Chapter 388 Expensive Fruits
Watching Jamir act like this, Summer could not help but chide herself in her mind. Why had she had
such terrible taste before? How could she have fallen in love with a man like this in the first ce?
Nevertheless, she opened her mouth to answer his question so as not to cause Gary any trouble.
But Gary spoke first, stepping forward. "Who are you? Why are you talking so rudely to Summer?
Don''t you have any manners?"
"I''m her husband," Jamir answered confidently, as if that title gave him the right to be rude to her.
"Ex-husband," Summer correct in a cold tone.
"Excuse me, please get out of my way."
Realization dawned in Gary''s eyes. Since the man in front of them was Summer''s awful ex-
husband, then it must mean that the woman by his side was Perry, the one who had once worked in
the PR department of HL Group.
"We have only been divorced for a few days, but you''re already with another man! How can you be
so shameless?" Jamir asked roughly.
Nasty people like him had a knack for twisting logic to suit their needs, but Summer wasn''t having
any of it. Raising an eyebrow at him, she snapped, "What the hell? Do you have short term memory
loss? You''re the one who had an affair while we were married!"
"Summer..."
Annoyed that Jamir continued to pester her, Gary loosened his grip on her, grabbed Jamir''s cor,
and threw a punch at him without hesitation.
"Ouch!" Jamir, who was caught off guard, fell to the floor. But Gary didn''t stop there. He crouched
down, leaned over Jamir, and continued to beat him up.
Startled by the scene in front of her, Perry let out a scream.
The whole corridor was in a mess. Passers-by stopped in their tracks, shocked by what was
happening. Doctors and nurses also rushed out of their offices to see what the fuss was about.
When they saw that there was a fight going on, they immediately called the security department of
the hospital.
Bearing the pain in her belly, Summer tugged on Gary''s sleeve. "Gary, stop. We''re at the hospital.
Don''t make trouble here."
Hearing her words, Gary finally withdrew his fist and got up, panting for breath.
Unexpectedly, the first thing Jamir did after he got up from the floor was to punch Gary. He yelled,
"Damn it! It was okay when I was beaten by women, but who the hell are you? How dare you hit
me?"
Gary took a split-second to recover, and the moment he did, he fought back, beating up Jamir until
he couldn''t move anymore. Finally, he got up and looked at the wounded man on the floor with
ferocious eyes. "If you dare to harass Summer again, I''ll beat you up worse than this!"
Summer, who was in too much pain to say anything, leaned against the wall. Seeing that, Gary
ignored Jamir''s feeble abuse and quickly took Summer to the doctor''s office.
Ever since she had suffered a miscarriage, she had been having many different health problems.
This time, she was in so much pain that she broke out into a cold sweat.
After a thorough examination, it was found that she was suffering from a uterine perforation.
But it was not serious, and there was no internal bleeding, so conservative treatment was enough to
solve the problem.
Once the doctor left, Summer handed her phone to Gary and asked him to send a message to
Maria. "Tell her that I''m fine. I''ll be okay as long as I take medicine, so she doesn''t have to worry
about me."
Gary nodded and typed out the message.
When Maria received it and found out that Summer was fine, she let out a sigh of relief.
On the other hand, Rosa was suffering from abdominal pain and diarrhea, since she had drunk too
much vinegar. The pain and difort tortured her for three whole days, making it hard for her to
eat or sleep. When those symptoms finally came to an end, she felt like she had crossed a
mountain.
But to her shock, something terrible happened a few dayster. At first, she just felt a light
difort in her throat. But as time went by, she realized that something was seriously wrong. Not
only did it hurt to eat, but it also hurt when she swallowed.
She had no choice but to take some time off work to go to the hospital. It was only after the check-
up that she discovered that the fish bone that had gotten lodged in her throat had not dissolved at
all. Instead, it was stuck in her gullet. Over the past few days, it had shifted lower and lower down
her gullet. Now, it was dangerously close to piercing her aorta. Rosa was told that she had to have
an operation immediately.
Obviously, she was scared to death. Her face was pale as a ghost as she asked, "Just because of a
fish bone?"
