A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 128 Love Him To The Bone

Maria lowered her head and rubbed her temples. After giving it some thought, she suggested, "How about you tell me how I can help you?"

This was really a tough situation. With a frown, Ethan pondered for a while, but suddenly his eyes lit up. "Why don't we do it the simplest way? I mean, you could always use your charm and beauty." After all, Maria and James already had an affair.

"No way!" Maria put an end to his delusions before he continued.

At the sound of that, Ethan's face fell. Then he asked helplessly, "Why?"

"Listen to me carefully! I'm Lawrence's girlfriend now!" Maria stressed each syllable.

"What? I beg your pardon. I think I misheard you. Who are you to Lawrence again? Would you care to repeat that part?" Ethan was so shocked that he couldn't help jumping off the sofa and throwing a bunch of questions at Maria.

Maria, in turn, shook her head helplessly. Ethan was just a silly young man who was easy to deceive. "You heard it right. I'm in love with Lawrence."

"Why?" Ethan gaped. He couldn't believe her.

"And why not? Can't we be together?"

"Of course not! You belong with James!" Ethan was fully convinced that one day Maria and James would remarry. It was only a matter of time.

"That's in the past. As you know, he's going to be engaged to Alina after the Mid-Autumn Festival." Maria shrugged.

Of course, Ethan was aware of James' plans. "Damn! You can't be with Lawrence!" He stamped his feet.

Maria held back her laughter and reminded him gently, "I'm already with Lawrence."

"Humph! This Lawrence Lu! How dare he seduce his friend's wife? Had he forgotten Moses' tenth commandment?" the young man asked through his teeth.

"Moses' tenth commandment?" Maria asked in confusion.

"Yes!"

"What is it about?" Maria had no clue.

Ethan, however, was in no mood to explain it to her. "Google it yourself. All I can say is that you are in a huge mess. How can you be with Lawrence? Why do you keep getting in trouble?"

Murmuring to himself, he pulled out his phone and found the WeChat group which James, Lawrence, and he were in. He sent a voice message, mentioning Moses' tenth commandment to Lawrence as he just did to Maria.

Lawrence and James heard the message almost at the same time. When Lawrence warned Ethan to delete the message, it was too late. James had already finished listening to it.

Two words immediately flashed through James' mind: The Sinner. The man who spent the last two days annoyed felt better. The next moment, he replied to Ethan's message in the chat group. "I've asked the bank to increase your credit card limit by one million dollars."

As he received this unexpected message, Ethan jumped with excitement this time, startling Maria, who was researching the tenth commandment on her phone.

Ethan asked her, "Maria, do you want to go out for a drink? It's my treat!"

Maria sighed in frustration. Then she quietly pointed to the gauze wrapped around her arm.

Nevertheless, Ethan couldn't mask his delight. "Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot. Anyway, Maria, have a good rest. I'll come back to see you whenever I'm free! Bye!"

Maria silently waved at him as she watched him rushing out of her suite like a crazy animal.

In the evening, Lawrence planned to find Ethan and skin him alive. However, as soon as Ethan heard the news, he sought shelter in HL Group while Lawrence was still on his way.

In the CEO's Office, the three men exchanged glances with one another. Suddenly, they felt a bit awkward.

Ethan looked at the two men up and down. Just when he thought they were about to start throwing punches at each other, Lawrence broke the silence and asked James straightforwardly, "What are you so angry about?"

James tried to remain indifferent as he thought Lawrence was out of his mind. Or maybe he was joking. After all, James Xi never got angry. "Don't assume you know me that well. Why would I be angry?" he asked, dodging Lawrence's question. Lawrence smiled. "Don't get me wrong, it's good that you aren't. But I've finally got a girlfriend, and I was just wondering why you haven't congratulated me yet."

"Because there's nothing to congratulate you for. You're not suitable for each other, and above all else, this woman doesn't deserve you," James stated. Maria didn't only kill his son, but also kept hitting on him and had an affair with him. She wasn't worthy of a great guy like Lawrence Lu.

"Well, in love, there's no such a thing. James, you might not know that the person you despise is the one another cherishes the most but never has a chance with." Lawrence meant it. He had seen a

man confessing his love for Maria before. He was a doctor, son of a couple of government officials. His background was way above hers.

Yet Maria refused him on the spot, letting him know that she was a divorced woman.

The man didn't mind it at all. He even promised her that he would be good to her.

Still, Maria insisted she loved her ex-husband to the bone.

As he heard her refusal, the doctor had no choice but to give up.

At this time, Ethan felt the urge to echo Lawrence's words. "James, he's right. The woman you rejected may be the goddess in another man's eyes!"

James' eyes darkened as he looked at his two best friends. Although Ethan just said it casually, he couldn't help thinking Lawrence was talking about himself.

In the end, James decided to ignore the subject. Perhaps he didn't want his two best friends to know what he was thinking. He just didn't know why. Realizing James wasn't going to say anything, Lawrence shook his head helplessly and said, "I've got to go. I have a dinner party tonight."

James kept silent, but Ethan was too afraid to get beaten and was looking forward to seeing Lawrence gone. So he said eagerly, "See you."

Lawrence gave Ethan a warning look, indicating that they weren't done yet. Then he turned around and left James' office.

As the door was closed, Ethan walked over to James and held his shoulders before leaning to whisper in his ear, "James, don't be sad. No matter what happens, I'll always love you!"

'Okay, this was disgusting,' Ethan thought, sickened.

Fortunately, there were only two of them in the office. If anyone had heard Ethan just now, there would certainly be rumors about them again.

"Fuck off!" James shoved Ethan away with a frown. He didn't know why, but he was still pretty annoyed.

Feeling a little better in his stomach, Ethan straightened up his clothes and said, "I'm glad you pushed me away just now, or I would have puked on you. People like to gossip about what kind of relationship we have, if you know what I mean. Do you think they're blind?"

James was in an extremely bad mood. So the moment Ethan met the sinister look in his eyes, he rushed out of the office without caring to say goodbye.

Even after he was gone, he feared that James would seek him out.

He knew James would find fault with people around him when he was furious. Since Ethan couldn't afford to offend James, he chose to hide from him for the time being.

In the next few days, James began to feel there were too many things bothering him lately.

One afternoon, after he came back from a meeting, he overhead Summer on a phone call in the lounge. "Maria, how are you? Are you getting better?"

"Oh, I'm much better. I'm in Miracle Cafe now. Come over and have some coffee with me when you're free," Maria said happily on the phone.

"Okay. Wait, is that Mr. Lu's voice? Is he there?"

"Yes, he is."

Summer was making tea for herself in the lounge. She turned off the tap above her cup and said with a smile, "Mr. Lu cares so much about you. He comes to see you every day during his vacation!"

James stopped in his tracks, feeling annoyed by the lounge's door. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Although he couldn't hear Maria's words on the other end of the line, he remained standing there analyzing the door as the two women talked. "He's my private handyman. I'll call you back. Lawrence is about to change the bulb for me."

Indeed, Lawrence was in Miracle Cafe. He was planning to just pass by and take a look at Maria's coffee shop. He didn't expect that one of the light bulbs would burn out. Since he was already there, Maria asked him for help.

"Okay, I got it! Now stop rubbing this love of yours in my face! Anyway, I have to go back to work as well. Bye!" Summer said.

After hanging up the phone, Summer turned around to return to her desk with the tea. However, unexpectedly, she found James standing behind her.

Taken aback, she controlled her urge to scream and greeted him, "Hi, Mr. Xi!"

With his eyes fixed on the door, James ordered, "This door is awful. Change it."

The next moment, he turned around and walked into his office.

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Ophelia Q