A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 57 Broken Up

"Mrs. Song, you haven't changed a bit." The smile on Maria's face faded, and only hatred remained in her eyes. "I'm not the same Maria Song you knew! If anyone dares lay a finger on me, I'll make them pay."

The look in her eyes scared Elaine. Her heart hammered in her chest. Suddenly, she raised her hand and slapped Maria. Pak!

Silence reigned after the slap. Gordon's excitement faded, and Chandler pretended to scold Elaine. "Holy crap, Elaine! What were you thinking? Just leave her alone!"

Satisfied smiles appeared on the faces of the Tang family. They knew Elaine hated Maria the most, especially knowing she hurt Alina and Ronald.

As if she hadn't heard what Chandler said, Elaine turned on Maria. "You left once! Why did you come back? You should have stayed where you were until you die!" The thing she regretted most in her life was giving birth to Maria. Because of her daughter, she lost her job, Chandler cheated on her, and he left her in their hometown.

Later, Maria managed to anger the Xi family as well. And James divorced her. It was all because of Maria. Elaine always felt ashamed around Judy because of this. Maria rubbed her burning cheek and smiled. "I didn't want to come back either, but my beloved is here." Her eyes passed over the crowd and fell on the man she referred to. He was oblivious to, engaged in some conversation, phone in hand.

Realizing who she was referring to, both Elaine and Alina wanted to rush over to her and strangle her.

"You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Maria!" Elaine was seriously angry. Six years ago, Maria took James away from Carolina and Daniela. After she married him, their son died because of her. In the

end, James divorced her and was going to get engaged to Alina.

"I am, believe me!" Maria lowered her head to stare at her shoes and quickly hid the pain in her eyes. When she raised her head again, there was no emotion there. "Everyone loves someone. I just said it in public. Is that so bad?"

Maria finally realized James was as cold as the Song family. When she confessed her love to him in public, he acted like he hadn't heard her.

Everyone knew who she was referring to. The Song family wouldn't stick up for her, and even James was unwilling to lift a finger.

Carolina came over and tried to calm Elaine down. "Mom, please stop. Everyone's staring at us," she said gently.

After calming herself down, Elaine sighed heavily in her heart.

Seeing her mom in a better mood, Carolina turned to Maria. "I'm going to marry Mr. Xi's special assistant, Lorenzo. He's on a business trip today, so he couldn't be here. Can you come to our wedding?"

'Carolina is going to marry Lorenzo?' Maria was stunned.

Carolina was conceited. She thought only a man like James was good enough for her. So why was she lowering her standards to marry a CEO's assistant?

After shaking off her amazement, Maria stared at her sister. She gave her an unambiguous answer. "Sorry, I'm not interested in your wedding. But I'd love to attend your funeral. And that goes for all of you!"

Carolina didn't expect her to say something like that. Her eyes darkened and anger laced her tone. "Maria!"

This time, even Chandler rushed to chastise her. "How dare you! If you set foot in our house again, I'll break your legs!" he growled.

Elaine wasn't putting up with any more. She covered her heart and looked away from Maria. She pointed at the door and shouted again, "Get out of here!"

Half of Maria's face began to swell up, but she ignored it. "Sure. Before I leave, I have to tell you something."

Everyone stared at her in spite of themselves.

The smile on Maria's face disappeared

completely.

She stared at her biological mother coldly and said in a colder tone, "Elaine Wen, you've made it painfully clear I don't have a mom. Maybe I never did. And you won't ever touch me like that again! That slap changed everything. Really,

when I think about it, it's all I got from you. Do

that again, Mrs. Song, and you'll find out how angry I can get!"

After saying that, she turned around and left

gracefully, leaving no chance for Elaine to say another word.

She straightened her back and walked to the exit of the hotel in high-heeled shoes. Before she could walk out, she heard a hoarse, elderly voice behind her. "Maria."

The amiable voice exploded in Maria's heart. It almost seemed like a trip back in time, many years ago, when she was still part of the Song family. Her grandfather always said her name kindly.

She had been maintaining a facade, pretending to be hard-hearted all night. Gordon's voice crumbled that wall she'd built around her heart. She felt like weeping. But she pushed those feelings aside, turning to him and smiling. "Hi, Grandpa," she said softly. The butler pushed Gordon close to Maria. Then he set the brake on the wheelchair and stood aside. The wrinkled old man looked at her lovingly. Content © copyrighted by NôvelDrama.Org.

Maria lifted the hemline of her dress and walked quickly to the old man. She squatted in front of him and asked worriedly, "Grandpa, why are you out and about?"

The old man's eyes were reddened, but full of joy. His trembling hands grasped her tightly. "You've been back all this time, and haven't come to see me."

Maria lowered her head, smiled and apologized softly, "I'm sorry, Grandpa."

She wanted to see him too, but she didn't want to suffer the abuse the Song family would heap on her if she came to their villa.

Gordon touched her slightly swollen cheek with his dry hand and said guiltily, "That has to hurt. Might want to see a doctor and have that checked out."

He founded Song Group, but as he grew older, he became less and less influential in the Song family. He could do nothing to help Maria tonight.

"It doesn't hurt. No worries." A slap was nothing compared to what she had suffered in the past six years.

"Silly girl, how could it not hurt?" Gordon murmured, looking at his youngest granddaughter. "And don't worry about me. I eat and sleep as much as I ever did. Your dad takes good care of me. Take

care of yourself, Maria. I'll call you if I get a chance."

Chandler was an entrepreneur. He paid great attention to his reputation and would not do anything bad to his father. That would ruin his future.

Knowing that her grandfather didn't want her to worry, Maria nodded, "Okay. I get it. Hope to hear from you soon."

Before Chandler came out to look for his father, the butler wheeled Gordon back to the party.

After the wheelchair disappeared around the corner, Maria left the hotel.

The driver was waiting for her outside. Before she could get in the car, a man came over and stopped her. "Excuse me, miss. Are you Maria Song?"

Maria turned and saw a young man in a courier's uniform. She nodded.

He took an envelope from his bag and handed it to her. "Ms. Song, I have a package for you. Sign here, please!"

A package for her? Someone sent this; someone who knew she'd be there right now. Curiouser and curiouser!