Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)
Chapter 460

Ariah blushed. While cooking in the kitchen, she thought of Jimmy's figure in the bathroom.

This man loved sports, so he would jog every morning and go to the gym three times a week. His body figure was extremely good, and his muscles were so strong that he could carry her up very easily. Just now in the bathroom, he had said that he forgot to take his pajamas. That was obviously a trick, which he had used many times in the past in order to take advantage of her.

She had already seen through this dirty trick, so she ran away after throwing the clothes at him.

After preparing the food, Jimmy came out of the bathroom and stood at the table while staring at her. "You are getting smarter now, huh?"

As she rolled her eyes at him, she ordered, "Sit down and eat!"

While enjoying the food, water was dripping down from his hair. With a look of disgust, she said, "Can't you wipe your hair?"

Jimmy was eating noodles with his head down, and he didn't even look up when he suggested, "Wipe it for me."

That rendered her speechless.

What did he mean by that? Was she a maid?

Ariah glared at him for a while and saw that he had not moved at all. The water droplets on his hair almost dripped into the bowl, so she gritted her teeth and went to find a towel to wipe his hair. The corners of Jimmy's mouth thus curled up while eating.

Men and women were different in terms of physical ability, including eating. Jimmy finished a bowl of noodles very quickly, after which he looked at her with his eyebrows raised. "Why do you suddenly treat me so well? Since when have you become so obedient?"

Ariah snorted, "That's right, my personality has changed. Is there anything wrong with that?"

If it weren't for the fact that he had saved her once, she wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to him.

Following a chuckle, he said, "That's great. You've changed a lot. Men love gentle, caring women."

Irritated, she blurted out, "Do you mean someone like Anna?"

After saying that, Ariah realized her words had been too harsh.

The atmosphere between the two of them was soon filled with awkwardness and anger.

With her lips curled, she responded, "I'm going to wash the dishes."

Clearing his throat, he said, "I'm going to brush my teeth."

After they pushed the chairs away, they got up at the same time and left.

While standing before the basin, she stared at the dripping water for a long while before sighing. She then retracted her thoughts and told herself not to think about it any longer.

Coming out, Jimmy saw Ariah making a phone call while sitting on the sofa in the living room.

"Who are you calling?" he asked casually.

"Ricco." Ariah didn't even look up.

Jimmy's expression froze when he heard that. Then, his visage darkened as he strode over and threw her phone to the side. With a sinister smile, he said, "How dare you call him before me? That's unacceptable, Ariah!"

Rolling her eyes at him, she replied, "What are you thinking about? I have something to ask him."

"Just ask me. Why must you ask him in the middle of the night?"

Yes, Jimmy should know what happened to Kierra. Ariah patted her head and felt that she was too silly. How could she have forgotten such a simple thing?

"When you rescued me, was there anyone else in the basement?"

"I wasn't part of the site inspection team. What's the problem?"

"There's still a little girl who was locked up there, and she was kidnapped a few days ago. Before you went there, I had talked to her, but your colleague David claimed that he didn't see anyone except me." Jimmy's expression turned serious. "Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure!"

With a nod, Jimmy said, "I'll call and ask. Don't worry."

Ariah finally let out a sigh of relief as he made a call in a hands-free mode. After waiting for some time, he was told that the team had only managed to save Ariah on the mission two days ago. Other than Ariah there was no victim on the scene...

Ariah was dumbfounded. Was there really no one else? What about Kierra? Where had she been?

Putting away the phone, Jimmy inquired, "Are you sure that you didn't have any hallucination?"

Some victims would experience hallucinations when they were in such a state of nervousness, despair, and fear. He was afraid that Ariah would treat the illusions as reality.

"What?" Ariah muttered to herself. She was very certain that she had indeed spoken to Kierra, who had touched her hand. How could it be a hallucination?

If that was not the case, why would everyone say that they had never seen that girl?

Ariah thought about it in a daze and felt a sudden pain when he patted her forehead. As she hissed, she came back to her senses and glared at him. "Hey, it hurts." "What are you thinking about?"

In response, Ariah shook her head as if she had recalled something. "What have you been doing over the past few days? Your colleague said that you are going to be investigated because of the shooting incident. Is that true?"

"Well, that's part of the procedures." Jimmy didn't want to reveal more. "Anyway, I'm fine now, and I can go to work in two days. Don't worry."

Who was worried about him? Ariah felt that he had been thinking too much!

Just as she was about to utter something, the phone on the tea table suddenly rang. It was Ricco. Before she could answer the call, Jimmy had grabbed the phone and glanced at the caller ID on the screen. "You're quite close to Ricco. Do you know the man's background?" he asked in a strange tone.

Ariah sensed the message implied by him. "Didn't you already investigate him? You know him better than I do, right? Also, he didn't have any bad intentions. If it wasn't for him, something might have happened to me..."

"Idiot." Following a sneer, Jimmy said, "Ricco took you with him only to use you as bait. He has his own plan. Do you really think he's protecting you?"

Upon saying that, he directly threw the phone to her and looked at her closely, "Ricco's background is complicated. I can't even guess his true identity. Therefore, you'd better be careful when you get along with him."

Jimmy's words were suggestive of something. Few people knew about those things in the past, but Ricco knew them clearly, so he had to be careful with the man.

After that, Jimmy got up and went to the balcony. It was then that she regained her senses and answered the phone.