A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 124 The Drug Was On My Lips

Three minutes later, when James pushed the door open, he saw the woman sitting up in bed and watching TV, alone.

Maria saw James and Summer come in. She acknowledged the man with a glance and asked, "What brings you here, Mr. Xi?" Her tone was cold, her displeasure obvious.

Ignoring her, James stood beside the bed and looked her up and down. Nearly every bit of her body was bandaged. She was practically a mummy. "Where is he?"

Knowing who he was referring to, Maria answered calmly, "Lawrence has been here taking care of me. He's out and buying me food right now."

As a matter of fact, Lawrence wasn't buying food for Maria. He was at a five-star restaurant, attending a party with a group of people he'd known since childhood. He paused for a minute to read a message on his phone. He swallowed the food in his mouth and got to his feet.

One of them asked, "Going somewhere, Lowrie?"

Lawrence wiped his mouth with a napkin and answered, "Yeah. I gotta help my best friend woo his woman."

"Really? Which friend? Do we know him?" another man asked with great interest. Lawrence had many friends.

Looking at him with a mysterious smile, Lawrence kept that information to himself. He said, "I'm taking off now. Enjoy your meal."

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Back at Maria's ward, no one was comfortable.

It was pretty awkward in that room. James didn't say a word. Neither did Maria. The only sound came from the TV, alternating between a TV show and ads.

In order not to disturb the two, Summer stood at the door.

A moment later, James looked at the woman and asked, "Why did you drug me? When did you do it?"

Maria didn't have anything to hide. She answered indifferently, "Just like you said. I was using you. The drug was on my lips."

And there was no antidote for that kind of drug, so she was also drugged. After they had sex, he was exhausted and fell asleep. Hence, she let Stella in.

She had a blood transfusion to detoxify herself later, so she woke up before he did.

He was not happy after hearing her answer. His demeanor was icy, his gaze cold. He glared at her, but there was no trace of guilt on her face. She had a complacent look instead. She felt that she did the right thing. Fighting the rage rising inside him, he finally uttered, "You know what you did was wrong, huh?"

If she at least nodded, he would reluctantly forgive her this time.

However, Maria's pale lips were shut tight, ignoring his question. James waited for what seemed like an eternity, but she wouldn't admit her mistake at all.

A few minutes later, Lawrence walked into the ward. Maria finally broke her silence. She complained sweetly, "I'm starving! What took you so long?"

With two bags in his hands, Lawrence walked in. Before leaving the restaurant, he found a waiter in the corridor and ordered two dishes for takeout.

The woman's bratty tone made James frown deeply.

Lawrence nodded at James. "I'm sorry. I got stuck in traffic," he apologized. He put the food on the table nearby.

Traffic? Maria reacted quickly and smiled. "If I knew that earlier, I wouldn't have made you go so far. Well, I forgive you. Are they ready? They smell yummy!"

"Alright." When he was about to grab a pair of chopsticks, Lawrence turned around to hide his guilty smile.

They were talking to each other like a normal couple, which made the dour-faced CEO frown even more. He pressed his thin lips tightly and saw that Lawrence took out the dishes and placed them on the overbed table in front of Maria.

He barely even remembered that James was also in the room, Lawrence faked a cough and asked, "James, have you had lunch yet?"

James cast a cold glance at him and asked, "When did you two get together?"

This woman was in his bed two days ago. He didn't believe that the two had hooked up with each other that quickly.

Lawrence's first reaction was to glance at Maria. He was really not good at lying.

Noticing that he was quietly asking for help, Maria swallowed the food in her mouth and looked back at him. 'You really want me to answer? All right,' she thought evilly. She answered calmly, "Lawrence had a crush on me a long time ago. But because we were married, he wouldn't touch me."

James lowered his head, lost in thought. 'Lawrence liked Maria a long time ago?

That's why he's been helping her, isn't it?' It made sense. James was convinced.

Lawrence stood there with a smile on his face at first, but he started frowning. Maria was taking this too far. He wanted to help his best friend out, but he didn't want James mad at him. He shot a glare at Maria.

Ignoring the warning in Lawrence's eyes, Maria took a sip of water and added, "But the moment you sent killers to deal with me, you killed the old Maria. You tried to kill me. Lawrence rescued me. He drove me to the hospital. See the difference? I'm not stupid. Lawrence loves me and cares about me. Why would I choose you over him?"

Lawrence took a step forward and chimed in, "Excuse me, I need to say something." He was going to try and salvage this. He didn't want to lose his friend over this silly ruse. He was hoping to set the record straight with James.

But James acted faster than he did. "Don't bother," he said coldly and left the ward.

Watching his back, Lawrence was speechless. He wondered why he sided with Maria. Now he lost his friend.

Seeing the man disappear, Maria hurriedly pushed the overbed table aside and said helplessly, "I can't eat these dishes. Fried pork with chopped pepper? Braised pork? Seriously? I need good, healing food." That spicy greasy food was not suitable for a patient at all.

Fortunately, James didn't pay attention to what she was eating just now, or he would have figured it out. Apparently Lawrence didn't take as good care of her as she claimed.

In fact, as soon as he was prepping the food for Maria, Lawrence already had his suspicions. Since James just stood there watching them, Lawrence could do nothing. 'Til call the nurse," he said, pulling out his cell phone.

"No, thanks. I gave her the day off today." Maria had some work to do. She decided to skip lunch and order something better for dinner.

"Since you've already dragged me into the mire, remember to visit my tomb on Memorial Day every year, " Lawrence said. He sounded wronged. He walked to sit on the edge of the bed, smoothing his short hair helplessly.

He was wondering when he had become so kind-hearted. He even had time to play matchmaker for his best friend.

Maria knew what he was referring to, but she didn't agree with him. She said, "Don't worry. He won't do anything to you."

"All right. Then you have to be careful." If James knew they had cooperated and lied to him, the vengeful man wouldn't let them off the hook.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Maria assured him confidently.

Lawrence heaved a sigh. He was trying to stay positive, but it wasn't working. He wasn't optimistic by nature.

At the door of the in-patient department, Summer broke into a jog to catch up with James.

She wondered why he was angry again. He was totally fine when he came to see Maria earlier. Did Lawrence and Maria annoy him? She studied James' expression and couldn't quite tell.

While Summer was trying to figure out what was going on, James suddenly stopped. "Give me the car keys."

"What? Mr. Xi, aren't we going back together?"

"No!"

Summer gaped, pulling out the car keys and handing them over to him. 'What about me?' she wondered.

Two minutes later, Summer watched the Harkim zoom off, and an idea hit her like a lightning bolt. She took another look at the in-patient department behind her. 'Oh, Mr. Xi, did you want me to stay and take care of Maria?'

She decided to seize the moment, and walked back to the in-patient department.

In the ward, after Summer came back, Maria told Lawrence to go home and get some rest.

"Maria, Mr. Xi was pretty pissed. What did you do to him?" Summer asked. She sat on the bed, and looked at Maria expectantly.

Maria thought for a while and answered, "I guess he's mad at me for drugging him."

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