Chapter 241 Too Lazy To Charge
Ignoring her pointed question, he demanded, "Why is your phone powered off?"
It had taken him a lot of effort to find her.
"Oh, it ran out of battery. I was just toozy to charge it.
James grew quiet. A part of him knew that her answer was just a careless remark, and probably
untruthful at that.
"Hey, let''s go fishing!" she said out of the blue, hugging him and kissing his cheek like a spoiled
child.
"Why, is there a rich man out in the water who has caught your eye?" This was the second time that
she brought up fishing.
"You''re right here. Why would I go looking for another rich man? I saw someone else fishing, and I
felt like giving it a try."
"Maria Song, I didn''te all this way to fish. Especially not after spending several hours on the
ne."
"Aw,e on. Come fishing with me, hmm? I''ll make it up to you tonight."
That made him pull away from her abruptly.
"Maria Song!"
She pretended not to hear and continued. "Although it''s a little chilly at the open-air balcony, the
room itself is facing the mountains. It''s like a secret, hiddenir. Oh! And get this, they have an
open-air bath right next to the room. We simply must try it."
James quieted down and swallowed.
Maria won in the end. At least temporarily.
The fishing house wasrge and connected to theke. When they arrived at the indoor fishing hall,
other people were already inside.
It wasn''t crowded, though. Aside from the hotel staff, only two other couples were there.
Maria pulled James to a spot next to one of the couples. They had a pretty good distance between
them, but not so much that they would have to yell out in conversation.
As soon as James and Maria sat down, the other woman struck conversation. "Ms. Song? How did
you manage to secure this man to keep youpany?"
The neer was, after all, a hundred times more attractive than the man she hade with.
James upied himself with assembling his chosen equipment. Maria nced at him before
turning back to the other woman, who must have gone through stic surgery. "He''s my husband. I
doubt you can ever find another man who can match his looks and social standing."
Thatst part was unnecessary though, since her im of being James'' wife was enough to defeat
the other woman. Unfortunately for thetter, she was in the middle of an inappropriate rtionship
with the man next to her.
Well, Maria technically didn''t have an official rtionship with James. But the other woman didn''t
know that, and she certainly wouldn''t admit it!
''Her husband?'' James felt his heart pick up its pace when he had heard her address him that way.
Endearments were not a thing for them, and they sounded straight and foreign, even though they
had been married before.
Maria had never addressed him as that before. The most intimate namesake she had for him was
probably James.
Nevertheless, Maria had managed to make the other woman jealous; she snorted once and said
nothing more.
Maria wasn''t in the mood for inane pleasantries either. She linked her arm around James'' and
watched him.
And then something urred to her. "Can you fish?" she asked in a low voice.
He nced at her with a raised brow. "Cook for me tonight."
After adjusting the size of the float, he hung the bait on the hook and threw his line to the water.
Maria pouted. "What if you don''t catch anything? Don''t embarrass yourself for my sake."
"There''s nothing I can''t do,” he retorted.
"Well, are you capable of giving birth?"
James was rendered speechless for a moment. "You know I can''t. But I can give you the baby to
carry."
Maria pinched him. "Oh, I must definitely sleep with you tonight!" she dered.
"Why? Is it because you want to call me your husband in bed?"
"Stop being so shameless!" She had only said that to undermine the other woman earlier.
"I can be even more shameless, you know. I can show you when we get back to our room."
It was Maria''s turn to gape. Couldn''t he just concentrate on fishing?
An hour passed. The other man from the couple next to him had spent the entire time talking on his
phone. Their bucket remained empty.
James had also answered calls from time to time, but their bucket already contained a considerable
number of catch.
Maria was leaning her head on his shoulder. They had grown quiet andfortable.
She yawned, then she asked a question. "James, have you missed me these past few days?"
"I have." He wasn''t going to hide anything from her.
"What did you miss about me?"
"I miss how you look when you''re pressed against my body." He had thought about her every night
before he went to bed, and then he would miss her, and he would have to take a cold shower to
calm himself.
And in the daytime, he would think about her grievances.
Maria rolled her eyes at him. As soon as she treated him even a little bit nicer, he would always start
flirting with her.
"Stop trying to flirt with me. I haven''t forgiven you yet." Her tone turned low and serious.
"I know, but this and that aren''t mutually exclusive of each other." Just like how she kept holding him
even though she hated him. Both could be true at the same time.
Maria didn''t reply. But she knew, too, that he had a point, and that he was right.
Another hour passed, and the couple next to them soon rose and left arm in arm. When they walked
past Maria and James, the woman scoffed and rolled her eyes after seeing how they clung to each
other.
Her reaction didn''t escape Maria''s notice, but she didn''t care.
That woman had been showing off to here for all of the three days they had been here. It was only
right for her to take her sweet revenge with James tonight.
When dusk fell, James'' bucket ended up being filled to the brim with several types of big fish. Maria
took plucked tworge ones and gave the rest to the hotel staff.
Since there wasn''t a lot of ingredients at her disposal, she ended up preparing four dishes for
dinner, two of which were fish.
One was steamed, while the other one was stewed.
James had never been a picky eater; he would eat whatever Maria cooked.
After dinner, an assistant brought over James'' suitcase while he was in the shower.
Maria knew this man. He was one of James'' assistants and rarely said anything.
He greeted her politely. "Good evening, Ms. Song."
"Hello." Maria grabbed the handle of the suitcase from his hand. "Here, I can take care of it."
"Okay, thank you."
"Not at all."
Maria closed the door as the man left and set the suitcase aside.
She nced at her watch. It looked like she could spare some time for a good soak in the bath.
It was so cold, however, so the open-air bath was out of the question. The bathroom would have to
do for now.
She called the front desk and asked for some flower petals to be brought to their room. Paying no
heed to the man taking his shower, she poured the petals into the bathtub and turned on the tap.
They she poured some milk into the water before leaving the bathroom without a single nce at
him.
James stood under the spray of water, speechless as he watched her go about her business
without a care in the world.
He hurried to finish his shower and wrapped a towel around his waist. Then he stood guard at the
bathtub, waiting for the water to fill itpletely before turning off the tap and walking out the door.
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In the bedroom, Maria was lounging casually and watching TV. She turned around when she heard
him step out. "Is my water ready?"
"Mm."
She turned off the television and headed to the bathroom.
At ten o''clock that evening, James, who had been working diligently, frowned.
Maria smirked slightly. She was already used to it. She leaned back against the headboard and
continued to read in the midst of all the noisesing from the next room.
As far as she was considered, the hotel was an excellent establishment. The only problem was that
the walls weren''t soundproof. And she had the misfortune of having very loud neighbors.
And Maria had been suffering through this in the past three days.