Chapter 395 Asking For The Antidote
Upon hearing that, Maria paused in the middle of patting a cleanser on her face and said, "You can''t
let it go, can you?"
"No," James admitted. But it was only because she hadn''t exined it to him.
Maria, on the other hand, was surprised that he couldn''t let go of such a trivial matter. With a sigh,
she replied, "What else could the reason be? I was in a bad mood, and I didn''t want to disturb you
while you were working, so I called Ethan out to have a drink. If you don''t like it, I''ll just call you next
time."
"Okay."
James didn''t say anything more about that topic after that.
Meanwhile, Rosa was once again hospitalized.
It was not until ten o''clock that night that Colby arrived at her ward.
Rosa looked haggard and pathetic. There were bandages wrapped around her hands and her feet.
She had her eyes closed in thought.
When she heard footsteps approaching, she slowly opened her eyes.
In the quiet ward, Colby asked with concern, "What happened to you?"
There was no answer from the woman in front of him, but the coldness in her eyes somehow made
him feel as though he was the one to me. "Why are you looking at me like that?" he asked,
shifting uneasily.
"Where were you?" Rosa asked in a hoarse voice.
A strange look crossed Colby''s eyes, but it disappeared as soon as it came. "I was meeting with a
client," he replied.
Rosa caught the suspicious look in his eyes and smiled sarcastically. "Colby, Maria and James have
joined hands to deal with us. Aren''t you going to tell me the truth now at least?"
Her voice rose as she spoke.
Colby calmly sat down at the bedside. It only took him a second to realize what must have
happened. "If you have something to say, just say it."
"Do you know what Maria did to me? Where were you when I walked barefoot on ss shards for
our daughter?" Rosa became more and more agitated as she spoke. "You were having sex with that
bitch! I saw your betrayal with my own eyes! Colby, do you think this is fair to me?"
Ever since their marriage, she had been keeping an eye on him. She hadn''t expected that he would
betray her over and over again, and to such an extent, no less. Not only had he slept with several
other women, but he had also let the vixen in hispany give birth to a baby for him!
ncing at her bandaged feet, Colby replied calmly, "Rosa, since you already know about it, I won''t
hide the truth from you any longer. I do have a son. Joslyn and Ines are both girls. HM Group is
such a bigpany. I need to have a son who can inherit it after I die, right? Don''t fall into Maria''s
trap. She wasn''t doing you a favor by telling you this. She only did it to sow dissension between us."
Rosapletely disregarded hisst sentence. All she could think about was how he had actually
let his secretary give birth to a heir for him. How could he be so heartless? "If Maria hadn''t told me
about it, how long would you have continued to hide it from me?"
"As long as possible. But don''t worry. Since you gave birth to Ines, you will always be Mrs. Zheng."
From the beginning, he had never intended to divorce Rosa.
An entrepreneur like him would have to pay a lot of money as alimony if he got a divorce. The cost
was just too high.
If a mistress got the title of Mrs. Zheng, it would be a big blow to his reputation, and would also
affect his social status. Not to mention, it would be a huge setback for thepany, as it might even
affect the stock price.
Rosa let out a humorless snort. "How old is your son? How did you hook up with that bitch? Did she
seduce you?"
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A trace of uneasiness shed across Colby''s face. "He''s less than a year old. Don''t worry about the
rtionship between me and her. She won''t affect you at all."
At the back of his mind, he was thinking about Maria. It was getting more and more difficult for him
to see through that woman. In fact, he had never expected her to be this capable. He had thought
that, at the most, she would try to ckmail him for money. However, she had discovered his
biggest secret, and revealed it to thest person that he wanted to know.
Meanwhile, Rosa felt like she was going crazy. Had he just said that his rtionship with his
secretary wouldn''t affect her? What a joke!
"What are you going to do now? What about Maria? She used Ines'' name to hurt me like this! I can''t
let that bitch go!" "Don''t worry," Colby said reassuringly. "Just be patient. We will get a chance to
deal with her sooner orter." In his eyes, Maria was just a woman, so he didn''t take her seriously at
all. Instead, he would have to be a hundred thousand times more careful when dealing with James.
''Be patient? I''m lying on the sickbed. How can I be patient?'' Rosa thought in annoyance. What was
worse, Maria''s DS Group was very likely to grow and expand with the H Brocade project this time.
At a table in Miracle Cafe, Maria looked at the woman sitting opposite her in silence.
ine was a little annoyed by her indifference, but since she hade to ask for her help, she dug
her fingers into her palms and tried her best to suppress her anger.
Finally, when she couldn''t take it any longer, she said, "I know you don''t want to see me, just like I
don''t want to see you. So just tell me, will you help with this matter?"
"Yes, I will," Maria replied with a smile.
ine was somewhat surprised. She hadn''t expected Maria to agree so easily. "Really?"
"Yeah." Maria tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and nodded.
ine''s eyes glowed with expectation as she asked, "Are you willing to go and ask James for
help?"
"No, I can do it myself." Maria had been silent and absent-minded just now only because she was
surprised that James would hurt Alina.
"What do you mean? Do you have the antidote? Can
Alina''s throat be healed?" ine asked anxiously. The reason she had asked Maria to meet her
here was to ask her for the antidote.
"I don''t have the antidote," Maria said slowly.
There was an abrupt change in ine''s expression. "Then how can you help?"
"In this regard, I will help James," Maria stated. Why should she help Alina? She wasn''t crazy
anymore.
"What do you mean?" ine snapped. Maria had always been such an ungrateful girl!
"I mean, I''ll give Alina another drug. Not only will she be unable to speak, but she''ll also be unable
to see the world after that. What do you think?" Maria asked with a wide, enchanting smile.
For a moment, ine was too angry to speak. "How could I have a daughter as vicious as you? I
should have strangled you to death in the cradle! It was a mistake to let you live this long!"
It would be a lie to say that Maria''s heart didn''t ache after hearing this. After all, she shared a blood
rtionship with the woman in front of her. But she suppressed her emotions and said indifferently,
"Mrs. Song, I''m afraid I''m going to have to disappoint you. Not only have I lived this long, but I''ll
continue to live for a long time. Moreover, you can do nothing but watch while I live a better life than
you."
"Why did I give birth to you?" ine wanted to p the table, but this was a public ce. In order to
maintain her image, all she could do was grit her teeth and snarl at Maria in a low voice.
"You should ask yourself that. Maybe all these things you hate about me, I just inherited from you!"
"Maria, you—" Maria stood up and interrupted her by saying "Well, Mrs. Song, if you don''t have
anything else to say, just leave. I''m busy."
"Stop!"
This time, ine''s voice was loud for most of the customers in the cafe to hear. All eyes turned to
the two of them.
"If you don''t give me the antidote, I''ll tell the media about what you''ve done and let them release all
the information about your evil deeds. Then the whole world will know what kind of person you are,
Maria!"
Maria, who was about to leave, turned back and looked at her coldly. "Really? Mrs. Song, are you
trying add some excitement into your life because it''s toofortable? If you care about Alina so
much, why didn''t you just go to James for help? What did youe to me? Do you think I''m a
pushover?"
ine was speechless. Of course she didn''t dare to go to James. Otherwise, she wouldn''t have
asked to meet with Maria instead.