My Ex-husband Begs Me Back
Chapter 873: Surface

Chapter 873: Surface

He didn't answer immediately, but leisurely lit a cigarette and took apuff. A cold smile appeared on his face as the smoke enveloped hisvisage, but the coldness in his eyes remained crystal clear.

He finally picked up the call, and a woman's voice immediatelysounded in his ear, "Are you crazy?"

Sienna questioned angrily.

Mario just smiled and said, "Yes, I am crazy. Sienna, who gave you thecourage to marry Rex right under my nose?"

Sienna had never thought of hiding it from him before she posted it onFacebook; after all, he would replace out sooner or later.

Sienna replied indifferently, "I don't need anyone to give me courage. I'lldecide my own business."

"So you're not afraid that I'll make those photos public?" Mario asked.“You won't,” Sienna said with certainty, "If you destroy me, you'lldestroy yourself as well. You won't dig your own grave."

"Is that so?" Mario sneered, "Sienna, I'm a man, those things won'tthreaten me at all. On the contrary, do you think Rex won't mind?"

"So, you're trying to force me to become your enemy like this?" Siennacoldly retorted. Her emotions and attitude remained calm andindifferent throughout the conversation, as if she were merely asking anordinary question.

After she finished speaking, Mario didn't immediately respond, and theirconversation paused. His meaning and her current attitude made itclear to Mario that she wouldn't compromise this time.

But Mario was also someone who wouldn't compromise.

After a short silence, his cold voice sounded again as he said, "I'm notforcing you; you're forcing me, Sienna. While I was injured andhospitalized, you immediately married Rex. Do you think that wouldcompletely separate us? But have I ever told you that I don't care aboutthese things? I care about the outcome, not the process."

As long as the outcome was what he wanted, he didn't care about whathappened during the process.

His personality made Sienna deeply feel his stubbornness. What he didreally made her feel oppressed, and she didn't know what to say.

She asked, "Mario, I did owe the King family but not you. Mom neverasked me to return anything to her. So why do you keep threatening meagain and again? Whatever consequences you care about are yourown business. Why should I comply with your demands for a certainoutcome? Say whatever you want, but I won't be threatened by you. Ifyou want to make those photos public and expose everything to theworld, then I'd like to see who's truly at fault, you or me?"

Sienna took a deep breath and held her phone tightly, trying to remindherself to calm down. She didn't want to say anything that would angerMario at this moment, but the truth was she couldn't calm down andkeep quiet.

Mario's attitude was just too much.

So she couldn't help it and said everything that was on her mind. Shedidn't intend to give Mario any respect because he didn't even want togive himself any.

Sienna didn't give Mario a chance to speak and said, "Do whatever youwant. I won't be scared by your threats anymore. If you really want toruin me, do you think you'll end up in a better place? You keep claimingit's for my own good, but you only care about yourself. You just wanteveryone to put you in the first place. Well, I won't be foolish enough tofall for it again.”

She had never denied that she had feelings for Mario. It was a naiveaffection from her teenage years, something she couldn't control. Shebelieved that Mario was being nice to her because he liked her, so sheexpressed her feelings without thinking much.

But his words, "I only see you as a little sister. Don't say such thingsanymore,” completely extinguished her feelings. Since then, she toldherself not to hope for what she shouldn't and not to continue beingfoolish.

After the call, Sienna didn't let Mario speak and ended the conversationdirectly. She had made the call from her room while Rex was in theliving room. Sienna stood by the window, took a deep breath, andcalmed herself before walking out of the room.

Rex was reading, and he noticed her coming out. He handed her thelist of people they needed to treat to dinner in Hance. Sienna glancedat the list, knowing she didn't have many friends. Camille was her bestfriend, and others were mostly associated with the King family due toher status. She wouldn't need to invite anyone apart from Camille.Apart from Camille, the rest were Rex's friends. Some Sienna knew,and some she didn't. Among them were several female names.

Sienna asked playfully, “Is there a table reserved for your ex-girlfriends?"

Rex frowned slightly and put down the book, looking at her, "Whatwould you do if there were?"

"How should I handle it? I can't start a fight, right? That would be tooembarrassing for you. Don't men like wives who are understanding?"Rex was almost driven mad but managed to say through gritted teeth,"Just stop talking."

They playfully teased each other, and the unpleasant atmosphere frombefore had completely disappeared.

As for Mario's words, Sienna naturally didn't tell Rex about them. Shemade a bet that Mario might have a hint of hesitation.

Sienna and Rex were planning to return to Hance the day aftertomorrow. Before that, Sienna had to go to the King family once more.She probably wouldn't need to visit them again in the future, given whatMrs. King had told her. However, she needed to return the card Mrs.King gave her, which contained ten million dollars.

To the King family, ten million dollars was nothing, but Sienna couldn'taccept it. She was moved by the legal matters Mrs. King arranged forher, and that meant more to her than the money. It would save her froma lot of trouble.

Sienna shared her thoughts with Rex, and he agreed. He addedanother ten million as a thank-you to the King family for taking care ofSienna for so many years. Although the King family didn't need thatmoney, Rex insisted on showing his gratitude. They decided to deliver itthe next day, and Rex didn't go inside; he just dropped Sienna off at thegate and waited in the car.

Sienna went in and came out in about twenty minutes, and everythingwent smoothly. Mrs. King didn't say much, just gladly accepted the cardSienna returned. As Sienna left the King family, she felt a great relief.

In contrast, Camille and Ayan were much colder these days. Althoughthey lived under the same roof and communicated, it was nothing likethe intimacy they once had.

Their relationship was like a cold war, and any communication was justto maintain the superficial peace.

That night, Camille didn't go home directly after work. Instead, shereturned to the company and didn't get back to Maple Leaves Mansionuntil around nine in the evening. Ayan hadn't come back yet, and ofcourse there were no calls or messages either.

Where is he?