Chapter 45 Jaws Of Death


    Soon, the door was opened. But it was Lorenzo who opened it.


    Maria was taken aback. She didn''t expect to see him here. Moreover, he was only wearing a shirt.


    She cleared her throat. "Are you and James together?" she asked.


    Lorenzo''s brows creased in confusion. But then, he impatiently asked, "What?"


    Instead of answering him, Maria pushed him aside and rushed inside. And much to her surprise,


    James was sitting leisurely on the sofa. He was working on hisptop with his legs crossed. She


    raised an eyebrow, wondering what he was doing there. He was supposed to be having sex with


    Ms. Li.


    James red at Maria gloomily, but thetter just ignored it. She poked her head into the bedroom


    and blurted out, "So soon?"


    Lorenzo, who was now standing behind her, was still full of confusion. But James, on the other


    hand, understood what she meant. He clenched his fists and called out her name through clenched


    teeth. "Maria Song!"


    He still remembered what Maria had done to him earlier.


    Maria turned to look at him and nodded. "What''s up?" She then trotted over to the sofa and sat


    down next to him. With a serious look on her face, she asked in a surprised tone, "Are you impotent


    now because of wallowing in sex in the past?"


    After she spat those words out, she looked around. As her gaze moved from James to Lorenzo and


    back, she sensed something wrong.


    James closed hisptop and said to Lorenzo, "Close the door when you go out."


    Lorenzo, who immediately understood what he meant, replied, "Yes, Mr. Xi." Before he turned


    around, he cast Maria a disdainful look. He then walked towards the door and left the room.


    Noticing Maria''s dull look, Lorenzo couldn''t help thinking, ''Maria Song, you''re such a fool. You will


    definitely be taught a lesson this time.''


    Click! Maria heard the sound of the door being locked. It was only then that she realized that


    Lorenzo was gone. She was left alone with James in the room. As soon as she saw his gloomy


    expression, she jumped up from the sofa at once.


    "Mr. Xi...well...urn... I would like to apologize for the misunderstanding," she stammered. ''Maria, you


    are such an idiot. You don''t deserve being trained by Norman. You are a stupid woman,'' she


    scolded herself inwardly.


    James'' suite was neat and clean, and he was appropriately dressed up. Obviously, he didn''t have


    sex with Ms. Li. It was most likely that he had driven Ms. Li away.


    James slowly stood up, pulled out his tie, and unbuttoned his shirt with one hand.


    As his muscr chest partly came into view, Maria swallowed hard. ''James Xi, you are finally in the


    jaws of death!'' she screamed in her mind. She couldn''t deny the fact that he was still her cup of tea.


    She was obsessed with his every move. He was so charming in her eyes.


    With a straight face, James threw his tie on the sofa, rolled up his sleeves, and reached out to grab


    Maria, who was at a loss fancying on him.


    Maria came back to her senses. She was not that naive not to know that he wanted to hug her and


    make love to her. Hence, the moment she noticed that he would attack her, she leaned back to


    dodge him.


    Maria did her best to avoid him. But unfortunately, James was determined to teach her a lesson


    today, so he continued to seize her.


    Eventually, they had a brawl in the living room of his presidential suite. Maria braced herself to deal


    with James. She found an opportunity to kick off her high heels, and she felt morefortable


    struggling against him. When she caught sight of the door on the other side, she thought of


    escaping as soon as possible.


    That was the right thing to do. She had to stay away from him before he could seed with his evil


    n. When she had sneaked in Fairview Vist time, she had already know she was no match for


    James in fighting. Now she could only run as fast as she could to avoid his punishment.


    After a two-minute scuffle, Maria was finally pushed on the sofa with her face down. James then


    pressed her legs with his knees, pushed her back with one hand, and grabbed his tie with the other.


    No matter how much she resisted, he was able to sessfully tie her hands.


    "James Xi, let go of me! Just because I didn''t offer you my help, you are doing this to me? I didn''t


    know that you are so narrow-minded!" Maria yelled at James, ignoring the fact that she was the one


    who made him mad.


