Chapter 250

As soon as New Year's Day passed, Maria Lewis felt like time hit fast-forward. She blinked, and it was already the fifth day of the new year. More cars were out on the road, and Beicheng was coming back to life. That day, Lily Summer called out of the blue. “Heard you cut things off with James Bennett?” Maria paused for a bit, trying to think of a word that fit better, but honestly, “cut off” summed it up pretty well. “Something like that,” she said. “Where’d you hear that from?” She was more confused than anything—she hadn’t told many people about it. How did Lily know? “My aunt called James’s mom to set up a mahjong game, and his mom just started ranting about you. Wouldn’t really get into the details, just said you and James are donezo. So I figured it had to be serious. What happened?” Maria rubbed the space between her brows. “It’s not something I can sum up in a few sentences. You’ll know when it’s all settled.” “You just… ugh,” Lily let out an exasperated sigh. Couldn’t even fin