A Vengeful Ex-Wife

Chapter 454 It's Me

Colby could imagine who came here. He was a bit surprised that they would actually be here so soon. He then took out a dagger and said to his men, "Tie her up!"

Maria was once again bound tightly using ropes.

Afterwards, she was carried to the yard outside and tied to a tree. Several guns were being pointed at her all at the same time.

Soon, the gate of the yard swung open. James, Lawrence, and a platoon of policemen arrived.

The moment James saw Maria, it seemed that his breath had been taken away. Fury overcame his head, and all reason left his brain.

He unlocked the safety of his gun and was about to rush in. However, Lawrence stopped him. "Calm down, James. They have weapons."

With a murderous gaze, James locked eyes with Colby. "Let her go, and I might give you a chance to walk out of this alive!"

Colby grinned mischievously. "Who are you trying to fool, James? You can save her life, but there's only one way you can do that!"

"Tell me!" James clenched his fists when he saw Maria's swollen face.

"I want you to kneel before me and apologize. After that, give me five billion dollars and send me abroad!" This was the only way he could walk out of this dilemma alive.

'Why does he ask James to kneel before him? Is he deliberately trying to trample on his dignity?' The second those words reached Lawrence's ears, he believed that Colby had a death wish.

"I'll give you five billion dollars and send you abroad, just let her go," replied James. Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

Colby clasped Maria's chin and forcefully raised her face for everyone to see. In a daze, she opened her eyes and looked at James. Slowly, the corners of her mouth formed a smile.

His heart ached when he saw how badly beaten she was, and he couldn't hide how much it hurt him.

Noticing that he felt sorry for her, Maria smiled more brightly for him. It was so worth it to see James being worried about her like this.

Colby pressed the cold dagger against Maria's face and said, "Put down your weapons, or I'll ruin her face!"

The armed men at the gate didn't move, angering Colby further.

Maria felt the scathing pain on her cheek. The dagger had grazed her right cheek, and she felt the blood dripping from her wound.

Beads of blood and sweat dripped down her cheeks, and the sight of it made James furious. "Stop!" he growled. He immediately threw down his weapon to the ground.

Realizing that Colby was serious, everyone else dropped their weapon too.

Gasping for breath, Maria said, "Lawrence, James, it's okay if I die. As long as Rosa and Colby can be brought to justice, I'll die without regret."

"Maria!" James couldn't bring himself to accept her words. "Even if you don't care about yourself, please think about the people you'll leave behind!"

'The people I'll leave behind...' Maria understood what he meant. 'Is he talking about him and Bob?'

"As long as you're there to take care of him, I won't have to worry." After all, Bob had his father, and his two godfathers, Lawrence and Ethan. There was really no need for her to worry about him.

Colby didn't want to continue listening to their melodrama. Once more, he put the dagger before Maria's face and said to James, "Call your people and have them prepare the money. Now!"

James took out his phone and exchanged glances with Lawrence. Afterwards, he said to the person on the phone, "Prepare five billion dollars and send it to... " Colby and Maria didn't hear the rest of his phone call because they were too far away.

Before long, James looked at Colby and nodded. Within seconds, Maria heard a deafening noise and a loud scream that almost broke her eardrums.

Everyone averted their gaze, save for Maria. She was still staring intently at James.

It turned out that he had hurled his phone at Colby's face. "Argh!" Colby bellowed.

At the same time, James and Lawrence quickly picked up their weapons and rushed in to subdue Colby.

The men that Lawrence had brought fired at will at the bandits who were still watching the scene unfolding behind them. After the exchange of gunshots, Colby's men had been arrested. Countless policemen rushed in, searching every corner of this place thoroughly.

Colby knelt before James, half of his face sticking to the ground. James stomped on his face with his leather shoe until his face was distorted by pain. Despite his pleas of mercy, James didn't seem to feel sympathy for him.

"Give me the whip!" he commanded.

Whoosh! The whip struck Colby's body, and the deafening sound of his screaming must've been heard hundreds of meters from its origin.

Colby was beaten until his head was almost split open. Seemingly unsatisfied with the torture he had inflicted, James grabbed the dagger that Colby had used against Maria and used it on Colby. One after another, he mercilessly slashed his face until it was completely unrecognizable.

With help from a few others, Lawrence finally managed to hold James back from his rampage. "James, that's enough! The most important thing we need to do right now is to get Maria to the hospital!"

'Maria...' The mention of her name brought James back to sanity, and he finally let go of Colby before he could end his life.

While James was carrying Maria in his arms, she looked at him, hoping to say something. But in the end, she just closed her eyes and rested.

"Mia? Mia, don't sleep!" James carried her towards the car and drove to the nearest hospital as fast as possible.

But Maria couldn't hear his voice. It seemed as though she had fallen into a coma.

Soon, the news that Colby and Rosa had been arrested and put to jail was broadcasted in every news station. Later, they were convicted for attempted murder, intentional injury, kidnapping, and blackmail. For all the crimes they had committed, they were sentenced to death by hanging.

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Since their last encounter, Maria hadn't dreamed of Arthur anymore. This time, she fell into a long dream, and it was Bob that she dreamt of. He was holding another child's hand, and this child was

calling her "Mom" as well.

Maria wasn't sure whether the child was a boy or a girl because she couldn't see it clearly.

Bob's voice rang in her ears. "Mommy...Mommy... Mommy!"

He kept calling out to her as if he was chanting a sutra.

But then, a fierce voice made him stop. "If you dare call her again, I'm going to toss you out!"

Bob stopped abruptly. Maria couldn't tell if it was because he was frightened, or maybe something else. But the fact was that he did fall silent for a long time.

However, he started calling out to her again. "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy... It's time to get up."

James was rendered speechless.

Bob had been here for thirty minutes. Ever since he arrived, he had been sitting on the bed and calling out to his mother while holding an Ultraman action figure.

Another half hour had passed, but he was still trying to get her to wake up.

At this point, James got up and got his son a glass of water. "Are you thirsty?"

The little boy took the glass and drank the contents. Afterwards, he picked up his Ultraman and proceeded with what he was doing earlier. "Mommy, it's me, Bob!"

If he could make things appear out of thin air, James could really use a pair of earplugs right now.

"Boston, if you keep disturbing your mother's sleep, I'm sending you back to Lawrence's place!"

Bob looked at him, and then looked at Maria. "Mommy will be sad if she doesn't see me when she wakes up," he argued.

"You mother will be delighted if she won't see a naughty boy like you," said James.