    "I should throw you on Mr. Zheng''s bed. What do you think?" James snapped as he looked at her


    indifferently. She was still struggling under his knees.


    Understanding what he meant, Maria felt a little anxious. "James Xi, if you don''t let me go now, I


    swear, I''ll haunt you even if I die."


    James smiled cruelly and said, "I''ll take note of that. Remember toe back often after you die."


    He then took out his phone and called Lorenzo. "Bring two men with you. Tell them that I want this


    woman to be thrown in the middle of the sea."


    This time, Maria got more anxious. She realized that her pertinacity and resistance could only turn


    James into a beast. So she tried to change her strategy. She stopped struggling and burst into


    tears. "Okay, I give up. I think it''s only best to end my life this way."


    Perhaps her sudden change of attitude really worked because James looked at her confusedly.


    Seeing this, Maria put up a pitiful look as if she had given up all the hopes to live.


    "After all, it''s been six years that I haven''t seen Arthur. I''m missing him so badly each day," she


    continued. ''Arthur, I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I really don''t want to make use of you, but your


    daddy has been so cruel to me,'' Maria apologized to herte son inwardly.


    Because of her words, the atmosphere in the room suddenly changed. A trace of anger shed


    across James'' eyes as he yelled, "You don''t deserve to mention his name!"


    He was so angry, not at Maria but himself. While watching Maria grieving for Arthur, he felt so


    ufortable, which made him scold himself. In the end, he just convinced himself that he felt this


    way because he was too sorry for his son.


    Soon enough, Lorenzo arrived with the two men. He had already anticipated this to happen. Maria


    had annoyed James so much, so he knew that she wouldn''t walk out of his suite safe and sound.


    When the doorbell rang, James and Maria looked at the door simultaneously, knowing who were


    outside.


    But James didn''t move. And since Maria was still pressed under his knees, she couldn''t move


    either.


    She wanted to continue putting an act, but what he said just now instantly made her angry. "Why


    don''t I deserve to mention his name? Arthur is my son! I carried him for almost ten months in my


    belly and gave birth to him. How about you? You were just a sperm contributor. And when I was


    pregnant, you were always busy. I didn''t know if it was because of your work or because you were


    hanging out with Alina. You weren''t there in most times that I needed you. You seldom showed up


    even in my prenatal checkups. Did you even know how hard it was for me?"


    Summer''s words rang out in James'' mind. "Maria had a difficult time. She couldn''t keep anything


    down. Even the smell of the food made her rush to the bathroom."


    But what about him at that time? He was the happiest man because his grandfather had finally


    handed over the HL Group to him. Because of the baby in Maria''s belly, he got everything he


    wanted. He didn''t realize that she had a difficult life at that time.


    "People med me for what happened to Arthur. Even if Arthur died because I didn''t take good


    care of him, I didn''t mean it. Why do you hate me so much? When we were married, I was always


    loyal to you. I was a filial daughter-inw to your parents. James Xi, please be man enough to just


    let me go. From now on, I won''t bother you anymore."


    All of a sudden, Maria felt the weight on her legs was removed.


    But she didn''t get up at once because she was a little tired after lying on her stomach and roaring


    for quite a while. She gasped for air and continued, "If I didn''t love you anymore, I wouldn''t have


    come back and bothered you like this." This time, her voice was calm, with no trace of anger.


    Despite Maria''s confession of love, James remained emotionless. He pursed his lips and stared at


    her half-naked back.


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    Ever since she came back to H City, she seemed to like showing her back to everyone. She was


    always dressed like this every time he saw her.


    Maria was not like this before. When they were still together, she usually liked wearing street


    clothes. She had never been this revealing.


    Maybe she was wearing these kinds of clothes now to seduce more men. At the thought of this, fury


    surged up in James'' heart.


    Maria had no idea what was in his mind. With her long disheveled hair, she looked up at him and


    said, "James, you''d better keep your glory like this all your life. Make sure that you won''t fall into my


    hands one day. Because if that happens..." She paused as she lost the courage to finish what she


    wanted to say.