Chapter 138 Car ident
Alina, of course, got into James'' Harkim. As soon as the car drove away from the hotel, she looked
at his expressionless face and deliberately said, "Scott''s bride is so beautiful today. I really envy her.
James, when we get married, are we going to have a Western-style wedding or Chinese one?"
James was a little stunned when he heard the word wedding. He looked out of the window and
answered, "Either."
He was suddenly reminded of Maria and his wedding. They had a Western-style one because she
had personally requested it.
"Okay. Let''s just talk about it after our engagement party." Alina held his arm and rested her head on
his shoulder. "James, I''m so happy. Maria has finally let go of you, and we are getting engaged
soon."
James remained silent.
"As long as Maria won''t take you away from me, I will treat her well, just like my own sister."
Her excessive talking somehow annoyed James. He replied nasally, "Hmm."
Gordon was taking a walk as usual in HQ Road''s sports park.
Aside from exercising, he intentionally wandered around every day, hoping to meet Augustine and
Charlotte again.
Not long after, he ran into Augustine and Charlotte the second time.
Standing opposite them, Gordon pretended to be surprised. "Augustine? Charlotte?"
Augustine and his wife were also surprised to see him. Augustine asked, "Gordon? What are you
doing here?"
Gordon put on a mncholic look and replied, "I moved out of Chandler''s house. I''m getting older,
and I don''t want to cause any trouble for my children. Chandler bought a house here for me to live
in."
"What a coincidence! We also live here. Actually, we have been living here all the time." The truth
was, Augustine was a little confused. Almost all his friends knew that he and Charlotte lived here.
He wondered if Gordon really didn''t know about it.
"Oh, I see. Then it only means that we will be neighbors from now on." Gordon looked very happy.
Augustine turned to Charlotte and said, "Dear, look! I have another chess mate."
Charlotte nodded and replied, "Good for you." She then turned to Gordon and asked, "Gordon, are
you out for a walk?"
"Yes."
Then the three of them turned around and slowly walked along the same path while chatting
nonstop.
When they were about to part, Gordon touched his forehead as if he remembered something. He
then said, "Oh, by the way, Maria bought me a set of chess made from rosewood. Augustine, do
you want to y chess with me tomorrow?"
"Sure, why not?" Augustine didn''t think too much. He agreed without hesitation.
The next afternoon, Augustine and Charlotte came to Gordon''s house to y chess. While ying,
Gordon kept praising Maria for her kindness and filial piety in every possible way. It was only then
that Augustine saw through his real purpose.
Not only Augustine but also Charlotte realized it. The couple exchanged nces and smiled at each
other. But they didn''t ask Gordon to confirm.
It turned out that Gordon had a purpose. And his purpose was not simple.
But actually, he didn''t need to do something. After all, Augustine and Charlotte were also on Maria''s
side.
Recently, Colby had proven that Maria was really capable. She had seeded in the few projects
that he assigned to her. Thus, he learned to trust her more and more. As a matter of fact, he just
gave her a new project two days ago. This time, he wanted to use her to build up hisworks,
especially with HM Group''s business.
Maria went out for a business meeting with HM Group today. As soon as the meeting ended, she
returned to the car. She received a call from an unknown number. She answered it, and the person
on the other end of the line said, "Hello? Is this Maria?"
"Yes, it''s me. Who''s this?"
"Maria, this is your aunt Ann."
''Aunt Ann?'' Maria tried to recall who the woman was.
After a moment, she finally remembered. Ann was a short and chubby woman in her fifties. She had
three kids. When Maria was little, she ate a couple of times at Ann''s house.
"What''s up?" Maria asked.
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''Aunt Candice has passed away?'' The expression on Maria''s face slightly changed. "Why is it so
sudden? What happened to her?"
Ann didn''t mean that much to her. But Candice was special in her heart. When she was little and
still lived in the countryside, Candice spent most of her time taking care of her.
"s, she had cancer. She just passed awayst night. I also called your mother. I asked several
people for your phone number. Finally..." Ann kept babbling on the phone about how much pain
Candice had suffered before passing away. She also told Maria a lot of things about Candice after
Maria moved to H City.
Maria lived in the countryside until she was eight years old. Since her grandmother was too old, her
rtives from her mother''s side took turns in taking care of her after ine moved to H City.
In short, she was raised by the whole vige. But it was Candice who took care of her the most.
Although Candice also didn''t treat her that well, she was much betterpared to her other
rtives.
After chattering for a while, Ann said that she hoped that Maria could go back to the countryside for
the funeral. She then hung up.
Maria didn''t agree or object. After thinking for a while, she started the engine and left the parking lot.
In fact, she didn''t want to go back to that ce anymore. She had so many painful memories there.
The memories of her mother''s whip, her father''s ruthlessness, and her rtives'' ridicule flooded her
mind all of a sudden.
Maria was contemting whether to go to the funeral or not when a figure from nowhere suddenly
rushed out to the road. She stepped on the brakes reflexively. The tires of her car made a harsh
sound.
Bang!
It was toote for her to stop. She had already hit someone.
Maria was a little muddled. She had run a stop light.
Obviously, it was her fault.
''I hit someone. What should I do?''
She hurriedly took out her phone to call the police. But she was so scared stiff that she didn''t notice
that she pressed James'' number.
Although she never called him, she had saved his number on her phone.
Bang!
Maria was startled when someone mmed her car window. When she turned to look, she saw a
man ring at her. She quickly rolled down the car window.
She didn''t notice that her phone call was already answered. The man outside her car roared, "You
think you can hit someone just because you are driving a BMW car? Get out of your car now!"
Maria ended the call without saying a word or looking at the screen.
Everything happened too suddenly. She was still shocked by the news of her aunt''s death and was
lost in sorrow. And now, she got involved in a car ident. She couldn''t help but feel scared.
She tried to calm herself down. However, the man outside still kept roaring, "What are you doing?
Get out of your car!"
Maria clutched her chest, hoping to stop her heart from beating abnormally fast. Her other hand
reached out to stop the man from roaring. He was so noisy that her head was about to explode.
''Calm down, Maria, calm down,'' she said to herself.
When she came back to her senses, Maria plucked up all the courage to get out of her car, still
holding her phone in her hand.
There were already many people surrounding her car. A woman was lying on the ground, groaning
in pain.
Maria walked to the woman, crouched down, and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Ouch! My arms and legs hurt. Am I going to die?" the woman cried.
"No, you won''t. Don''t worry. I''ll call the ambnce." Maria stood up and called the ambnce. She
then called the police.
Inside the CEO''s office of HL Group, James was ready for a business trip.
Lorenzo pushed the door open and walked in. "Mr. Xi, the ne has arrived. It''s time to leave."
James had some important work to deal with abroad, so his schedule was pretty tight. He even
used his private ne. The HL Group building had a helipad where he could take off andnd.
"Okay." The man stood up and walked out of the office with his briefcase.
When he was in the elevator, his phone in his pocket vibrated. He took it out to check, and he saw
an unknown number shing on the screen.
"Hello?" he answered.
A man roared on the other end of the line, "You think you can hit someone just because you are
driving a BMW car? Get out of your car now!"
After two seconds, the call was ended.
James frowned, wondering if someone was only ying a trick on him.
He put away his phone and walked out of the elevator. But all of a sudden, he stopped.
He remembered that Maria was driving a BMW car.
James took out his phone again and called back the number. However, the line was busy.
"Mr. Xi?" Lorenzo looked at him in confusion. If they didn''t board the ne now, they would bete.
But Lorenzo didn''t dare to urge James too much.