A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 391 Help Me

Maria had already known that James wouldn't agree easily. "I'll pay his salary. And I'll cook for you!"

"Still no," came his cold reply.

"Are you sure?" Maria's tone suddenly hardened. "Last time, you asked me to rely on you from now on. Now that I need your help, you refuse. If I call Norman today and ask him to train a talent for me, what do you think he'll say?"

"Maria!" James raised his voice.

Without paying any heed to him, Maria continued, "I have already reached an agreement with Patrick. If you don't agree, you'll put me in a dilemma. And if I'm pushed into a corner, I might have to do something that makes you unhappy."

James stayed silent, simmering with anger. At this moment, he wanted nothing more than to make Norman disappear from the financial industry, or, even better, from H City.

Maria used all the tricks she had up her sleeve to convince him. "You know that we're competing with Colby and Rosa now. Poaching their talent is also a loss to them. If Patrick doesn't have a better place to go, he may return to HM Group. That won't do us any good, right?"

James rubbed his aching temples and took a deep breath. "You've already put so much effort into this. If I don't give you permission now, you will make trouble for me, right?"

"Exactly, Mr. Xi." Regardless of the driver sitting in front, Maria puckered her lips together and gave

James a kiss over the phone.

As always, she knew his weakness. James had no choice but to agree with her. He sighed helplessly and said, "Fine. But you better pay me back tonight."

"So you agree?" Maria asked, smiling brightly.

"You promise to make it up to me tonight?" he asked in reply.

"Of course, I promise," she answered calmly.

"Then I agree."

"Great. Oh, Mr. Xi, I'm sorry, I totally forgot! I have to leave tonight for a business trip. I'll be gone for at least three days."

After saying that, she hung up, leaving James speechless. But what could he do? He had fallen into her trap.

He could never resist the temptation of her beauty. He was willing to fall into her traps over and over again.

After that, Maria didn't go back to the company. Instead, she went back to the villa to pack her things into a suitcase, and headed straight to the airport.

What dampened James' mood even more was that right after Maria returned from her business trip, she got her period. So, he didn't have the chance to make love to her for ten days in a row.

On one of those days, Maria went to Leopard Club.

Ever since James had invested in her company, she had gotten busier and busier trying to put the capital to good use and expand the business. Now that she had some spare time, she dialed Rosa's number.

The moment the call was connected, she handed the phone to the woman next to her. The woman nodded and yelled into the phone, imitating a young girl's voice. "Mom, help me!"

She sounded identical to Ines.

Rosa's heart skipped a beat. "Ines? Is that you?"

"Mom, come and save me. Mom..." The cries from the other end of the line seemed to be getting farther and farther.

Then came Maria's cold voice. "Rosa, if you want to see your daughter again, come to Room 666 of Leopard Club alone."

"Maria, what did you do to my daughter? Why isn't she in the US?" Rosa asked anxiously, clenching the phone tightly.

"How can I let her stay there when her mother is in H City? Obviously, I asked someone to bring her here. I will give you half an hour. If you don't get here by then, I guarantee you that you will never see your daughter again."

The line was immediately disconnected, leaving no chance for Rosa to speak.

In a panic, she fumbled with her phone to call the maid in the US, but failed to get through to her.

She became even more flustered, and beads of cold sweat gathered on her forehead. As she rushed to her car, she called Colby, but there was no answer from him, either.

She had never felt more desperate than she did at this moment.

When she entered Room 666 of Leopard Club, she found a group of people waiting for her.

Maria was sitting elegantly on the sofa, wearing a red coat. Several bodyguards in black were standing behind her.

"I told you, if you want to hurt me, deal with me straight. Don't drag my daughter into this! Where is she?" Rosa said. Her eyes darted around the room for a trace of Ines.

The woman on the sofa didn't say anything, but a cry came from the lounge behind her. "Mom, I'm here..." Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.

Hearing her daughter's voice, Rosa took a step forward to rush into the lounge, but her way was immediately blocked by Maria's bodyguards.

She turned and glared at the woman who was calmly drinking wine on the sofa. "Maria, I'm already here. Don't hurt my daughter!"

Maria chuckled. "Okay. As long as you promise me a few things, I will let her go."

"Fine! What do you want?"

Maria unhurriedly drank up the wine in her glass and then threw the expensive glass onto the floor. Broken shards of glass scattered all over the floor, startling Rosa.

Maria opened her lips, which were painted a vintage wine red color, and said, "If you want to see your daughter, walk over here barefoot and clean this mess up."

Rosa looked at the broken shards of glass on the floor in shock. "Maria, are you insane?"

"Yes! Thanks to you, I have a mental disorder," Maria replied in a level voice.

She had been taking medication for her mental disorder. Didn't that mean she was insane?

Of course, thanks to the better treatment that she received from James, her mental health was getting better and better, so she didn't have to depend on the medication as much these days.

Rosa stood frozen to the spot, glaring at Maria with hatred.

Maria crossed her legs and played with her phone, not bothering to even look up Rosa. "I don't have time to waste with you. If you're not worried about your daughter's safety, it's okay."

The moment she finished speaking, a child's miserable cry came from inside the lounge. "Argh... Let go of me!"

For the second time, Rosa wanted to rush over, but she was once again blocked by the bodyguards. "Maria, you will die a horrible death!" she shouted madly.

"It doesn't matter how I die. I will make sure you die more miserably!" Maria said calmly, but her eyes were full of hatred. She grabbed a brand-new wine glass and threw it in front of Rosa again. Then, she tilted her chin up and said sternly, "You're not going to walk, are you? Fine, go and chop off Ines' hand!"

"No! I'll walk! I'll walk!" Rosa screamed hastily.

Before she could take a step forward, two bodyguards reached down and forcibly removed her shoes and socks. When she bare feet touched the cold floor, she could not help but shiver.

Her whole body trembled like a leaf as she moved forward little by little. When she inevitably stepped on a sharp shard of glass, she instantly withdrew her foot in pain.

However, the bodyguards didn't give her a chance to retreat. Holding her limbs, they forced her to step on it barefoot.

"Argh-" A heart-wrenching cry echoed in the private room.

Looking at Rosa's face, which was scrunched up in pain, Maria slowly closed her eyes. She could still hear the sound of Rosa's continuous cries, but she didn't show any mercy.

Torturing Rosa was the best feeling in the world.

"Wait!"

Rosa's bloody feet were still pressed onto the broken glass, but Maria suddenly stopped her.

She glanced at one of the bodyguards and ordered, "Put on the video."

"Yes."

A terrible scene appeared on the screen behind them. Although there was no sound, the scene was very clear.

When Rosa saw the man on the screen, she was so shocked that her eyes widened, and for a moment, she forgot to breathe.

Maria, who already knew what was playing on the screen, didn't bother to look back. She smiled at Rosa and said, "Look, you're here going through so much pain for your daughter, but your husband is having fun with another woman.

How do you feel?" The combination of mental and physical blows was like a thousand arrows piercing through Rosa's heart at the same time.

With a deathly pale face and sweat all over her head, she shouted, "Maria, you bitch! You will die a horrible death!"