Chapter 450 Secret Uncovered
"We have fallen into HL Group''s trap. Ms. Song, you have to show up now. Else, we could lose a lot
of money. Ten billion dors to be precise." This trap had been meticulously set up by James. But if
Maria showed herself up, she wouldn''t have to pay the ten billion dors.
Ten billion dors! It was an astronomical sum of money. Her beautiful eyes were mingled with
worry and rage. "Have we signed the contract?" she asked.
"Yes, we have."
Hearing that, Maria drew in her breath with a hiss. "Send me the contract. I''ll check it."
"Give me a moment."
Ten billion dors! James was indeed a ruthless man.
Mariaposed herself and asked the driver to take her to a different destination. "Take me to the
HL Group building first."
"Sure, ma''am."
In the HL Group
Gary put the contract in front of James. "Mr. Xi, they have signed the contract."
James scanned the contract. When he saw the signature of the general manager of Fosun
Entertainment Group, a touch of mockery shed through his eyes.
ording to the contract, the CEO of Fosun Entertainment Group should show up. Else, the
contract would be considered invalid. And on top of that, they werepelled to pay HL Group a
sky high penalty.
Gary''s phone rang. He answered it and hung up the call after that. Turning to James, he dered,
"Mr. Xi, the CEO of Fosun Entertainment Group wants to meet you."
James mmed the contract shut and said indifferently, "I will meet him here!"
"Yes. In fact, The CEO is on the way here."
James contemted over it for a few seconds, straightened his clothes and said, "In that case, ask
them toe straight to the meeting room."
He was determined to meet the CEO of Fosun Entertainment Group today. He wanted to know who
this person was.
James walked towards the meeting room in his majestic gait. Gary followed close behind.
Twenty minutester, Maria minced into the corridor wearing her high heels. She came across the
area where the meeting room was located. James'' secretary was surprised to see her. "Ms. Song!"
Maria pulled a long face but gave no reply. Instead, she continued to walk towards the meeting
room.
Soon, the door of the meeting room was pushed open. Maria, decked in a suit, appeared in the
office. Everyone gazed at her.
It was a simple ck suit with a valuable gem brooch on her chest. Her long hair, which she
normally let down, was coiled up at the top of her head. She was wearing a pair of dark brown high
heels with ck bow knots. In her hand, there was an expensive handbag.
Her beautiful face was contorted with anger. There was something very frightening about her
manner. Everyone, except James, found her intimidating at this moment.
They weren''t very surprised to see her. After all, they all knew the rtionship between Maria and
James. Curious as to why she was here, they stood up and greeted her.
"Ms. Song."
"Mrs. Xi."
The crowd was quite confused. James, on the other hand, suddenly had a premonition.
Under the watchful eyes, Maria tightly held her handbag and stood steadily in front of James. She
stretched out her hand, and her assistant quickly handed her the document.
Maria raised the document and shed it before James. Her red lips were slightly parted. "I heard
that you wanted to see the CEO of Fosun Entertainment Group. Here I am!"
Their eyes met and there was an intent look in her eyes.
James was rendered speechless.
She mmed the document on the table. Her action broughtplete silence to the meeting room.
She put her handbag aside, crossed her arms over her chest, red at James furiously. "How dare
you ask for ten billion dors? If you really want the money, how about I give you DS Group as a
compensation?"
James remained speechless.
"I got up early in the morning and had to rush to the factory. Don''t you have any idea about this?
Why did you still insist on meeting me? James Xi, now that you see me, are you satisfied?" The
incident in the factory had snatched Maria''s sleep away. And then James insisted on seeing her.
She had every reason to be furious.
James had his deep eyes fixated on the woman in front of him. "Is the CEO Norman Shen or...
you?"
"I hold fifty-eight percent of the shares, and Norman holds twelve percent. What do you think,
James?" There was a note of challenge in her tone.
James was momentarily startled.
It turned out that the mysterious CEO of Fosun Entertainment Group was none other than Maria.
The person he had been looking for all these days was the woman who was the closest to him.
Without uttering a word, he made a grab at her wrist and pulled her into his arms.
She blushed as red as a rose because of his action. She struggled to get away from his grip. "Let
go of me!" she wailed.
There were a few senior executives of HL Group still present in the meeting room. Seeing where
this was going, they got up. "Well, Mr. Xi, I have a meeting to attend. I should be leaving now."
"Mr. Xi, I have a client I need to meet. I will be taking my leave."
One by one, they all presented a reason for their departure.
In less than a minute, everyone except for Maria and James was gone. In the meeting room, there
was just two of them.
Gary, who was thest to have left, made it a point to close the door from outside. This would give
them the privacy to do whatever they pleased to do.
James'' strong grasp was still over her. Maria struggled in vain. ring at the man in front of her,
she demanded, "Why won''t you let go of me? Didn''t you ask me topensate you with ten billion
dors? I''m going to raise money for you now!"
Hearing that, James burst outughing. He looked at her and said, "Maria, I really underestimated
you." She had done a fantastic job hiding it from him.
Besides, she knew that he had been investigating the CEO of Fosun Entertainment Group. In spite
of this, she was careful to keep her identity hidden.
"I just didn''t want to expose myself. Why do you have a problem with that?" she demanded angrily.
"Of course, you can never be wrong. This is all my fault. I shouldn''t have asked you topensate
with ten billion dors."
"Well, I am d you realize it now. Everyone in yourpany is aware of it now. If anything, it
should be you who have topensate!" Maria was a little vexed. Her position as the CEO of
Fosun Entertainment Group, which she had nned on keeping discreet, was uncovered because
of his vicious trap.
"Okay." He held her wrist, exerting a little extra pressure. Their breaths mingled together.
"What do you want to do? James!" Before Maria couldplete her sentence, James had lowered
his head and ced a passionate kiss on her red lips.
He got a taste of her lipstick.
Silence had overtaken the meeting room. The first ray of sunshine began to shine on the kissing
couple.
After holding onto her for a long time, James finally let go of her. He had almost suffocated her with
his passionate kiss.
Maria, who was out of her breath, looked at him in exasperation. "James, you are a petty man!"
"What did you say?" His dark eyes red unhappily.
"I said, you are a petty man!" Maria wasn''t afraid of repeating her words. She had nothing to fear.
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He held the back of her head with his big hand and kissed her again. This time it was even more
intense.
Maria was pressed against the desk. It suddenly dawned on her that he intended to have sex with
her. "I can''t settle this ount with you at the moment. I have to be at the factory. Let''s talk about it
when Ie back tonight, okay?"
She spoke as if he was the one in trouble. James thought she was being ridiculous. After all, she
was the one who had hidden her identity. He found her behavior quite amusing.
He stood up and helped her steady herself. "I will leave you for the time being. We''ll talk about it
when youe back tonight."
He wiped her lipstick mark from his lips using the thumb of his finger.