Chapter 134 Lonely And Helpless
James wiped his mouth and reluctantly uttered, "Hmm!"
"You are lucky. If I fancied Western food, I would never have brought the food to you," Lawrence
said.
At the sound of that, James eyes darkened as he put his hands down slowly. "What do you mean?"
"Maria prepared me breakfast. But it''s all Western food, so I brought it to you while it''s still hot. I
guess you owe me a thank you."
James was taken aback. As if he had swallowed a fly, his face gradually hardened before he
barked, "Get out!"
That was the first time he had breakfast made by Maria. However, it was Lawrence who brought it
to him because he didn''t like the food. All of a sudden, James felt sick.
"All right!" Seeing the dark look on the man''s face, Lawrence was satisfied. Then he asked, "Do you
still want me to bring you breakfast tomorrow morning?"
James held himself back from punching Lawrence and said between his teeth, "You''d better carry
out a mission in another city soon." At least this way, he wouldn''t be around to provoke him so
deliberately.
With a smile, Lawrence answered, "Don''t worry, I''ll leave soon. But can I ask you to take care of
Maria for me while I''m gone?"
"Can''t you stop worrying about Maria?" James asked.
"No, not when she''s all lonely and helpless. But if you take care of her for me, I won''t have to worry
about her, will I?" Lawrence''s words held more meaning than they sounded on the surface. If James
were willing to remarry Maria, he would be d to step back and leave the two alone.
James cast a cold nce at him and ordered, "Get out! Now!"
"Okay, I''m already gone!" Lawrence didn''t hesitate to walk out of his best friend''s office. After all,
James had already had his breakfast, and therefore, his mission this morning wasplete.
As he left the HL Group, Lawrence looked back at the towering building and chuckled.
''James, you''re so smart, but you have no idea that Maria made breakfast especially for you,'' he
thought. Earlier in the morning, he was jogging when Maria interrupted him and asked if he could
take breakfast to James. The woman could barely look him in the eye as she handed him the box,
embarrassed to admit that she had prepared everything for James.
After that, it took him a while toe up with a convincing excuse to deliver breakfast to James.
As he remembered it, Lawrence shook his head helplessly and drove away.
That same day, Maria went to Qi Group.
It was the third time that she showed up at thepany since Colby handed over the project to her.
Fortunately, everything was already settled, so she just came over to sign the contract.
However, as soon as Maria walked into the meeting room, she spotted the well-dressed Dani
and her assistant.
Maria whispered to the secretary who led her in, "What is she doing here?"
The secretary followed her gaze and asked, "Do you mean Dani Song? She recently started a
partnership with ourpany to take some photos during her travels. She''s also here to sign a
contract."
"Oh, I see!" Maria nodded. It seemed that Dani was doing well in her career, after all.
As she heard some footsteps in the room, Dani looked towards the door and noticed her sister in
a sky-blue suiting in. With a sarcastic smile, she said, "Oh, it''s you, Maria. What are you doing
here?"
Maria sat down next to Dani and answered casually, "What else would I be doing here if not
business?"
"What kind of business do you have with Qi Group?"
Maria smiled but ignored her. She didn''t owe Dani any exnation.
Noticing her attitude, Dani was enraged. ''Who the hell does Maria think she is? She doesn''t even
have a family to support her anymore. What gives her the right to behave so arrogantly?''
Then Dani couldn''t help but judge that Maria was proud because she had slept with too many
rich men in exchange for a few favors. As far as she was concerned, Maria was a slut.
Sometimeter, an employee put a document on the table in front of Maria and said, "Ms. Song, I''m
sorry for keeping you waiting. There was something wrong with the printer, but here is the final
version of our contract. Please have a look."
Maria nodded, taking the contract over as she read it carefully.
Upon hearing that, Dani sneered inwardly, ''Ms. Song? I could almost believe she is a real
businesswoman!''
At the same time, Dani''s contract was also handed to her. "Ms. Song, the contract has been
changed ording to your requirements. If there''s nothing wrong with it, please sign it."
Picking up the pen beside her, Dani turned to thest page without reading through the
document and tried to sign her name with no sess.
Perhaps the ink dried out since she couldn''t write anything.
Dani shook the pen casually and then tried to write again. She managed toplete her first
name, but after that, she couldn''t write another character.
At that moment, Maria finished reading the contract and signed her name on it. Then she stood up
to leave.
Staring at the pen in her hand, a wicked smile shed across Dani''s face. This time, she
positioned the pen towards Maria and shook it hard.
Maria had just turned around to put the chair back in its original ce when she felt two small drops
of liquid sprinkling on her face. Looking down at her clothes, she noticed several ck stains on her
suit.
With a frown, she nced at Dani in time to see a smug smile on her face. Quickly, she
pretended to be sorry. "Oh! What kind of pen did you give me? Look at Maria! It sttered ink on
her! I''m sorry, Maria. I didn''t mean to do that."
She sounded so phony that the employees from Qi Group in the room exchanged sickened
nces.
Maria stood still with a sullen look on her face as the secretary hurried to clean up her suit.
Her eyes were so cold that Dani, who was all smug a second ago, suddenly freaked out under
the woman''s deadly gaze.
At this time, Maria stopped the secretary from wiping her suit jacket and said, "Please bring me a
basin full of ink. Thank you!"
The secretary was stunned for a moment. Although she didn''t know what Maria was going to do,
she still followed the instruction.
The smile on Dani''s face froze as she began to panic. "Maria, what do you n to do?"
"What do I n?" As she spoke, Maria took off her suit jacket and was left only in a white silk tank
top, revealing her good shape.
Putting the stained coat on the back of the chair beside her, she picked up a tissue and wiped the
ink droplets off her face unhurriedly.
"I didn''t do that on purpose. Don''t you think you''re going too far with this?" Dani had an idea of
what Maria nned to do as she panickedpletely.
Maria, in turn, nced at her indifferently and smiled. "And what exactly am I doing? What are you
afraid of?"
"I''m not afraid of anything, but if you have to take every little thing so seriously, this makes you a
petty and narrow-minded person, Maria!" Despite the words she said, Dani stood up and turned
around, walking fast towards the door. She was quite afraid that Maria would take revenge on her.
"Stop her!" Maria unexpectedly ordered the employees. Although they worked for Qi Group, the
woman''smand was too strong to be ignored. They all ran to the door to block Dani''s way.
As Dani kept walking, she threatened, "Don''t you dare to stop me! My father and Mr. Qi are good
friends!"
By the time the employees were beginning to hesitate whether they should stop Dani or not, the
secretary came back with a basin of ink in her hands. "Ms. Song, I''m sorry. That''s all we have."
She spent thest few minutes asking her coworkers to pour as much ink as they could find in the
basin. After all, people nowadays mostly used electronic devices and didn''t need to print so many
papers.
Maria approached her and looked at the ck ink covering the bottom of the basin. With a nod, she
said, "It''s enough!"
Dani was about to walk out of the door when Maria picked up the pace and reached out to grab
her arm. As fast as Dani tried to go, her high heels slowed her down. It was really easy to catch
up with her.
Startled by Maria''s behavior, Dani screamed, "Let go of me!"Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g!