A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 194 Insulting Questions

When the results came out, the doctor looked at Maria and said in a calm voice, "Miss, you have some inflammation caused by excessive cleaning."

"Huh?" Maria gaped. She must have misheard! The doctor read the look on her face and nodded to confirm that she had, in fact, heard correctly. This was all so confusing.

Maria pondered carefully. She had always been afraid of bacterial infections, so every time she had sex with James, she would use a medical solution to wash her private parts afterward. And repeatedly, too. "Is this perhaps because of that medical solution?" she asked.

"It could be. Excessive use of the unnatural substances destroys your body's ability to resist bacteria and causes inflammation instead."

Maria was at a loss for words. She understood it now, more or less. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

She shouldn't have accused James and put all the blame on him right away.

Her anger disappeared in an instant.

James was aware that Maria had gone to the hospital, thanks to a text message she had sent earlier. It read, "If the test results show that this is all because of you, you're dead, James Xi!"

He drove back to Fairview Villa early that evening, looking forward to witnessing her embarrassment.

Maria was in the downstairs, but the moment she heard the rumbling of his car engine, she ran up to the bedroom as fast as she could and crawled into bed.

Tears had always been a woman's weapon, and tonight they would be hers. She struggled to twist her expression and get some tears going. She needed to act like he had some grievances that had

to be settled.

Soon enough, tears were streaming down her face.

And when James walked into the room, the first thing he saw were her flushed face and wet eyes.

"What happened?" he asked.

Maria jumped out of bed and ran over to him, clutching his waist. She proceeded to cry in earnest, albeit quietly.

As the trope went, this was supposed to be the time where the man panicked and the woman exacted the rest of her scheme.

And James played his role perfectly.

Although he didn't exactly panic, he still responded in the way that Maria had expected.

Frowning, he tipped her chin upward with his finger and looked into her eyes. "Didn't I tell you that you're only allowed to cry in bed? Don't shed a single tear otherwise."

Maria ignored his words and continued to cry.

He wrapped his arms around her tightly then. "What, didn't you hear what I just said?"

"Answer me. How many other women do you have aside from me? Have you kissed Alina Tang? Did you sleep with her?"

James was really not in the mood to answer her questions, and his mouth shut.

He found these sort of queries not only boring, but also insulting in a way. He had never been the type of man to sleep around so easily.

But Maria didn't pick up on his mood, and he raised her dramatics up a notch further. The longer he kept silent, the more fervent she cried.

Her sobs felt like claws tearing at his chest, and James rubbed the bridge of his nose before finally giving an answer. "No. Never."

Her crying came to an abrupt halt. "How many women have you had then?"

"That's none of your business." Her tears welled up again, and James heaved a sigh of resentment.

"You are the only one!" He must have gone insane already.

Why was he telling this woman so much?

Then, out of the blue, Maria snickered against his chest. "The doctor said it was a bacterial infection. I honestly thought it was because of you."

Her words suddenly brought something to his mind. "Then is there something wrong with Colby Zheng or Norman Shen?"

That jolted Maria out of her mischief, and her face instantly became blank.

She broke free from his arms and took a few steps away, resisting the urge to slap him. "Given these thoughts of yours, I wonder why you still keep sharing my bed. Don't you think I'm dirty? Aren't you afraid that I might infect you with something I got from other men?"

"You were the one who seduced me!" James retorted in a firm tone.

She was rendered speechless, but in her mind she was cursing him. 'This son of a bitch! So you're just going to push all the responsibility to me? It's not as if all the sex was non-consensual!'

Anger was surging inside her chest. "Mr. Xi, there are two players in the game of seduction. No seduction happens without someone getting seduced. You could have just easily refused me, but you didn't!"

Caught in his blazing gaze, James could not utter a word. The truth was that he had wanted to be seduced.

"Oh, fuck off! Don't ever come to me again!" Maria was not putting up with this any longer. She had enough of him. She was kicking him out tonight.

But before she could do anything else, he had already grabbed her hand. "What the hell is it now? Wasn't I just telling the truth? Are you covering up your shame with all that anger?"

Maria sneered. "Exactly. Your date has slept with not only Colby Zheng and Norman Shen, but also other countless men. However, you slept with me only. It seems I've taken your advantage." She was purposely poking at his sore spots, and she got the result she wanted.

His expression livid, James flung her hand away and turned on his heel, walking straight to the door.

"I hope you get pissed off to death!" Maria yelled at his back, egging him further.

Seeing him so furious brought her a measure of joy for some reason.

But then fate made a hard left.

James was at the door when he suddenly stopped.

He turned around to look at her for a moment-a woman so angry, her chest was heaving up and down with the strain of her emotions. A thought snagged in his mind.

His reaction was confusing Maria. What was he doing now? Wasn't he furious just a second ago?

James looked around the room before fixating on the table, where her handbag lay.

He strode over to retrieve it.

Maria followed his movements with her eyes and realized his intent.

She scrambled to get to her handbag before him.

But his legs were longer, and he already had the bag in his hands when she reached him. It took him barely two seconds to fish a piece of paper inside.

She didn't give up, though, hopping from one foot to another in an attempt to take the check-up results from him. Alas, James was far taller than her as well.

He read the written findings of the examination. It said inflammation caused by excessive cleaning. It also had a prescription below.

James snorted. He had almost been fooled by this naughty woman.

Knowing her options had run out, Maria fled. As soon as James had held the document to his eyes, she had rushed to the balcony and locked the door from outside.

James, on the other hand, returned the piece of paper inside her bag, then put the bag back in place. Then he met her eyes through the glass, and walked toward the balcony in a calm manner. "Maria, you can run away from me now, but you can't run away forever."

"It doesn't matter. I just need to run away from you right now, then I can make my grand escape later." She plopped on her belly on the chaise lounge outside, resting her chin on her hands as if she didn't have a care in the world.

James knocked on the balcony door once in frustration, then he turned back to the bedroom. Once again, he surveyed the place until he found her laptop.

He picked up the device and settled comfortably on the bed, making sure the laptop was in full view from the balcony. Then he opened the screen.

Important secrets were held inside that laptop, matters that James should never know.

Maria slid into her slippers and unhurriedly unlocked the balcony door. She opened it in one languid motion and leaned against the doorjamb, batting her eyes at him. "Hey, you. What's so good about some old, shabby laptop? Come play with me!"

Of course James was not interested in her laptop at all. Oh, he knew it contained confidential information, but he wasn't one to pry into her privacy.

It was all a ruse to coax her back inside, and he was glad that his method proved useful.

Since she had opened the door, he closed the laptop without another word and set it aside.

It only took him a few strides before he was before her, grabbing her chin and rubbing it between his fingers. He looked deep into her eyes for a while before speaking. "You seem really happy when you pissed me off just now."

"Of course not!" Maria held onto his waist. "I'm only happy when you are happy. Your happiness is my greatest happiness!"

James snorted and rolled his eyes. 'You can't possibly expect me to believe that.'

He lowered his head with the goal of covering that spunky mouth of hers with his, but she raised a hand and stopped him. "The doctor said I'm not allowed to have sex while under medication."