Chapter 370 An Encounter At The Airport
Walking towards Maria, Chandler pointed at the several paper bags on the sofa and said kindly, "I
bought these for you. I know you can have everything you want with Mr. Xi by your side now, but as
your father, I want to be nice to you. Don''t refuse."
Maria raised an eyebrow at him and sneered, "What''s the catch? What do you want?"
"Nothing. I''ve just been thinking a lot about the past recently. After your grandfather spoke to me, I
realized my mistakes. All this happened because of me and your mom. It''s our fault. We shouldn''t
have treated you like that," Chandler said earnestly.
When Maria didn''t respond, he started to feel a little awkward. He was not good at apologizing or
having such honest conversations, so he cleared his throat and said, "Well, if there''s nothing else,
I''ll leave now."
When he turned to walk to the door, however, Maria finally spoke up. "Take all these things with
you."
"They are all for you. They might not be very expensive, but I put my heart into them."
"No, thanks, Mr. Song. I don''t need anything from you, especially father''s love!" Maria retorted.
Then, she turned around and stalked back to her office without giving him a chance to respond.
After Chandler left, Maria''s assistant walked to her office with the paper bags that Chandler had
brought. "Ms. Song, these things..."
Without bothering to even raise her head to look, Maria said, "Send them to Song Group and tell
Carolina that her father bought these things."
"Yes, ma''am."
In Song Group, Carolina stared at the bags of luxury goods in front of her and let out a deep sigh.
She could guess what had happened.
In order to make it up to Maria, her father must have bought all these valuable things ording to
her preferences to please her. However, as expected, Maria must have refused.
Pinching the space between her eyebrows, Carolina told her secretary, "Set these bags aside for
now."
After the secretary left, the office was quiet for a while. Then, Carolina picked up her phone and
dialed a number. As soon as the call was answered, she said, "Maria, it''s me."
"Wow, today is a special day, isn''t it? First, your father came to me, and now I''m getting a call from
you. Are you having a problem with paying back the loan from HL Group?"
"No. Everything in thepany is going well, and we have been paying off the loan regrly. I
called you to talk about Dad," Carolina answered tiredly.
"Stop! Don''t make me block your number," Maria said impatiently.
"Maria, I know you are angry. I''m not trying to put in a good word for him. I just wanted to tell you
that he''s going to divorce Mom. It turns out that he has a mistress, and they have a child together.
The boy is only a few years old." Hearing this, Maria didn''t know whether tough or to cry. What a
joke! She and her two sisters were already old enough to have kids of their own, but now, they
suddenly had a half-brother who was a kid.
"What does that have to do with me?" she asked coldly. This news had only worsened her
impression of Chandler. She felt that on top of being a bad father, he was a bad husband as well.
He was absolute scum!
"Nothing, forget it. You can carry on with your work. I don''t have anything else to say," Carolina
replied. She knew what kind of person Maria was. If she kept pressing the matter, she would end up
getting on Maria''s nerves, so she chose to let it go instead.
Maria hung up the phone without bothering to say anything else.
Thinking of the gifts Chandler had brought her earlier, she scoffed. She wasn''t moved by his gesture
at all. If anything, she found it ridiculous.
She absent-mindedly looked out of the window and found that it was snowing.
The Spring Festival was approaching. She wondered how James would want to celebrate it.
Now that the year was ending, the two of them were both very busy. James went on three business
trips in a single week, and Maria also flew abroad once.
After nearly a week of being separated from each other, Maria went to the airport to pick up James,
who had just returned to the city from a business trip.
As soon as sheid eyes on the familiar man, there was a flicker of happiness in her heart, but it
promptly died out after seeing the woman by his side.
The woman was wearing a loose, dark brown down jacket, and arge pair of sunsses on her
face. She was holding the handle of a small suitcase and wheeling it behind her.
Maria had almost forgotten that James had made a promise to Alina. The two of them must have
kept in touch all this time.
The moment James saw Maria, a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth. When he was close
enough, he pulled her into his arms and nted a kiss on her lips. "Mia," he whispered happily in
her ear.
Maria wrapped her arm around his waist as if there was no one around and beamed at him. "You
must be tired."
"Not at all." As soon as he saw her, all his exhaustion evaporated into thin air.
At this time, Alina''s voice cut in. "James, Maria, I''m leaving now. Thank you for taking care of me,
James."
"You''re wee," James replied tly, ncing at her.
Maria just silently gave Alina a once-over. She felt that there was something odd about the way
Alina was dressed today. She had never seen Alina in such loose clothes before, but she couldn''t
put her finger on what was wrong, so she gave up in the end.
As soon as Alina disappeared out of sight, Maria withdrew her arm from James'' waist and walked
ahead towards the car.
James, who was stunned by the 180-degree change in her attitude, hurried up to catch up with her.
Maria was driving a new, white-colored Harkim of HL Group today. After her car had been crashed
last time, James had disposed of it and bought her a brand new one. Although this car was not as
expensive as the one he owned, it had a price tag of several million dors, and was very suitable
for women to drive.
After settling into the passenger seat, James asked, "What''s wrong?"
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Maria turned the key in the ignition and started the car. "Did the two of you go to the same ce on
a business trip?"
Hearing that, James finally understood why she was unhappy. "No, I just ran into her on the ne
back. I didn''t really take care of her either. I just changed seats with her, because she''s pregnant,"
he exined quickly.
"Pregnant?" Maria was slightly stunned, and her fingers on the steering wheel stiffened.
"Yeah."
"Who''s the baby''s father? You?" She couldn''t think of anyone who had been with Alina other than
James, except Kent.
James was taken aback by her question. Frowning at her, he asked, "Maria, are you acting like this
because I haven''t satisfied you in the past few days?"
Maria pursed her lips and looked ahead intently. "Whose baby is it?" she pressed.
"I don''t know," James answered honestly. After all, the matter had nothing to do with him.
The car slowed and stopped at the traffic lights. While waiting for the red light to change, Maria
turned her head to the man beside her and looked into his deep eyes. "Then, how did you know that
she''s pregnant? I had no idea. Have you been paying attention to news about her all this time?"
Her tone was full of jealousy.
After a short pause, James said, "She told me herself on the ne."
”0h, so you guys chatted on the ne ride?" Maria asked unhappily. James was exhausted every
single day. Why didn''t he have a good rest on the ne?
"Would you mind if we did?"
Seeing the green light was on, Maria stepped on the gas, and the car zoomed forward like an arrow
released from the bowstring. "No. Why would I mind? It''s not like you belong to me!"
"Maria, we haven''t seen each other for a few days. I don''t want you to be angry with me as soon as
we meet."
"James, get out. I don''t feel like driving you back anymore," Maria said curtly.
James felt like he had been saying all the wrong things. Touching her head, he said softly, "Don''t be
angry. I didn''t chat with her. She told me that she was pregnant when she wanted to change seats
with me, but that''s all. We didn''t talk at all after that.
"It''s none of my business. I don''t mind," Maria sneered. "After all, you''ve promised her that you''ll be
responsible for her lifelong happiness."
"I need to correct you. I didn''t promise that I''ll be responsible for her lifelong happiness; I just
promised her that I''ll help her find a man."
Maria snorted and shook her head. "Same difference."
"What do you want me to do?" James asked tiredly. What had happened had already happened. He
didn''t want to upset Maria again because of Alina.
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