A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 487 Throw It Away

Mary shook her head as she lowered her gaze, feeling a lump in her throat. "It's nothing, Mr. Xi. I'm fine."

James frowned, seeming a bit unhappy because of her response. "Tell me!"

"I have no idea what happened, but Mrs. Xi doesn't want me to take care of the boys anymore. I'm just sad that I've been relieved of my duties. It's nothing serious, but thank you for your concern, Mr. Xi." Her eyes welled up with tears. Any man would've felt sorry for her, but James was not just any man.

The only woman he cared about and believed in was Maria. And she was the only one he begged to marry him.

In an indifferent tone, he replied, "Just do as she says. From now on, whether I'm home or not, you must respect her opinions and instructions. Didn't John tell you about this already?"

At this time, Maria happened to be standing at the door of the children's room and listening in on their conversation. What he said put a smile on her face.

Naturally, Mary was shocked to hear his comment on this matter. She had no idea that James was capable of being so heartless. "Yes, he has told us about it. I understand, Mr. Xi."

This time, he didn't even say a word in response to her remark. He just went to the children's room in silence.

Inside the room, Maria was on her way to the bed. The moment she heard the door open, she looked at James, but didn't say anything to him.

She leaned against the headboard and fiddling with her phone.

James walked over and embraced her. In order to get what he wanted, he laid down his pride and tried to persuade her. "Honey, just once, okay?"

Maria yawned. Her attitude didn't seem as harsh as before. "You know, I might be convinced to have sex with you tonight."

"Under what condition?" He then walked out of the room, carrying her along.

"You can invest in a new company that I want to build!"

James was intrigued by this request. Lately, she had been so busy every single day. How could she still have the energy to start another company? "Fine," he agreed readily.

Maria looked back at him and said, "I remember when I asked you to invest in one of my ideas. Back then, it took you so long to finally agree to my request. Why are you being so decisive this time?"

"That was before. From now on, your wish is my command."

For now, she decided to believe him. "I want to open a modeling company."

James kicked the door to their bedroom open with his foot. In the darkness, he pressed her against the door and said, "Granted."

"And I'll have fun with the male models." Last time, before she even had the chance to have fun with Kenny, he was called away, which was quite disheartening.

Just when James was about to kiss her, he stopped to look at her with displeasure. "Honey, that's a very dangerous idea."

It was his fault that she came up with such a crazy idea. He had been far too obedient to her demands recently that he hadn't had sex with her for a long time.

Maria cupped his face and smiled. "I'm single now, so I have the freedom to do whatever I want. Of course, you're free to sleep around with as many women as you want, too."

Hearing that made James bite her lower lip. Maria groaned in pain. "You bastard!"

"I just want to sleep with you." He was planning to fuck her until those crazy ideas were dissipated from her head.

Maria fell silent yet again.

What made her upset was that he didn't keep his promise. She had agreed to do it once, but he completely ignored her feelings and didn't let her sleep until midnight.

As a result, the next morning, Maria was unable to send Bob to kindergarten because she was still asleep at nine o'clock.

Never again would she trust James on anything.

When it was nearing noon, he received a call. "Mr. Xi, Mrs. Xi entered a pharmacy."

Without saying anything, James hung up the phone and dialed Maria's number. At this time, she was about to take the pill. However, the call startled her and almost caused her to drop the pill.

After calming down, she answered the call. "What's

?ll

"Maria, I'll let you stay at Golden Mansion for the time being. I won't have sex with you again without your permission, and I'll listen to everything you say. But there's no way I'll let you do this. Listen to

me! Throw the pill away!" The sound of his voice was so daunting, and the way he spoke was unquestionably irrefutable.

Clenching the pill, Maria looked at her driver and said, "Mr. Xi, your people are a dedicated bunch."

The second she bought the pill from the pharmacy, James found out. There were no other people who knew about it other than her and the driver.

"If they weren't loyal and capable, I wouldn't hire them in the first place."

"Why do you think I'll allow myself to get pregnant with another one of your children?" asked Maria.

"I never thought you were willing to have another child with me. But Maria, you never told me that you were pregnant with Bob or Coy. I forgave you for all of that. Don't you think it's cruel of you to take the pill?"

'Cruel? Am I cruel?' "If you're not going to say anything important, I'm going to hang up now."

"Mia, what can I do to make you forgive me? Or maybe there's some specific way you want me to apologize? How can I convince you to live with me and our two children?" Because of the helplessness he felt, the sound of his voice softened.

A sardonic smile made its way to her lips. "Do you think your words are enough as a form of apology? James, I will put you through as much suffering as I've felt in the past. And only then will your apology amount to something."

James didn't know what to say. It seemed as though she wanted to inflict pain on him. "I'm already in great pain, Mia. Would you please just allow me to give you my life once more?"

The important thing to him right now was her forgiveness. He was willing to do anything to receive it.

"Taking your life means nothing to me. Let's talk about this later. I'm already at the company."

"Just promise me that you're not going to take the pill." As soon as he finished talking, the office door was opened, and Cooper came in. He happened to hear James' last sentence.

Maria neither agreed nor refused. "Bye."

After that, she dropped the call.

Before she got out of the car, she looked at the pill and dueled with the thought of taking it for at least five minutes. In the end, the frustration made her decide not to take it. Upon her arrival at the office, she threw away the pill that she had bought.

It was okay that she didn't take the pill because believed that James wasn't capable of impregnating her after having sex with her just once.

Meanwhile, Cooper put several documents on James' desk. "James, what's going on with Maria?"

He was aware that James had been talking to Maria earlier. There was no other person his brother would speak to in such a gentle tone.

"She wanted to take the contraceptive," James answered as he opened the folder.

Cooper immediately grasped the situation. He put on a smile and patted James' shoulder. "Usually, the third child will be of the same gender as the previous two."

James wasn't happy to hear that. After all, he wanted to have a daughter next. "So what? I can afford it anyway!"

"That's right!" Cooper admitted that he was overthinking things.

They then sat face to face and began discussing work-related topics.

The next morning, Maria got up early to have breakfast with Bob.

Meanwhile, Coy was still sleeping. She told a maid to look after the little guy before she took Bob out of the villa.

Once they got on the car, Maria stopped Mary from stepping into the car as well. "You don't have to come with us. I'll be the one to take Bob to school." She wanted to meet Bob's teacher and make arrangements for Coy's admission to the kindergarten.