A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 134 Lonely And Helpless

James wiped his mouth and reluctantly uttered, "Hmm!"

"You are lucky. If I fancied Western food, I would never have brought the food to you," Lawrence said.

At the sound of that, James eyes darkened as he put his hands down slowly. "What do you mean?"

"Maria prepared me breakfast. But it's all Western food, so I brought it to you while it's still hot. I guess you owe me a thank you."

James was taken aback. As if he had swallowed a fly, his face gradually hardened before he barked, "Get out!"

That was the first time he had breakfast made by Maria. However, it was Lawrence who brought it to him because he didn't like the food. All of a sudden, James felt sick.

"All right!" Seeing the dark look on the man's face, Lawrence was satisfied. Then he asked, "Do you still want me to bring you breakfast tomorrow morning?"

James held himself back from punching Lawrence and said between his teeth, "You'd better carry out a mission in another city soon." At least this way, he wouldn't be around to provoke him so deliberately.

With a smile, Lawrence answered, "Don't worry, I'll leave soon. But can I ask you to take care of Maria for me while I'm gone?"

"Can't you stop worrying about Maria?" James asked.

"No, not when she's all lonely and helpless. But if you take care of her for me, I won't have to worry about her, will I?" Lawrence's words held more meaning than they sounded on the surface. If James

were willing to remarry Maria, he would be glad to step back and leave the two alone.

James cast a cold glance at him and ordered, "Get out! Now!"

"Okay, I'm already gone!" Lawrence didn't hesitate to walk out of his best friend's office. After all, James had already had his breakfast, and therefore, his mission this morning was complete.

As he left the HL Group, Lawrence looked back at the towering building and chuckled.

'James, you're so smart, but you have no idea that Maria made breakfast especially for you,' he thought. Earlier in the morning, he was jogging when Maria interrupted him and asked if he could take breakfast to James. The woman could barely look him in the eye as she handed him the box, embarrassed to admit that she had prepared everything for James.

After that, it took him a while to come up with a convincing excuse to deliver breakfast to James.

As he remembered it, Lawrence shook his head helplessly and drove away.

That same day, Maria went to Qi Group.

It was the third time that she showed up at the company since Colby handed over the project to her.

Fortunately, everything was already settled, so she just came over to sign the contract.

However, as soon as Maria walked into the meeting room, she spotted the well-dressed Daniela and her assistant. Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

Maria whispered to the secretary who led her in, "What is she doing here?"

The secretary followed her gaze and asked, "Do you mean Daniela Song? She recently started a partnership with our company to take some photos during her travels. She's also here to sign a contract."

"Oh, I see!" Maria nodded. It seemed that Daniela was doing well in her career, after all.

As she heard some footsteps in the room, Daniela looked towards the door and noticed her sister in a sky-blue suit coming in. With a sarcastic smile, she said, "Oh, it's you, Maria. What are you doing here?"

Maria sat down next to Daniela and answered casually, "What else would I be doing here if not business?"

"What kind of business do you have with Qi Group?"

Maria smiled but ignored her. She didn't owe Daniela any explanation.

Noticing her attitude, Daniela was enraged. 'Who the hell does Maria think she is? She doesn't even have a family to support her anymore. What gives her the right to behave so arrogantly?'

Then Daniela couldn't help but judge that Maria was proud because she had slept with too many rich men in exchange for a few favors. As far as she was concerned, Maria was a slut.

Sometime later, an employee put a document on the table in front of Maria and said, "Ms. Song, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting. There was something wrong with the printer, but here is the final version of our contract. Please have a look."

Maria nodded, taking the contract over as she read it carefully.

Upon hearing that, Daniela sneered inwardly, 'Ms. Song? I could almost believe she is a real businesswoman!'

At the same time, Daniela's contract was also handed to her. "Ms. Song, the contract has been changed according to your requirements. If there's nothing wrong with it, please sign it."

Picking up the pen beside her, Daniela turned to the last page without reading through the document and tried to sign her name with no success.

Perhaps the ink dried out since she couldn't write anything.

Daniela shook the pen casually and then tried to write again. She managed to complete her first name, but after that, she couldn't write another character.

At that moment, Maria finished reading the contract and signed her name on it. Then she stood up to leave.

Staring at the pen in her hand, a wicked smile flashed across Daniela's face. This time, she positioned the pen towards Maria and shook it hard.

Maria had just turned around to put the chair back in its original place when she felt two small drops of liquid sprinkling on her face. Looking down at her clothes, she noticed several black stains on her suit.

With a frown, she glanced at Daniela in time to see a smug smile on her face. Quickly, she pretended to be sorry. "Oh! What kind of pen did you give me? Look at Maria! It splattered ink on her! I'm sorry, Maria. I didn't mean to do that."

She sounded so phony that the employees from Qi Group in the room exchanged sickened glances.

Maria stood still with a sullen look on her face as the secretary hurried to clean up her suit.

Her eyes were so cold that Daniela, who was all smug a second ago, suddenly freaked out under the woman's deadly gaze.

At this time, Maria stopped the secretary from wiping her suit jacket and said, "Please bring me a basin full of ink. Thank you!"

The secretary was stunned for a moment. Although she didn't know what Maria was going to do, she still followed the instruction.

The smile on Daniela's face froze as she began to panic. "Maria, what do you plan to do?"

"What do I plan?" As she spoke, Maria took off her suit jacket and was left only in a white silk tank top, revealing her good shape.

Putting the stained coat on the back of the chair beside her, she picked up a tissue and wiped the ink droplets off her face unhurriedly.

"I didn't do that on purpose. Don't you think you're going too far with this?" Daniela had an idea of what Maria planned to do as she panicked completely.

Maria, in turn, glanced at her indifferently and smiled. "And what exactly am I doing? What are you afraid of?"

"I'm not afraid of anything, but if you have to take every little thing so seriously, this makes you a petty and narrow-minded person, Maria!" Despite the words she said, Daniela stood up and turned around, walking fast towards the door. She was quite afraid that Maria would take revenge on her.

"Stop her!" Maria unexpectedly ordered the employees. Although they worked for Qi Group, the woman's command was too strong to be ignored. They all ran to the door to block Daniela's way.

As Daniela kept walking, she threatened, "Don't you dare to stop me! My father and Mr. Qi are good friends!"

By the time the employees were beginning to hesitate whether they should stop Daniela or not, the secretary came back with a basin of ink in her hands. "Ms. Song, I'm sorry. That's all we have."

She spent the last few minutes asking her coworkers to pour as much ink as they could find in the basin. After all, people nowadays mostly used electronic devices and didn't need to print so many papers.

Maria approached her and looked at the black ink covering the bottom of the basin. With a nod, she said, "It's enough!"

Daniela was about to walk out of the door when Maria picked up the pace and reached out to grab her arm. As fast as Daniela tried to go, her high heels slowed her down. It was really easy to catch up with her.

Startled by Maria's behavior, Daniela screamed, "Let go of me!"