Chapter 121 Against The Odds


    Walking towards Dani, Maria grabbed the bank card from her hand and asked coldly, "What does


    it have anything to do with you?" Then she handed it back to Gordon and told him, "Grandpa, keep


    it safe. Don''t let anyone steal it from you!"


    At that moment, Dani looked like a cat whose tail was stepped on. "Maria Song, what are you


    trying to say?" There were only three people in the ward, so it was safe to assume that Maria meant


    to attack Dani with those words.


    Maria sneered, "I''m talking about you, Dani! If you don''t have anywhere to be now, then you


    should stay at the hospital and take care of Grandpa. Stop going around and making a fuss about


    nothing!"


    "What do you mean by going around? Are you talking about my job?" Dani asked defiantly.


    She was a travel blogger with millions of followers on social media. Her job was to post photos of all


    the ces she visited and the dishes she tried worldwide.


    As Maria didn''t want to mince words with Dani in front of their grandfather, she simply turned to


    the old man and said, "Grandpa, have a nice rest. I''m leaving now, but call me if you need


    anything."


    Although Gordon wanted her to stay a little longer, he didn''t want to make her ufortable and


    force her to endure the presence of other Song family members she didn''t wish to run into. Now that


    Dani came in and interrupted the peace anyway, there was no reason for Maria to stay. So he


    nodded. "Okay. Be careful on the way.


    "I will. Bye, Grandpa!" With those words, Maria turned around and walked towards the door.


    Dani opened her mouth to mock Maria once more before she was gone, but Gordon stopped


    her. "Dani, will you get a banana for me? Thanks."


    Looking at the shadow of the woman who had just walked out of the ward, Dani gave the fruit to


    her grandfather andined, "Grandpa, she''s no longer a member of our family, so why are you


    still so good to her?"


    With a meaningful smile on his face, Gordon answered, "Dani, Maria gave me the ck card


    even though I''ve never given her anything before. I didn''t even help her when that ident


    happened a long time ago. As for you, I''ve been supporting you all these years. Are you sure she''s


    the person I''m being good to?" He couldn''t help feeling guilty about it.


    Dani, on the other hand, didn''t know how to respond to her grandfather''s words.


    It was true that she had spent a lot of his money. No matter how much she earned with her blog, it


    was never enough to cover all her expenses. ine and Gordon had been supporting Dani


    financially all these years. As for Maria, Dani had never seen Gordon give her a single penny in


    her life. If she continued to bitch about this matter, Maria''s words would turn out to be true, and she


    would be making a fuss about nothing. Therefore, she kept her mouth shut.


    On her way out of the hospital, Maria called her driver. Once she got into the car, she sent two


    pictures notifying Alina about her "abortion."


    Soon, five million dors were transferred to her ount. Looking at her bnce, Mariaughed.


    Alina was really a fool who happened to have a lot of money.


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    She should have asked for fifty million instead, and her idiotic cousin would have transferred it to


    her right away.


    At this time, James'' bodyguard knocked on her window. Pressing it down, she asked "What now?"


    The bodyguard hesitated for a moment but finally said, "Ms. Song, Mr. Xi wants to see you."


    "Okay, lead the way!"


    Maria said, closing the window next.


    The bodyguard was rendered speechless. As a matter of fact, she was supposed to get out of her


    car and follow him to the vehicle James had sent.


    But before the bodyguard coulde to his senses again, Maria''s car had already driven away.


    The next moment, the man waved to the two other cars waiting outside the hospital, and soon they


    caught up with Maria.


    Maria had never nned to follow James'' bodyguards'' cars. If she had gone with them, it would be


    against the odds that she would escape.


    However, in the end, she still had underestimated James'' cruelty.


    It was not until the other three cars forced hers to stop in an isted suburban area that Maria


    realized that James wanted her dead.


