A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 437 Inexcusable

"Don't play dumb!" Colby sneered. "You cheated on me and slept with another man. I tried to divorce you, so you paid professional killers to assassinate me! How dare you?!"

"I didn't pay..." Rosa's words trailed off. Taking a deep breath to calm herself, she tried to explain rationally, "I did pay killers, but their target was supposed to be Maria, not you!"

Colby harrumphed, not believing her. "Then tell me, why is Maria completely all right while I was nearly killed just now?" If he hadn't tempted the killers with more money, he probably would have been killed by now.

"How should I know? How could you think that I could hurt you, Colby?" Rosa ended in a pleading voice.

Colby was still not convinced. "What a vicious woman you are! Not only did you try to hurt my son, but you also wanted to kill me. You think you'll get all of my properties once I'm gone, don't you?"

"Of course not!" Rosa quickly denied.

Colby was done talking to her. He took the printed divorce agreement and threw it onto the table in front of her. "Sign it!"

"I won't sign it! I won't!" Rosa cried out, tears welling up in her eyes. "It must be Maria who did that. Colby, don't be fooled by her. She must be stirring up trouble between us!"

"It doesn't matter anymore. We've been planning to get a divorce, anyway. I won't treat you unfairly- you will get one hundred million dollars from me. Now sign it!" Colby opened the drawer, took out a bank card that he had prepared especially for this purpose, and pushed it across the table toward her.

Rosa stared at the bank card, stunned. He even had this prepared beforehand. Colby had ten billion dollars' worth of assets, and yet he was giving her a measly one hundred million dollars. In Rosa's mind, Colby was growing senile. "Colby, you are so heartless! You're only giving me one hundred million dollars. How am I supposed to raise our daughter?"

"What? Do you think HM Group is the same as it was before? You're fortunate that I am willing to give you one hundred million right now. Besides, you don't have to raise Ines." James was dealing with HM Group, and the company's capital chain was broken. Colby had begun to sell off his assets in order to compensate for the company's losses.

'He didn't need me to raise our daughter?' Rosa looked through the divorce agreement and found a clause stating that Ines would be brought up in Colby's custody. With a banshee-like cry, she tore the divorce agreement into pieces and shouted at him hysterically, "Colby Zheng, you son of a bitch! I won't sign this! Give up!"

Bits of paper scattered on the floor like snowflakes. Then, Rosa whirled around and stomped out of the company.

As soon as she left, a woman walked into the office.

Colby's face softened a little at the sight of the newcomer. "Ask a cleaner to clean this place."

"Okay." The woman took out her phone and called housekeeping. After relaying his instructions, she stood behind Colby and started massaging his shoulders. "Mr. Zheng, did you quarrel with your wife?"

Colby felt a sharp pain in his temples. "Yes. That woman dared to hire killers to kill me."

Edith Wang, the secretary who was currently massaging him, paused and said in an aggrieved tone, "Really? Why is she being so cruel? She had attempted to hurt our son before, and she even

dared to try to kill you."

"I didn't expect her to be so vicious, either. I knew she married me for money, but I didn't expect her greed would push her to treat me like this!" 'What a heartless bitch!' Colby thought vindictively. He was determined to divorce Rosa.

The cleaner came in and started to work without looking elsewhere.

Edith kept an eye on the man, a strange glint in her eyes. "Maybe she is too good at pretending to be nice, or else Maria wouldn't have gone all out to deal with her."

Her words got Colby thinking of something. "Every time I asked her about the grudge between her and Maria, she wouldn't tell me anything. At this point, it seems to me that she did something awful to Maria and she didn't dare to tell me."

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that there was something seriously wrong with Rosa.

Silence descended in the office. Then, Colby ordered the secretary, "Ask my people in the US to take Ines somewhere Rosa would never be able to find."

"Okay."

At HQ Road

Maria was chatting with Gordon, while Bob was playing with toys by their side.

Recently, Gordon's health had been getting worse. He was just discharged from the hospital the day before.

Gazing at Bob with loving eyes, Gordon said, "Maria, there is something I know I shouldn't say. But I don't have that long to live anymore."

"Grandpa, don't say that. You have to live a long life."

Gordon chuckled. He had lived long enough and was not afraid of death. "I have lived up to this day, and I am satisfied with my life. Don't fight with James anymore. He is a good person. With him behind you, supporting you, I can rest assured and go without worries."

Maria remained silent.

"What I want to say is that your father and mother have already divorced. Your father now realizes that he was wrong and wants to reconcile with you. I know that it's not fair for me to try and persuade you like this, but your father is my son, after all. As a father, I also want my children to live in peace.

I'm not asking you to forgive him, but I hope that you could accept the kindness he and Carolina give you. Only then can I feel relieved. Is that okay?" Gordon heaved an inward sigh. He didn't want to hurt Maria, but his only wish before he died was for his family to be in harmony and for Maria to return to the Song family.

Maria was silent for a while, but the sight of the frown on her grandfather's face made her nod and say, "Okay."

Gordon finally released the breath he was holding. "Good girl. Will you stay over tonight and cook for your grandpa? I want you and Bob to have dinner with me.

"Okay." Maria had already planned to cook for him when she had come here.

In the evening, Maria prepared several dishes that were suitable for the elderly. To her surprise, James arrived a few minutes before dinner.

As Gordon watched James pick up Bob and cradle the baby in his arms, his smile grew brighter.

"Grandpa," James respectfully greeted the old man.

"Come and have a seat, James."

Maria emerged from the kitchen bearing the last dish and asked, "How did you know I'm here?"

"Grandma told me." He went to his grandparents' house to pick up Bob, only to be told that Maria was here with the child.

"Maria, get James a bowl of soup."

"Okay," she replied, throwing James an annoyed glare. She was about to get the soup when James caught her by the hand. "Let me do it. Have a seat."

After ushering her to a seat, James stood up to wash his hands and get himself a bowl of soup.

The family of three sat down to a peaceful dinner with Gordon. The old man saw them off to the door. Holding James' hand, he said, "James, please take good care of Maria and Bob. As you can see, Maria has changed a lot over the years. You are a few years older than her, so please get along well with her."

"Grandpa, don't worry. I won't let her and you down," James promised in a serious tone.

"Okay, okay, good boy. You can go now. Drive safely."

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Maria scooped up Bob, who was playing in the yard. Walking over, she coaxed the child, "Bob, say goodbye to your great-grandpa!"

"Bye!" Bob obediently said, waving at Gordon.

"Bye, Bob."

With a kind smile, Gordon stood by the door leaning against a walking stick and watched the small family leave.

A gust of cold wind blew, making the old man shiver. The butler approached. "Sir, it's cold out here. Let's go inside!"

"Okay!"

He believed his granddaughter might be rough around the edges and a little too competitive for her own good, but she would definitely live a happy life.

Sometimes, fate made people suffer.

Neither Maria nor James expected that night to be the last time that they would see Gordon.