Chapter 95 Solve It ASAP


    Alina suddenly stopped talking because of the sight that met her eyes.


    Maria and James both were all too familiar with the voice. Maria didn''t stop kissing James. In fact,


    she hugged him tighter.


    Maria''s eyes shed with malice. The next moment, she let go of him and said, "Ouch! Honey, be


    gentle. It hurts!"


    "What are you doing?" Alina yelled. She heard rumors about them and believed that they had sex,


    and she tried to be cool about it. However, when she saw what was going on with her own eyes,


    she couldn''t keep her calm.


    Watching Maria hang all over James like that, Alina was incensed. Rage boiled inside her, and tears


    rolled down her cheeks.


    Maria looked at Alina with a scornful smile. She kept up the act. "Mr. Xi, your girlfriend''s here, but I


    don''t think she gets it. Maybe you can make her understand. I wasn''t feeling good, so you gave me


    a massage."


    James didn''t say anything. He never thought Maria could be so mean.


    He disengaged from her arms and straightened his suit. He seemed subdued, totally different from


    the arrogant, savage man who kissed her moments ago.


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    Maria got off the desk, flipped her long hair indifferently. Then she walked over to the weeping


    woman. She still had that evil look. "Alina, I''m sorry. I shouldn''t have done that. My bad. I should


    have locked the door."


    Ever since she got back in town, Alina had been a bitch to her. Maria just wanted to give her a taste


    of her own medicine.


    No woman could keep calm when she saw the man she loved in another woman''s arms. Neither


    could Alina. Besides, Maria kept provoking her. Alina raised her hand to give her a good p.


    But she missed.


    Maria ran back to James. She held him in her arms andined to him in an exaggerated


    childlike voice, "Oh, James! She''s so mean! You''re my ex. We''re not together. Tell her!"


    Knowing what she was doing, James felt a headacheing on. He peeled her arms from him and


    said, "You should leave now."


    "All right! I''ll take off. Remember our


    appointment tonight! Love you!" Maria stood on tiptoe and wanted to kiss James again, but he held


    her at bay with one hand. He cast a warning nce at Maria, but she didn''t mind. She smiled as


    she walked out.


    While passing Alina, Maria smiled enchantingly and arrogantly at her. Alina red back at her.


    ''Hey, when you seduced my husband and


    showed off years ago, did you think of what


    might happen?'' Maria''s inner voice asked.


    After Maria left, the office fell into an awkward silence. Neither James nor Alina spoke.


    After a while, Alina couldn''t hold it in anymore. She wiped her face and asked the man


    desperately, "James, we agreed you could fool around with anyone. Anyone but Maria."


    Standing in front of the French window, James turned and looked at the crying woman.


    Somehow, he felt a little annoyed. He strode back to his desk, took a document from the drawer,


    and ced it on the desk. After thinking for a while, he said, "It''s all my fault. You did nothing wrong.


    This is an important contract. Give it to your father."


    Alina was only confused for a few seconds, and suddenly had a bad feeling about this. She wiped


    her tears and asked in a trembling voice, "James, what are you doing?"


    James looked her in the eye and said, "Maria and I have a long history." Unfortunately, that history


    got in between him and Alina. He hurt her without meaning to. He had sent Maria back to her hotel


    room. He had raped her. And he had kissed her moments ago. If Alina hadn''t barged in, he was


    pretty sure he would have gone all the way with Maria. He underestimated how much of a hold


    Maria had on him. It was unfair to all three of them if it went on like this.


    James believed the problem should be solved ASAP.


    Alina''s heart sank fast. She shook her head and tried to deny this was even happening.


    In case it wasn''t obvious, he decided to juste out and say it. "The engagement is off!" Short


    and to the point. Like always.


    He was always a man with few words, and he meant every word he said. His style in love was the


    same.


    "No, no, James..." Alina ran to him like a lunatic and held him tightly. "If you want to be with Maria, I


    can handle that! Please, don''t abandon me, okay?"


    James neither pulled her away nor held her back tofort her. "We can''t go on like this," he said


    in a t tone.


    Arms wrapped around him, Alina said between sobs, "You told me a long time ago you didn''t love


    me. I get that, and I''m fine with it. But don''t leave me. If you really don''t want to hurt me, you should


    keep away from Maria. You can''t let her get between us, James!"


    The man said nothing. He couldn''t help thinking of Maria. He wondered how a simple woman like


    her could destroy his engagement to Alina.


    "Don''t worry about me," she continued. "I''m more worried about you! She killed Arthur! You can''t


    forget that she did that. It''s so unfair to your kid. James, I was heartbroken too when Arthur left. It


    was all Maria''s fault! If she hadn''t screwed up like that, Arthur would be seven now..."


    Alina''s words hit him like a bolt of lightning. James'' eyes widened as if he had just been jolted


    awake from a nightmare. ''She''s not wrong. What the hell am I doing?'' He couldn''t believe he let


    Maria do this to him.


    Pulling away from the woman in his arms, he said, "Go home, please." He needed to think it over—


    alone.


    Alina knew that her words worked. She nodded obediently and said, "Okay, James. I know you


    have a lot to chew on. Don''t worry. No matter what happens, I''m here with you!"


    "Thank you," replied James with a slight nod.


    After Alina left, James sat at his desk and went through a litany of things that had happened since


    Maria blew back in town.


    Finally, he made a decision. He would never let a woman who had made a huge mistake keep him


    from moving on.


    But James didn''t know how deep Maria had her ws in him.


    He made an executive decision then and there. He would never let her get close to him again. The


    next day he went out looking for hookers, to prove that his loss of control when Maria seduced him


    was because he had been horny for too long. But Maria showed up and ruined those ns.


    In Room 666 of Leopard Club


    Wearing a pair of white sneakers, Ethan walked out of the room, hands in his pockets. He looked as


    if he was lost in thought.


    "Mr. Nan, what can I do for you?"


    A manager approached him. Ethan pulled him aside, casting furtive nces around the hallway.


    Sure that no one was listening, he said, "Find some hot looking whores. They need to be good and


    they need to be clean. Can you do that?"


    "I got it, Mr. Nan. May I ask who wants them?" He''d have more luck if he knew what the customer


    wanted.


    As a frequent patron of the Leopard Club, Ethan had never ordered women before. The manager


    was sure it was not for him.


    Ethan looked around again and then whispered in his ear, "James Xi!"