"Yes. Your condition isplicated and dangerous. Ordinary hospitals won''t dare to perform this
operation. We''re ready to do it, but we have to consult with the gastroenterology department first
ande up with a n. We can go ahead with the operation after that. In the meantime, you
should go back and prepare yourself for it."
Rosa frowned, not at all convinced by the doctor''s words. "But after swallowing the fish bone, I
drank a lot of vinegar, and I seemed to be fine after that."
The doctor gave her a strange look, as if he was looking at an idiot. "Drinking vinegar won''t help at
all. It''s just a myth. If you soak a fish bone in a bowl of vinegar, the vinegar could indeed dissolve
the calcium salt in the fish bone and soften it, but it will take more than thirty minutes to achieve that
effect. But the throat is just a pipe. No matter how much vinegar you drank, it would have passed
through in an instant. It wouldn''t have affected the fish bone at all."
Rosa pressed her lips together, feeling dumbstruck.
All of a sudden, the mocking look in Maria''s eyes that day shed through her mind.
In fact, back then, Rosa had been confused by Maria''s sudden show of concern, but she had been
in too much difort to think about it. It was not until now that she realized the reason Maria had
pretended to help her.
However, she had no choice but to hold back her anger. After all, she was the one who had fallen
into Maria''s trap without anymon sense.
Maria didn''t hear that Rosa was hospitalized until three dayster. Widening her eyes in surprise,
she asked, "Why is she hospitalized?" "Well, from what I heard, she had a fish bone stuck in her
gullet. It was very serious and she needed to have an operation. She''s still in the hospital recovering
now."
Maria waspletely taken aback. In fact, this oue was just an unexpected for her as it had
been for Rosa.
When she had urged Rosa to drink more vinegar, she had known that the fish bone would still be
stuck in her throat. However, she had thought that Rosa would have enoughmon sense to go
to the hospital as soon as the meal was over.
It turned out that Rosa had just ignored it for a few days.
Of course, it didn''t matter to Maria at all. For her, the more miserable Rosa was, the happier she
would be.
In the evening, on her way back to the vi, she received a call from James. "Can you stop at All
Natural and get me some fruits?" There were actually many kinds of fruits in the refrigerator, but
James wanted fresh fruits.
"All Natural? The fruit shop that''s close to your vi?" Maria asked. She knew that shop well.
"Yes."
Hearing that, she immediately refused. "I won''t buy fruits there. They are too expensive."
Last time, when James had bought fruits for her from All Natural, she had taken a look at the bill
and found that all the fruits came with exorbitant price tags. A ck thorn durian from that store cost
nearly 3, 000 dors. A box of cherries cost more than 1, 200 dors. A box of white strawberries
cost more than 300 dors, even though it only contained a few of them.
After that, Maria had specially gone to the fruit store in person to check the prices, thinking that
James had been ripped off. To her surprise, however, it turned out that the prices printed in the bill
were the actual prices at the store.
"Where are you now?" James pressed.
"I''m about to pass by the store."
"Come on, buy some fruits for me. I''ll reimburse you three times the amount that you pay," he said
helplessly.
"How about I buy you fruits from another store?" Maria asked, looking out the window. Since she
wasn''t the one driving, she didn''t mind going a little further to find a fruit store.
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"I don''t like fruits from other stores. I''ll transfer the money to you right now, okay?" James tried his
best to convince her. At the same time he felt a little aggrieved. This woman had five bags of the
same style, but different colors, in her closet. Why didn''t she think so much when buying them?
She also had a dozen blind boxes and lipstick gift boxes. She would buy the same lipstick in more
than a dozen colors. She did feel her heart ache when she bought them, but she couldn''t help it.
"All right, all right. You don''t need to transfer money. It''s my treat," Maria said finally. Since he kept
insisting on it, she gave in. After all, he could afford to eat such expensive fruits.
"I''m afraid you''ll feel bad about itter," James said, entering the walk-in closet with Bob in his arms.
Then, he set Bob down on the carpet before opening Maria''s bag cab.
"I do feel bad about the price, but if you like the fruits there so much, I''ll buy them for you," Maria
said casually. Of course, it wasn''t like they were short of money. She just didn''t want to be ripped
off.
James was pleased to hear her words. "All right. Come soon, okay? Bob and I are waiting for you at
home." "Okay.