Chapter 373 Joining Hands
"Yes," said Alina, gritting her teeth and asserting that it was Maria who bumped into her on purpose.
"You still don''t know how to repent even after what happened," Jamesmented coldly. "If you
don''t apologize to Maria in public, I will destroy Tang Group. Don''t forget that I brought thepany
to glory. I can just as easily tear it down."
Alina forgot how powerful this man was in H City.
Her deathly pale face fell in discouragement. Parting her bloodless lips, she asked in a soft voice,
"James, can you answer me a question? Did you ever love me?"
"I never loved you. Not even for a second." There was only one woman in the world whom he loved,
and that was Maria.
Alina choked on her sobs upon hearing his answer.
"I don''t have time to waste on you anymore. As long as you apologize to Maria, I will let you go. You
will have nothing to do with me from now on. If you insist on going against me, guess how long Tang
Group can exist in H City."
Alina smiled amidst her tears. "James, you are so cruel!" James was reputed to be decisive and
cruel in business. She had never been on the receiving end of his viciousness before, but she
believed it this time.
He still didn''t show her any mercy even though she had just lost her baby and her uterus. On the
contrary, he even threatened to destroy the whole Tang Group.
She also knew that if she dared to disagree with him even at the expense of Tang Group, he would
have countless ways topel her to agree.
His eyes sharp and cold, James said emotionlessly, "I''m not Maria, who''s always been softhearted
toward you. Since you dared to provoke me, you should be prepared to suffer a life worse than
death!"
The moment Alina agreed to his requirements, Summer pushed the door to the ward open, letting
two mene in.
The immediately pointed their cameras on the woman lying in the hospital bed.
James walked away from the slightmotion and stood silently by the window.
One of the reporters sat on the edge of the bed. After the camera was adjusted, he introduced
himself, "Hello, Ms. Tang. I''m a reporter from the H City Daily. I want to interview you about what
happened that day."
Suffering under great pressure, Alina said to the camera, "What happened that day was an
ident. Maria had nothing to do with it. There was something wrong with my car''s brake. Maria
just happened to pass by the ident. I know that she has been hurt a lot about all this, and I''d like
to apologize to her."
The reporter asked another question. "Reports have mentioned that the child in your womb was Mr.
Xi''s. What do you have to say about that?"
A bitter smile appeared on her lips. "The baby was not his. The child''s father was... my ex-
boyfriend, with whom I have already parted ways. I want to say sorry to Mr. Xi for the adverse effect
this rumor must have caused his reputation."
Soon, the interview came to an end. It was clear that the interview was exclusively prepared to clear
Maria''s name.
James walked out of the ward first, followed by the reporters.
Summer stood by the side and didn''t move. When there were only two women left in the ward, two
bodyguards came in soon.
Looking at Summer, Alina had a bad feeling. "What else does James want?"
Summer walked over to her calmly. "Ms. Tang, this has nothing to do with Mr. Xi. This is my own
idea. You ordered a servant to feed Maria poison to make her dumb. Today, I just want you to
know..."
Her voice trailed off, and an odd smile appeared on her face.
Alina widened her eyes in fear.
Summer''sst words rang in her ear. "Good for good and evil for evil. Your retributiones today!"
It would never get exposed. Even if it did, people would never be able to trace it to James or Maria.
Summer would im that it was her own idea.
"No! Mmmph!" One bodyguard mped a hand over Alina''s mouth and subdued her struggling
body.
Another man took out a syringe from his pocket, pushed the air out, and unerringly stabbed it into
Alina''s arm.
After that, Summer left with the bodyguards.
It waste at night, and the terrifying sound of a woman''s constant sobs echoed from the ward.
When James returned to the vi, Maria was holding Bob in her arms and watching the interview
released by the reporters where Alina was apologizing to her.
When she saw hime in, Maria closed the video yer app on her phone. "Did you go to see
her?"
James took his son from her arms and nodded. "Yes. " Then, he lowered his head and kissed Bob
on the cheek.
Maria didn''t know what James had done to Alina, but she could guess that he showed the woman
no mercy. Otherwise, Alina would not have rified and apologized so soon.
"How is Alina doing now?" she asked.
"You care about her?" he asked.
"Of course not. I''m just curious." Of course she didn''t care about Alina.
"I heard from the doctor that she lost the baby, and that they had to take out her uterus to save her.
Moreover, one of her legs was broken." ''And she would never speak again,'' he thought to himself.
"Okay." Maria didn''t know how to feel about the update on Alina''s condition. "How did she agree to
rify and apologize in public?"
"There were many ways to make her do that. I used Tang Group first." That tactic proved to be
sessful.
Maria nodded thoughtfully. "I don''t think she did this alone." Someone must have been working with
her.
"Yes. HM Group and Tang Group joined hands," James replied casually.
''HM Group and Tang Group? Two powerful groups have joined hands with each other? Do they aim
to bring James down?'' Maria looked at the man worriedly.
James ced his son on the big bed, and the little boy immediately turned over and began to crawl
around.
cing his arm around her shoulders, James teased her, "Why, are you worried about me?"
"Yes." She hadn''t expected HM Group and Tang Group to conspire in order to deal with James.
"Maria, you are my woman. Even if you were their target, I wouldn''t just sit idly by and let them.
They''re better off going up against me, because I know a lot of ways to deal with them. Don''t worry."
If he was afraid of Colby, how could he survive in H City?
So what if the man cooperated with yton? He didn''t give a damn about either of them.
"Okay." Maria knew better than to worry too much about him. After all, her man was extremely
powerful. But then, she felt a slight twinge of guilt.
In order to make her feel at ease, James continued, "Do you know Mu Group?"
Of course. Maria knew that Mu Group was a familyrun enterprise with a deep-rooted history in H
City. Its strength was not inferior to HM Group—in fact, it might be even more influential than the
latter.
James said in a t tone, "Ethan is the youngest son of the Mu Group''s CEO. For now, he''s trying to
live in a happy, carefree manner, but they will have to take him back sooner orter to inherit the
enterprise."
Maria gaped at him in shock. "Ethan is Mu Group''s heir?"? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.