A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 384 To Make Her Happy

After the Spring Festival, the weather in the H City became warmer and warmer. Work piled up for both James and Maria, keeping them busy most of the time.

Finally, the day that James had been waiting for came. Bob learned to call him Daddy.

He touched Bob's head and said softly, "You're such a smart child, just like me. Study hard, and Daddy will give the company to you in the future." Once he handed over the company to his son, he could travel around the world with Maria, living a life that most people could only dream about.

However, Maria had no idea what James was thinking at the moment. She was carefully tailing Colby.

Just now, she coincidentally saw him coming out of a hotel with a woman who was holding a child in her arms, so she quietly followed them.

Maria recognized the woman right away-she was Colby's secretary. It was said that this woman was married to Colby's driver.

But at the moment, the one driving the car wasn't the driver, but Colby himself.

Sitting in her car, which was a safe distance away, Maria saw that Colby didn't drop the secretary outside the gated community, but drove all the way in. Even if he was just casually dropping her home, wasn't it strange for him to enter the community? Text © 2024 NôvelDrama.Org.

Maria didn't stay long. After asking someone to keep an eye on the secretary and the child, she drove away.

Her phone rang just as she arrived at her company. "Ms. Song, HM Group has been trying to acquire a project recently. It is an official cooperation project with the government of H City. Tang

Group and HL Group are also interested in the project," her assistant said on the other end of the line.

Hearing that, she frowned. If all the big shots in the financial industry of H City were fighting over a project, how come she hadn't heard of it before?

Of course, it was easy for her to check if the information was true. All she had to do was call James.

As soon as he answered, she explained the reason she had called, and asked, "What project is it?"

"H Brocade." In fact, this project was somewhat of a secret and most people didn't know about it, so Maria was quite well-informed.

H Brocade was a traditional silk handicraft in H City that was sought after by the elite. It was a part of the cultural heritage of their nation. The earliest record of it was from three thousand years ago.

"Oh, it must be a very profitable project, right?" Maria asked. It was only after the words left her mouth that she realized how stupid her question was. Of course it was a profitable project. Otherwise, why would the big shots by fighting over it?

"Yes," James answered patiently. Aside from being profitable, the project could also improve the reputation of the winning company overseas, which would in turn bring even more profit and benefits.

Maria's eyes instantly lit up. "Mr. Xi, can you let me join you?"

"Stop fooling around," James said helplessly, with a smile tugging at the comer of his lips.

"Wait for me!" Maria said and hung up.

In order to prove to James that she wasn't just fooling around, she turned the car around and drove to HL Group to negotiate with him face to face.

Looking at the woman who walked into his office, James realized that she was being serious.

"What can you offer?" he asked, knowing well that her company had neither money nor skills.

"Money," Maria answered decisively.

James raised an eyebrow at her without saying anything. Did he look like he was short of money?

Maria stretched out her finger and added, "Ten million dollars!"

A playful smile spread across James' face. "How about I give you twenty million? Just give up."

Even if he helped her get the order, DS Group would not be able to fulfill the task.

However, Maria began to play all kinds of tricks to change his mind. She hugged him, kissed him, and acted like a spoiled child.

Using all his willpower to stay calm, James pursed his lips and said, "Maria, don't try to use your beauty again. It's useless."

"No way!" Maria retorted. If she could persuade someone with words alone, she would also have become the CEO of a big company like HL Group.

She had to make use of her own strengths and take advantage of his weaknesses, so that she would have more chances of winning.

"I've told you before that I won't mix your professional life and personal life. Beauty is useless on me."

"But-"

Seeing that Maria was about to act like a spoiled child again, James quickly interrupted her. "Come on, Mia, don't do this."

However, Maria wasn't willing to give in. She couldn't accept that beauty was useless.

With a cold snort, she straddled his legs and kissed his thin lips. Then, staring into his eyes, she put her fingers on his chest and gradually slid them down.

A few seconds later, he took the bait, but she swiftly retreated.

Keeping a distance from him, she crossed her arms across her chest and said slowly, "Why are you looking at me? Don't you have hands? Satisfy your desire on your own. Didn't you say that beauty was useless?"

With that, Maria turned around and left decisively, ignoring the miserable state that the man behind was in.

That night, Maria and Bob stayed at Peggy's house. There was no good reason for James to bring the mother and son back.

Standing in the empty bedroom, he gloomily smoked a cigarette. He was not used to living without Maria.

As he flicked the ash into the ashtray, he thought, 'Never mind. I'll do as she says. That should make her happy.'

In HM Group, after sending the client away, Colby said to Rosa, "Many companies in the financial industry of H City are trying to acquire the H Brocade project, including HL Group and Tang Group.

But in terms of production and technology, our company has the best chance of winning. We have to acquire this project."

Rosa nodded. "I will ask the chief risk officer to draw up a management policy and procedure as soon as possible." The H Brocade project not only involved the risk of dealing with cultural heritage, which was a delicate subject matter, but also other risks such as bank investment.

"Okay, I'll talk to Patrick later." Patrick Li was the said CRO of HM Group.

After a moment of silence, Rosa tentatively asked, "By the way, I heard that a baby boy is living with the Xi family. Someone saw Augustine take him out for a walk. Colby, where did the child come from?"

Could he be the child of Maria and James?

If that was really the case... A flash of hatred crossed Rosa's eyes.

Colby thought for a moment and then said, "I'll have someone look into it."

"Okay."

That afternoon, Colby received a call. "Mr. Zheng, it seems that Augustine found the child abandoned when he was taking a walk near his villa. The child's family haven't been found yet, so he has been staying with the Xi family."

"Are you sure?" Colby asked, frowning. He felt that there was more to the story than met the eye. However, he had never heard of Maria being pregnant before.

"Yes, sir. The information checks out." "Okay, I see."

Two days later, DS Group received a large sum of investment, as well as a contract with several factories for cooperation.

Maria knew that her beauty had worked.

With the capital that she had been given by James, she led DS Group to participate in the bidding and submitted all the necessary documents.

When it was almost lunch time, Maria arrived at HL Group and went straight to the floor of the CEO's office with a lunch box.

Summer, who was sitting at the desk outside the CEO's office, saw her coming right away. She put down her work and greeted, "Hi, Maria."

"Hi, Summer."

Summer stood up and walked to James' office with her. "Maria, I have something to tell you."

"What is it?"

The two of them paused in their tracks. "I'm divorced," Summer said cheerfully, holding out her left hand. The ring on her ring finger was gone, leaving behind only a faint mark at the place where it had been.

Maria was a little surprised. "That was fast. Didn't you say you were going to take it to court?"

"He knew that I hired a lawyer and had evidence of his infidelity. If we really went to court, he would be on the losing end. So, he contacted me first, and we divorced."