Chapter 480 Blue Snow Roses
At the sight of this, Maria''s heart began to ache. "What''s wrong, Coy? Stop crying and tell me what''s
wrong."
Coy cried for a bit longer and attempted to choke back his tears. "Mommy, when you were not at
home, Daddy bullied... Mmmph..." Before he could finish his sentence, a big palm covered his
mouth tightly from behind.
Coy began to struggle violently. Later, his cries were so loud that James didn''t know what to do.
In the end, he had no choice but to hang up on Maria. Once he did that, he turned and red at his
son. Coy''s face was wet with tears. Shaking his head, James demanded, "Who taught you to lie so
well?"
"No one." Coy was good at faking tears. With the back of his hand, he wiped his tears. shing his
father a smile, he said, "But you agreed to have a duel. I''m not a match for you." He knew his father
was afraid of his mother. He had no choice but to ask her for help.
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This response stunned James.
''He can''t possibly be my biological son,'' he thought with disgust. Even if they looked the alike, he
refused to ept this.
James''s thoughts were distracted by his phone which continued to ring. It was Maria calling again.
After all, he had hung up all of a sudden.
Before he picked it up, he decided to discuss about it with Coy. "If you tell your mommy that we
were just ying a game, then I will take you to Africa to see lions."
"You have taken me to see the lions already!" Coy eximed.
James had taken Coy and Bob to the zoo once. They had seen all kinds of animals there.
"It is going to be different this time. I''ll take you to the prairie in Africa to see lions." This was quite a
tempting offer.
"The prairie in Africa?" A merry smile lit up Coy''s face. He began to consider this offer.
James'' phone was still ringing and he couldn''t afford to waste time. He handed the phone to Coy
and said, "Deal with your mother nicely. If you do a good job, we can make ns to go to Africa."
Coy hesitated a bit but then he slid the answer key and took the call. "Mommy," he shouted in a
cheerful voice.
Maria, who had expected him to be still crying, was taken aback. Just a few minutes ago, he was
weeping his heart out. She wondered what had caused his mood to change so suddenly. "My dear,
what was wrong with you a few minutes ago?"
"Nothing, Mommy. I was ying a game with Daddy. He ended up losing!"
"Then why were you crying?" asked Maria dubiously.
"I was missing you and wanted to meet you."
As James watched his sone up with an exnation, he was shocked. He had to admit his son
was a good liar.
Maria, who knew her son very well, was still skeptical. "Did your daddy punish you for being
naughty?" she asked.
"No, no, no!" Coy was afraid his n to visit Africa would get cancelled. He shook his head
vehemently.
There was something odd about Coy''s behavior. Maria seemed convinced he had been threatened
by James. "Coy, if your daddy is threatening you, blink at me."
Coy looked at the screen with his eyes wide open. To prove that her suspicion wasn''t right, he did
his best to stare at her with unblinking eyes.
Maria was slightly amused. In the end, she sighed and said, "All right, all right. I''ll be back in two
days. You have to listen to Bob. Please behave like a good boy."
"Okay, Mommy!" Coy tilted his head and blew her a kiss across the screen.
Watching him act adorable, Maria said, "Well, go to bed early. I still have a meeting to attend."
Before she could hang up, James appeared on the screen. Her son''s lovely face was reced by
his ruggedly handsome one. "It''s prettyte. Howe you are still busy?"
Maria''s tone became cold. "How can I afford to be idle like you? I have two sons to raise. I have no
choice but to work hard."
"You have a choice! I''ll support all the three of you. You have to believe that your husband has the
ability. VI
''My husband?''
She rolled her eyes and said, "Coy, my dear, go to bed
early. Bye!"
Before James could say something, she cut the video call.
He stared at the ck screen, dismayed. He hated being ignored by his wife.
Soon, it was the day when Maria woulde back to H City. James decided to pick her up in
person. He was holding arge bouquet of roses in his arms. These were the rarest kind of roses.
There were 999 roses in the bouquet with gorgeous white petals and icy blue edges.
As soon as she arrived, he pecked her on the lips and said, "Honey, wee back!"
Therge bouquet of roses was shoved into her arms. Due to its weight, she couldn''t even dodge
his kiss.
She wanted to push him away with one hand, but the roses wouldn''t allow her to do so. She wished
to return them to him. He wrapped his hand around her shoulders and walked at a quickened pace.
Trying to catch his attention, she said, "Thank you, Mr. Xi, but I have a driver to pick me up."
"No, you don''t. Didn''t he inform you? I passed by yourpany and happened to meet your driver.
He told me he had an emergency and couldn''te to pick you up."
Maria wondered if he was speaking the truth. The driver hadn''t said anything to her. He had
promised toe to pick her up at the airport.
She raised her head and red at the man before her. He must be ying a trick on her. "James..."
James lowered his head and whispered in her ear,
"Spare me the embarrassment. Everyone is watching us. There are some reporters here as well."
Maria looked around and realized he was right. However, it had nothing to do with her. "Why? What
made you think will I save your face? You shouldn''t havee here."
"Okay, I made a mistake. I will be careful next time. Get in the car right now. You can do whatever
you wantter on. Okay?"
His audacity made her speechless.
They continued to walk forward. Wherever they went, the reporters would follow them.
When they arrived at the car, James took the flowers from her arms and put them in the trunk.
Maria obediently sat in the car and massaged her sore arms. "James, were you here to pick me up?
Or your intention was to plot some kind of revenge?" There were 999 roses! And he hadpelled
her to carry them. Her arms had be sore.
James entered the car and closed the door. He kept his hand on her head which was covered with
a wig. "Why would I do that?" he asked, his eyes brimming with sincerity.
Maria snapped angrily, "Take off your hand! Don''t think you can touch me!"
"Okay."
James'' phone was ringing so he answered it. A feeling of drowsiness crept over Maria. She leaned
against the back of the seat and closed her eyes.
She had never thought sleep woulde so easily.
When she woke up, she looked out of the window and noticed it was getting pretty dark.
She sat up straight, only to realize she had been leaning on James'' chest all this while.
"Are you awake?" he asked.
Maria remained silent for a few seconds, collecting her thoughts. "Where am I?" There was a trace
of exhaustion in her voice.
"In the underground parking lot of the DS Group building." He had wanted to take her to the manor.
However, on a second thought, he decided against it. He was afraid it would anger her. Hence, he
decided to take her here.
"All right. Thank you, Mr. Xi." After saying that, she got ready to open the door.
Just then, James grabbed her arm and pulled her into his arms. In the dim car, their eyes met and
they could feel each other''s breath.
"Mia, I love you," he said earnestly.
Without waiting for her response, he let go of her. "Go ahead. Don''t tire yourself. You need some
rest."
Maria got out of the car. She watched the car leave the parking lot. She stood there for a few
moments, feeling a jumble of emotions.
Why had he confessed his love out of nowhere?
Realizing she couldn''t stand there and dwell on it, she went to the office. There she found that
James had already asked someone to bring the bouquet of roses.