Chapter 356 A Perfect Match
Colby was too busy trying to save thepany to bother with Peggy, so that matter came to an
end.
Back then, everyone in H City was afraid of James, including Maria. Now, that no longer held true
for her.
James had been away for a business trip. In the morning of the third day, she sent him a message.
"I dreamed about youst night."
A smile broke across James'' face when he saw the message. "Okay," he replied to let her know that
he had read it.
"You were standing on a beach," came the next message.
He didn''t reply.
"I poked you with a small stick and said, ''Hey, little tortoise! Your shell is hard.''"
James was not amused.
Maria stumbled upon the joke while she was browsing her phone earlier and had the idea to tease
him with it.
Little did she know that James was on his way back.
Maria put away her phone and drove to thepany.
However, her good mood evaporated when she bumped into a Cadic from the other side of the
road.
Her morning suddenly made a turn for the worse. She thought that her driving skills had
considerably improved, and she always drove James'' gift with extreme caution. Even so, she ended
up getting into an ident.
''Is this divine retribution because I called him a tortoise? It came too soon!" sheined in her
head.
Fortunately, it was only a minor ident.
A bit shaken, she emerged from the car to see the upants of the other vehicle, a man and a
woman, getting out of theirs.
The woman was the one behind the wheel. "Honey, I was so scared! I didn''t mean it," she said,
trembling within the circle of the man''s arms.
"Don''t be afraid. It''ll be fine. I''ll take care of it," the manforted her.
Maria rolled her eyes. Against her will, she identified what she was feeling as envy.
Maria was itching to call James up and unt their rtionship in front of these two lovebirds.
She did end up calling him. "James, I scratched someone else''s car..." Before she could finish, the
other woman interrupted her loudly.
"Scratch? Your car bumped into mine. Look, the bumper had fallen off!"
Maria gave her a cold nce. "Your bumper is broken; mine isn''t." "Where are you?" asked James.
Maria immediately told him her location. ''He''ll probably send someone to deal with it.''
The woman stered herself to the man''s chest. "Babe, look at her. She is so fierce."
Maria rolled her eyes again. ''I only said the truth. Why did that make me fierce?''
"Don''t worry, honey! Leave it to me."
Staring at Maria, he asked politely, "Miss, what are you going to do about this?"
"Please wait for little bit. Someone wille and take care of this."
"Shouldn''t you call the insurancepany?" the man asked in confusion.
Maria was a little bewildered. "I don''t know-l''m not the owner. Can we discuss this when hees?"
She had yet to deal with this kind of thing on her own. Thest time she bumped into James'' car, he
handled it for her.
The woman swept her with an assessing nce from head to foot, as if gauging whether Maria was
pretending.
Before long, the one Maria was waiting arrived.
Maria stared at the Harkim, wondering who James had sent for her this time. To her surprise,
James himself emerged out of the car.
Remembering the scene earlier, she ran and threw herself into James'' arms dramatically. "Darling! I
was so frightened just now!"
Her weird behavior struck James speechless. ''Frightened? Just because of this little ident? Do
you think I would believe that?''
Even with these thoughts running through his mind, James knew that Maria''s pride was on the line.
He had no choice but to cooperate.
Tenderly cradling her in his arms, he reassured her, "Leave it to me. Don''t worry."
Maria buried her face in his chest and asked in a low voice, "When did you get back?"
"Just now." His original n was to go to thepany, but he had to drive straight to where she
was after receiving her call.
"Okay."
Gary went to deal with the ident in person. It was all pretty straightforward-he gave the couple
enough money to get a new bumper installed, and the matter was done.
Before getting into the car, the woman threw her and James a look that was burning with jealousy.
"Honey, the way she looked at me was so fierce," simpered Maria slyly in James'' arms.
"How about I gouge out her eyeballs and give them to you?" James asked in a gentle voice while
stroking her hair.
Maria inwardly shook her head at James. Really, the man had absolutely no romantic bone in his
body. Once the other couple had disappeared from sight, her coquettishness dissipated. Keeping
him at arm''s length, she asked him warily, "Did you say it on purpose?"
"Yes," James readily admitted. Then, he reached out his hand and pinched Maria''s chin. "I''ll teach
you a lesson tonight. Get in the car!" ''How dare you call me tortoise? I''ll make you regret even
thinking of it!''
Once inside the car, James gave her a little lecture. "If you''re not confident about driving through
such a narrowne, then stop and let the other one pass first. If you are in someone else''s way, give
him the car key and make him drive your car away."
His words made sense to Maria.Material ? of N?velDrama.Org.
"Just stop when a vehicle ising toward you on a narrow road. He will find a way to make you
pass when he sees that you''re ady."
"What if the driver is another woman withmentable driving skills like me?" It was a trick question.
Throwing her an indifferent nce, James answered tly, "Then call me. I''lle and help."
"That''s troublesome."
"Then deal with it by yourself ording to the situation."
That shut Maria up.
That night, James'' lesson kept Maria begging for mercy. "You''re a tortoise, and I''m a turtle. We are
the perfect match!" She hadn''t expected James to take the joke so seriously.
James stared down at her with his deep, unreadable eyes, wondering why a tortoise and a turtle
were a perfect match.
After that, Maria was left moaning even more miserably.
Because of James'' help, Rosa fell into the trap. Soon, news of the fraudulent donation made by the
wife of the chairman of HM Group hit the headlines.
It was a considerable amount—five million dors.
If Rosa failed to clear her name, she would be sentenced to jail.
Maria thought that with the mess Colby and Rosa were in, she could handle her work easily and
think about the next step in her n to ruin them.
However, something terrible happened.
Disaster struck in another form altogether.
It was about Bob.
Bob was seriously ill.
As she was signing various documents in her office, Maria received a call. "It''s me. What''s going on
with Bob?"
"Ms. Song, Bob is in a serious condition."
"What happened?" Maria demanded, shooting up to her feet. Blood drained from her face.
She had always dreaded to hear such words the most. It was unreal that she was hearing them
now.
It was difficult to calm herself down.
"Bob seemed to be feeling unwell, so we took him to a doctor for examination. The doctor told us
that he has leukemia."
"What? Leukemia?" Maria stumbled around the words. It suddenly felt like the sky had fallen.
"Yes, it''s confirmed. Bob needs bone marrow from his immediate family members. Ms. Song, there''s
no time to waste. He needs to be treated as soon as possible. Bob''s blood type is Rh negative,
which is quite rare. Do you happen to know yours?" "Hold on." Taking several deep breaths, Maria
propped herself up with a hand on the table. "You said that Bob was diagnosed with leukemia?"
"Yes." "I...I''ming over now!" Snapping out of the haze she was in after hearing the news, she
exploded into a flurry activity, gathering her things and storming out of the office without further
thought.
It was fortunate that she still had the presence of mind to realize that she was in no condition to
drive, so she requested for one of her assistants to drive her to Norman''s vi.
Her face ashen, Maria stumbled into the vi, her high heels clicking hectically on the floor as she
looked around for Bob.
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