Chapter 169 She Is A Mistress
"Well, here''s the thing. James, I just want to know. When is your n to hold the wedding
ceremony? Is it before the New Year or after?" Miranda was very much aware that too many women
were after James. They were willing to do everything just to marry him. And the biggest threat to
Alina was, of course, Maria.
Therefore, she wanted Alina and James to get married at the soonest time possible. Alina must take
the crown as Mrs. Xi.
James replied in a low voice, "I will be too busy before the New Year. I''ll talk to Alina about itter."
"Okay." Thinking that she would soon have such an excellent son-inw, the smile on Miranda''s
face never disappeared. "James, I have one more thing to ask you."
The next moment, the smile on her face vanished, and her expression slightly changed. Upon
seeing it, James already had an idea of what was going on.
As he expected, Miranda said, "That video of the woman on the rooftop ruined the Tang Group''s
anniversary party and your engagement party. Are you going to let go of it so easily?"
Miranda knew that the person to be med was not that woman in the video but Maria. But she
deliberately didn''t say it out loud, pretending not to know.
James thought for a while before asking, "Auntie, what do you want me to do?"
This time, Miranda was at a loss for words. What did she want him to do?
James didn''t wait for her answer. He continued, "Shall we cancel the wedding?"
Miranda was more astounded as she didn''t expect him to say such words. She wanted to say
something but found herself choked. Obviously, James was protecting Maria. Upon realizing it, she
couldn''t help but smile awkwardly. "Marriage is not something to trifle with. We can''t just cancel it so
easily. How about this? Let her apologize to us. Am I asking too much?"
She didn''t dare to ask too much for the time being.
"I see," James replied, but he didn''t answer her question.
In fact, he felt like Miranda had put him in a dilemma.
Maria was such a proud woman. How could she be willing to apologize to the Tang family?
James'' reaction made Miranda feel a little embarrassed. She was dealing with a younger
generation, yet she had to show respect to him. "Then Mr. Xi, when do you n to have Maria
apologize to us?"
James put down his empty ss on the table and put his hands into his pockets. "How about having
Alina apologize to her first for drugging her years ago? Then she can apologize to you afterward.
What do you think, Auntie?"
Miranda''s face fell. She couldn''t smile anymore. In fact, she became a little anxious. "Mr. Xi, don''t
forget that Alina is now your fiancee. You make her feel wronged every time you try to protect Maria,
but she has never quarreled with you. Now you want her to apologize first? I don''t think that''s a
good idea!"
James'' expression remained the same. "It''s my fault to make Alina feel wronged. But what does it
have to do with Maria?" "She is a mistress."
Those simple words made James unhappy at once. Displeasure was written all over his face. He
said, "Maria just gave Alina a dose of her own medicine. But what you''ve told me made me feel that
Alina has indeed been wronged. All right, I know what to do now."
However, the project between HL Group and Tang Group had already started. He had to be
responsible for bothpanies. So what he could do now was find a way to minimize the risk of
Tang Group and then stop cooperating with them.
"Mr. Xi, what do you mean by that?" Miranda had a bad feeling.
James nced at her and answered, "Auntie, I know how much you love Alina. She''s your
daughter, after all. Since I''ve done something wrong, I will minimize the harm to her."
Miranda''s face turned pale as a sheet. She wondered, ''Does he mean he is going to cancel the
wedding?'' In an instant, she panicked. "No, it''s not what I mean. Mr. Xi, I just think that Maria is not
good enough for you. She killed your son, so..."
"Auntie, if there''s nothing else, I will go ahead. Bye." James nodded at her and left.
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All throughout their conversation, he acted like a real gentleman. Miranda couldn''t find any ws in
him except for his kindness to Maria. He was obviously protecting Maria.
Looking at his receding back, Miranda finally realized that she had made a big mistake. What
should she do now? Two days ago, she was stillforting Alina to calm down. But now she was
the one panicking.
Indeed, Miranda had made a big mistake. Because at this moment, James had already thought of
canceling the wedding.
Then he began to think about the worst result in case HL Group withdrew from that project with
Tang Group.
Miranda was not in the mood to attend the banquet anymore. On the surface, she seemed to be in
a good rtionship with yton. But the truth was, they both had affairs secretly. The affection
between them had long been gone. If yton found out that she made such a stupid mistake, he
surely wouldn''t let her go.
On theirst day in France, Maria and Summer strolled arm in arm around various men''s brand
shops. Maria knew nothing about what was going on back home.
Aside from buying a few boxes of condoms, she also racked her brains to figure out what else to
buy for James, who seemed to have everything.
Although she didn''t know his favorite thing, she still had to do something to impress him, right?
Hence, she randomly picked a few things and brought them back to him.
As soon as James'' private nended on the manor, Summer got off and called four cars to carry
Maria''s shopping bags. They were stuffed not only in the trunks but also in the back seats of all the
cars.
Maria thought for a while. She couldn''t put all of these items in her hotel room. And James definitely
wouldn''t allow her to stay in his manor. Eventually, she told the drivers to take everything to Fairview
Vi.
She also stayed there for a while to recover from jetg before she got dressed and went out.
In a Porsche parked in the garage of Fairview Vi, Maria put some shopping bags in the back seat
and drove to HL Group.
She went to the coffee shop first and gave her gifts to her employees. She handed over a huge
shopping bag to the shop manager and told him to distribute it to everyone. Then she went to the
building across the street.
Since she was driving James'' car, no one dared to stop her when she drove to the underground
parking lot.
When Maria arrived on the floor where the CEO''s office was, Summer had juste to work too.
Seeing Mariaing out of the elevator, she looked a little awkward. "Hi, Maria," she greeted Maria
in a low voice.
Maria didn''t notice the look on Summer''s face and walked straight to James'' office. While walking,
she said, "I''m giving him my gifts."
Watching her back, Summer hesitated for a while before trotting to follow her. She was about to
knock when Summer whispered, "Maria!"
Maria looked back. It was only then that she noticed that something was wrong with Summer.
"What''s wrong with you, Summer?" she asked.
Summer hesitated for a moment. But knowing that she couldn''t hide it from Maria, she answered,
"Alina arrived here just now."
No wonder Summer looked agitated. But Maria just smiled. "Then I have to go inside and take a
look."
Summer didn''t know what to say. She did expect that Maria would do so. But she didn''t stop Maria
anymore.
Maria, who at first wanted to knock, just pushed the door open and walked in. As expected, Alina
was there. As usual, James was sitting at his desk. Alina was leaning over in front of him with a
tissue in one hand. It was as if she was trying to wipe something off.
Upon hearing the noise, the two of them looked at the door at the same time.
They then saw Maria standing at the door, wearing a light blue fashionable suit which made her skin
reddish-pink. She was also wearing a set of diamond jewelry she had just bought in France. Her
style looked quite simple and low-key.