    Seeing more of a dozen strong, tattooed men getting out of their cars, Maria judged from their


    outfits that those were professional killers. As Maria remained silent in the back seat, her driver kept


    asking her anxiously what to do.


    With her heart bleeding, she came to understand that she couldn''t afford to offend James.


    Pulling out her cell phone, she quickly sent a message to Colby. Then she turned it off and tossed


    the device away.


    Maria knew there was no easy way to escape that situation, so she opened the back door and got


    out of the car.


    Immediately, the men surrounded her.


    In order to gain the upper hand, Maria took off her high heels and threw each of them at two of the


    men.


    They weren''t expecting she would be so fast to attack, let alone that she would have hit them so


    forcefully.


    After that, the battle officially started.


    Although Maria had already been mentally prepared for the fight, the moment she exchanged the


    first punch with one of the men, she couldn''t help cursing James in her heart a million times.


    The group of men were indeed skilled, and therefore, they were dozens of times more difficult to


    handle than those bodyguards James had sent to her in the past.


    Meanwhile, in HL Group''s CEO office, James had just hung up the phone with one of the


    bodyguards, who informed him that Maria had already been intercepted by his men. Afterward,


    James went back to reading the documents on his desk with a nk face.


    A few minutester, there was a knock on the door, and Alina came in.


    In between sobs, Alina looked at James and told him, "James, I couldn''t stop Maria. She went to the


    hospital and..."


    "And?"


    "She said she had no feelings for you, and she had an abortion."


    James frowned upon the realization that the woman had lied again. "Is there anything else?"


    "Look at it yourself!" Pretending to be sad, Alina showed him the pictures Maria had sent her on her


    phone.


    In the first photo, there was an abortion operation sheet with Maria''s signature at the bottom.


    For a moment, James felt the urge to apud Maria.


    "It was just an innocent life. How could Maria be so cruel? I know she''s short of money, but I could


    have lent it to her!" Alina sighed, sounding regretful.


    "So you gave her money?"


    "Yes. She told me she needed some time to recover from the abortion, so I gave her five million


    dors."


    As James quietly watched Alina''s performance, he had to admit that Maria wasn''t the only great


    actress among them.


    While she pretended to be pregnant to get the money for a fake abortion, Alina pretended to be sad


    and care about his baby''s life.


    Did these two take him for an idiot? Since when had all the women around him be such good


    actresses? He wondered if he should introduce them to the entertainmentpany sponsored by


    HL Group so they could beunched to stardom.


    "What else did she say?" James wanted to hear more in order to add extra fuel to his anger. Only


    this way would he be able to convince himself that he made the right decision to kill Maria.


    "She told me that you hates to brush your teeth or wash your face and that your breath stinks."


    Alina knew Maria was lying. She might not have slept with James yet, but she had held him before


    and never caught the bad scent Maria described. In fact, he had always smelled great.


    James clenched his fists. ''Good job, Maria Song!'' He nodded with satisfaction. Maria didn''t


    disappoint him.


    After making use of him multiple times, she threatened him and even dared to drug him. If he didn''t


    kill this woman right now, she would continue ruining his reputation.


    "James, this woman is so vicious! Just be careful in the future. Don''t get her pregnant again. If you


    really want a baby, I can..."


    James interrupted her. "She won''t get pregnant again."


    Because one way or another, Maria was going to disappear.


    If she happened to be lucky and survive, she would leave H City once and for all.


    But if she weren''t so fortunate, she would vanish from the face of the earth pretty soon.


    As Alina thought James wasforting her, she heaved a sigh of relief. With a smile, she walked


    towards him and held his arm. "James, I''m so happy that we''re going to get engaged!"


    "Hmm." James nodded, feeling inexplicably upset.


    Alina noticed that James wasn''t in the mood to keep talking to her, so she said goodbye and left his


    office. After the door was closed, James put down his pen.


    He turned to look at the clouded sky outside. It seemed that it was going to rain at any time.


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    Ophelia EKEfi