Chapter 139 A Rich Fool
Without saying anything, James stood still and dialed the number several times before someone
finally answered, "What''s up?"
Despite the noise, James recognized it was indeed Maria''s voice. Then he asked indifferently, "Why
did you call me just now?"
Maria went silent for a moment as she realized the call she made to James earlier had, in fact,
connected. However, what was the point to tell him what was going on? He didn''t care about her
anyway, did he?
With a sad smile, she answered, "Nothing. I''ve dialed the wrong number!"
The second before Maria ended the call, James heard an ambnce siren in the background. He
dialed the number again, but no one answered this time.
Thinking back to her driving skills at his grandpa''s vi the other night, James nced at Lorenzo
and said, "You''ll fly over and represent HL Group."
"Me?" Lorenzo pointed at himself.
"Yes." James handed him the briefcase and turned around, walking towards the elevator.
Lorenzo watched him go, speechless. This project abroad was very important to thepany. How
could a special assistant like him fly over there representing HL Group? Lorenzo wondered if this
was some kind of joke.
By the time his men found Maria''s whereabouts, James rushed towards the Municipal People''s
Hospital and found her sitting on a chair in the corridor, absentminded. Next to her, a rough-looking
man and two nagging women kept insulting her the whole time.
"You look like a tramp. You must be some rich man''s mistress, right?"
"That''s good. Now you can give me more money. I''ll take two hundred thousand dors and not a
penny less!"
"Aren''t you going to say anything? It was you who hit someone!"
Maria, who was known to be domineering and refused to take other people''s crap, simply sat there
without saying a word. Nobody could tell what she was thinking about.
Feeling sorry for her, James strode over and stood in front of Maria protectively. Then he took out a
business card from his pocket and handed it to those people who were insulting her. "I''m sorry for
whatever she did to you by ident. Take my business card and feel free to contact me with the
sum you need. I''ll make sure to pay you as you deserve. Now, please stop harassing her, or next,
you''ll be talking to mywyer."
Wherever James stepped in, he would always draw attention to himself.
With an indifferent and arrogant look, he exuded a natural domineering aura that shut the three
people up immediately.
The man who was scolding Maria swallowed his words once he saw James. After a while, he
asked, "Who are you?"
"It doesn''t matter who I am. All you need to know is that from now on, I''ll be handling this on her
behalf," James said coldly.
As she heard his familiar voice, Maria looked up at him in a daze.
The towering man stood with his back at her in his brand new ck suit as he elegantly put the
business card box away.
Maria wondered how he had found her. But the next second, she dismissed the thought. It was
pretty easy for a man like James to find her whereabouts.
The two women whispered something between themselves, and one of them plucked up the
courage to say, "Even if the king walks in here today, he must pay for it!"
"As I''ve told you, call me with the sum you need, and you''ll be paid!" James cast a look so cold at
the woman that it scared her enough to take a few steps back.
"Two..." The woman was about to say the price of two hundred thousand dors, but the man next
to her quickly grabbed her arm and said, "My mother is still in surgery. Let''s talk about itter!" Then
he pulled her aside and scolded in a low voice, "Are you stupid? This man is obviously very rich!
Two million dors must be a drop in the bucket for him, let alone two hundred thousand!"
"Then, how much should we ask?"
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"Well, let me see. One million!"
"One million dors?" the woman shouted in shock. It was toote for the man to cover her mouth
with his hand.
Her voice echoed so loudly through the corridor that everyone could hear her.
Immediately, James pulled out a checkbook from his pocket and wrote down the value. After he was
done, he handed the check to the man. "One million dors, and this is over now!"
As the three people heard his words, they all gasped with excitement.
Quickly, the man grabbed the check from James'' hand and counted the zeros.
"One, two, three, four... My God, it''s really one million!"
At the sound of his confirmation, the two women were so excited that they almost burst into tears.
They promptly promised to James, "Okay. Alright. It''s all over! " They couldn''t help thinking this man
was a rich fool.
Putting away the checkbook, James turned around.
When his eyes met Maria''s, he asked, "Where is Lawrence?" She had a car ident. Shouldn''t be
her so-called boyfriend, Lawrence, the one toe and deal with this matter for her?
Coming to her senses, Maria answered, "I didn''t call him."
James didn''t know howto respond. So he just red at her.
Maria lowered her head and looked at her shoes, still upset.
She wondered why James came over and protected her the way he did.
It seemed that every time she nned to let him go, he would give her some sort of hope again.
Then, once she took a step towards him, he would push her away, and the cycle would
rmence.
''Ah! People like to describe a woman as a drama queen. But isn''t James a drama king?''
"You should have a checkup, too," James reminded her.
"I''m fine," she told him truthfully.
The man said coldly, "Just do as I say!"
"No! Why should I waste more money? I''m feeling alright!" Maria raised her head and red at him.
James was impressed at how she dared to challenge him. In fact, he just wanted her to have a
checkup to be sure she didn''t have any head damage. After all, it wasn''t like her not to fight back
while those three people insulted her.
Once more, James took out the checkbook from his pocket and wrote another check of one million
dors before throwing it at her. "Go and have a checkup."
Maria refused at first, but on second thought, she pulled out a bank card from her handbag and
said, "There are three million on this card. Youe with me, and the money is yours!"
James was rendered speechless. Maria managed to surprise him yet again as she tried to actually
buy him with money.
The three people nearby couldn''t help being shocked at their conversation. They thought, ''Is this
what rich people do?''
Next, James took Maria to the outpatient department. The medical advisor told them that if they
wanted to have a general checkup, they should go to the second floor and pay for the examination.
Maria followed the man, who carefully read the instructions for her, and couldn''t help but sigh.
''Money does make the world go round. Three million was all it took for him to apany me.''
Apparently, she couldn''t do some of the tests on the list because she already had something to eat
a few hours ago.
As Maria walked into the gynecology department with a prescription in her hand, she ran into an old
acquaintance of hers, Dani.
The moment Daniid eyes on her, she was stunned. Although she didn''t expect to see Maria at
the hospital, she quickly came up with something to say to mock her. "Are you here to have an
abortion?"
Dani, who had gained quite a recognition online recently, felt overconfident in herself. She
believed she could easily trample on Maria this time.
Maria nodded calmly and said, "Yes!"
"You are so shameless!" Dani snapped.
Maria moved aside as a man approached her slowly. Looking at him, she said, "James, she said I''m
shameless!"
Although Maria left his sight for only two minutes while he paid the bill, she already got herself into
trouble again.
Realizing who wasing, Dani stuttered. "Mr. Xi... I..." She desperately wanted to exin
herself, but she failed to put a sentence together.
Unexpectedly, instead of reproaching Dani, James looked Maria up and down and said
thoughtfully, "You are indeed shameless. You just got out of my bed and then got into someone
else''s!"