A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 182 I Think I Killed Someone

Maria resisted the impulse to slap him and continued to smile. "I'm not playing any tricks. There's no bed here. That could get uncomfortable.''

"Why do you need a bed? We could just do it right here."

Maria pretended to be coy. "If you don’t care, Mr. Jiang, neither do I. Could you hold on a sec? I just found out something that Mr. Zheng might be interested in. I need to let him know."

She tried to buy time and knew what might catch Jonathan's attention. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

And she was right. Jonathan knew about her relationship with Colby, and figured it might be something related to corporate espionage. He was definitely intrigued.

Looking at the woman who pulled out her phone, he asked tentatively, "What kind of information?"

Maria looked embarrassed. "Well...that's private. I'm working for Mr. Zheng, and as a businessman you should appreciate discretion. And now, Mr. Jiang, if you'll excuse me."

The woman was a consummate actor, and thoroughly fooled Jonathan. "Look, I'm right here," he said. "Tell me what you know. If I like what I hear, I have another bank card here."

At the mention of money, her eyes lit up. She answered quickly, "There's a parcel of land in the south of the city. Mr. Zheng is interested, but he’s not sure if he'll buy it. I've looked into it for him. Turns out both Mr. Xi and Mr. Shen are interested in it, too."

"In the south of the city? Where?"

The fish had taken the bait!

"It's next to the orphanage. Next year, H City will focus on developing the south of the city. I think Mr. Zheng wants the land because it's profitable. I don't know anything else."

Jonathan was happy. He didn't need to know anything else. 'This woman is really something. She gets a snippet of news, and it involves a few major companies, ¹ he thought to himself.

But Jonathan didn't trust her that much. He wrote down the address and ordered his secretary to look into it. He had more important things to do.

He took out a bank card from his pocket and waved it in front of the woman. "If you can make me happy, there is two million in this card."

'Stingy!' Maria cursed him inwardly. She smiled and wanted to grab the card, but Jonathan held it just out of reach. "What's the hurry? Let's have some fun."

"Of course. But I need to call Mr. Zheng," she said. "Time is of the essence."

Jonathan nodded in agreement. "Go ahead."

If she really called Colby, then what she was saying was true.

Maria moved a short distance away, and unlocked her phone. She opened her contact list, found a phone number, and dialed it. "Mr. Zheng, I've inquired about the land for you. I just had dinner with Mr. Shen yesterday, and he's put in a bid already. So has Mr. Xi. I've heard that he will send someone to inspect the spot soon."

What Jonathan didn't hear was that the person on the other end of the line said, "They'll be there in three minutes. Ms. Song, please buy more time."

"You're welcome. I'll follow up on it. I know you trust me."

She spent more time on the phone mentioning this or that.

Jonathan had made up his mind. He wouldn't let Maria go no matter what.

However, as soon as he jumped on top of her, pressing her body into the sofa, someone kicked the door open. A loud roar made the whole room tremble. "Jonathan Jiang!"

Hearing the voice, Maria breathed a sigh of relief, Jonathan was so scared he left the sofa immediately.

A strong-looking woman dressed in brand-name outfits with accessories of gold and diamonds rushed into the room. Her lips were blood red.

When she saw the man and the woman on the sofa, she was furious. Jonathan was standing between them. His wife rushed over to them and pulled him away.

As soon as Jonathan saw his wife, he acted like a different person. "Honey, it's not what it looks like. She hit on me. She even cheated me out of twenty mil. If you hadn't come along, who knows what would have happened?"

Hearing the man throw her under the bus, Maria despised Jonathan even more.

The woman believed her husband's lies. She stalked forward, intending to slap this woman and teach her a lesson.

Jonathan's wife might not be good at anything else, but she was good at catching her husband's indiscretions and beating up potential paramours.

Pak! She slapped Maria in the face before she could react.

"You're pretty good at this for being so young. Bitch!"

Then she picked up the liquor glass beside her and threw the contents into Maria's face.

The liquor dripped off Maria. She looked quite embarrassed. Jonathan's wife felt a little better.

But Maria wasn't one to stay cowed. She grabbed the glass from her hand and smashed it into the other woman's head.

"Ah-" Jonathan's wife's screamed like a pig being slaughtered. It echoed in the private room. It was so loud and shrill that Jonathan tugged at his ear, trying to rid himself of the ringing.

"Damn bitch! How dare you hit me! I'll kill you! Argh!"

Her gaze fell on Maria's cold eyes. She stopped, still holding her head, and trembled.

Maria wasn't done. She grabbed the ashtray and threw it at her.

"What the-" Once she was hit in the head again, she passed out.

Even Jonathan knew this was bad.

He hurried to get her to her feet. "Honey? Ah! She's bleeding!" Blood flowed down the woman's head.

Now worried about his wife Jonathan asked his secretary, who stood nearby, to call an ambulance. He didn't really care much about Maria anymore.

Maria calmly wiped the liquor from her face with a tissue and smoothed her long hair.

Finally, she sat back on the sofa and lit a cigarette.

She blew a puff of smoke and glared at Jonathan coldly. He called several men in to carry his wife out and wait for the ambulance at the entrance to the club.

When she was all alone in the private room, Maria pulled out her phone slowly and dialed James' number. Looking at the blood on the floor, she said, "James, it's me. I think I killed someone."

James had just left a dinner party and was about to go to the next.

And that was when Maria called him.

Both the man and the woman were calm. James asked, "Where are you now?"

Maria told him her location.

"Okay." And that was the only response that Maria received.

The man didn't say he would go there, nor did he refuse.

Maria didn't care whether he would come or not. She just felt better when she heard his voice. Sometimes, that was enough to make everything alright.

If he didn't come, she wouldn't blame him. She could handle it by herself.

After she finished smoking, Maria closed her eyes and leaned back on the sofa, thoughts racing.

She smelled like liquor. It was from the glass she had just poured for Jonathan, and he didn't even get a sip of it.

She didn't hit Jonathan's wife hard enough to kill her. It was probably a mild concussion.

After coming to that conclusion, she lit another cigarette.

James rushed over there. He pushed the door open before she finished her second cigarette.

He burst into the room suddenly and aggressively, followed by Summer, who was hurrying to keep up with him.

After figuring out Maria was fine, Summer quietly left the room and closed the door, leaving the two alone.

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