment."

"Okay. By the way, I'm advising you not to have an abortion for the time being. Who knows, maybe you can use the baby as a tool to destroy a person,"

said Rosa. 'Destroy a person? Maria?

If I can really use this baby to destroy her...'

Alina hesitated.

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Her original plan was to pester James, but she didn't have the chance. She would be despised by the public if she did so.

The phone conversation kept Alina awake for the better part of the night.

Rosa also assured her that she was not afraid even if

Maria had James behind her.

Colby and Mr. Huang had already reached an agreement, and they now had Mr. Huang’s resources at their disposal. If Tang Group joined hands with them, they might even overthrow James, let alone Maria.

Alina didn't know what gave Rosa the unshakeable confidence that they could bring James down together, but she couldn't care less. All she wanted was to take Maria down and for her to become James’ wife.

Anyway, the baby in her belly would be aborted sooner or later. What was stopping her from agreeing?

In HM Group

After his assistant had finished his report, Colby gave Rosa a call. "Come to my office."

Rosa was in her own office in the company, which was one floor below Colby's.

Not long after, the door was pushed open, and Rosa strode into Colby's office. She went straight into his arms and said gently, "What's up?"

"What's going on between you and Maria?" Colby said in a nasty tone.

Even so, Rosa remained unruffled. "I've told you that she approached you with ulterior motives. She had dinner with Mr. Zhao, wanting to block our project. Mr. Zhao and I are so close, so there's no way that he would listen to her."

Colby frowned. "I don't care what you are doing behind my back, but you can't harm the interests of the company! Don't you know that James Xi has taken action on his end?"

She waved an unconcerned hand. "It doesn't matter. I have talked to Alina on the phone earlier. She is willing to persuade her father to be on our side." "Clayton Tang?"

"Yes."

Colby remained silent. The Tang family had been steadily gaining a foothold in H City. If HM Group and Tang Group worked together, they might bring James down.

"I set an appointment with Mrs. Tang one of these days, and I'll ply her with gifts to win her over. You should establish a relationship with Clayton. Then, HM Group will dominate H City!"

Colby couldn't help but admire his wife's drive. She had even come up with a plan to uproot James. "Don't act too rashly. You must discuss these things with me before you do anything. James has the backing of the Mu Group, and I don't know if he is controlling Fosun Entertainment Group. You do know that Fosun is a dark horse in the financial world, right? Never mind that company-with Mu Group and HL Group forming a strong alliance, we have no chance of winning against them!"

"Fosun Entertainment Group? Why haven't I heard of it before?"

"It's a fast-growing company that's been on the rise for the last two or three years. Their original focus was on entertainment, but it has eventually become a multi -pronged company with a diverse set of industries and services. The CEO and the honorary chairman are but mere puppets in that company-the one who is holding the reins remains strictly behind the scenes. To date, I still haven't found out anything." He had asked Maria to dig into it before, but he didn't get any useful information.

"Don't worry. Now that I'm back, I'll go and have teas with all of those rich ladies so that I can get you the information that you need." By doing so, she was making Colby understand that she was the only one who truly loved him.

Colby gave her a comforting pat on the back of her hand. "Okay, I'll be relieved to leave some work to you. " They were married, and their interests were closely linked. There was no doubt that Rosa wanted both him and HM Group to keep getting better.

At this point, she had proven to Colby that Maria had ulterior motives when she approached him. However, Colby wasn't at peace at all. If he had known about it earlier, he would have laid his hands on Maria when he had the chance. He never even managed to kiss her!

In the last two days, Maria stayed in Golden Mansion and didn't go to James' villa.

One day, James didn't tell her that he was coming. Knowing that she wasn't in the villa, he drove to Golden Mansion.

Maria was having a video call with someone, watching Bob sleeping on the screen. When she heard the sound from the door, she immediately ended the video and deleted the chat record.

James walked into the room to find Maria lying on the bed and tinkering with her mobile phone. When they locked eyes, she greeted, "I was wondering who was at the door! Why didn't you tell me that you were coming?"

James walked over and threw her a scornful look. "What's wrong? Were you doing some bad things behind my back?"

Both of them knew what was on the other one's mind, but they played dumb.

Maria snorted. "What can I hide from you? I was thinking about the coffee shop's performance lately. It's not doing well at the moment, and I'm worried. Mr. Xi, can you help me?" She found an excuse.

"How?" First, she hid his child from him, and now she was asking him for help. 'What a shameless woman!' he thought.

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