Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)
Chapter 488

"It's... the director's order. He told me not to tell you yet."

Jimmy massaged his eyebrows and nodded. "What else?"

"Well, Ariah spoke with Anna for quite a while by the road. But I didn't know what they conversed as I was quite far from them. And later, Ariah went back."

Initially, Ben didn't know about Anna. But Jimmy had sent Anna's photo to him, telling him to pay attention to her if she went to find Ariah.

Therefore, last night, he was able to recognize Anna.

"After they separated, I was about to follow Ariah secretly, but suddenly, someone knocked me out from behind. When I woke up again, I immediately went to check on Ariah and she was already... gone." Speaking of this, Ben paused and looked at Jimmy, whose face was really gloomy and veins were popping out under his skin. Apparently, Jimmy was trying hard to control his emotions. Knowing that Jimmy wouldn't burst into outrage for the time being, Ben breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "When I knew that she was gone, I wanted to call you at first, but the director asked us not to tell you yet..."

Hearing that, Jimmy sneered and retorted, "Then why are you telling me now?"

Ben scratched his head sheepishly. "Well... Director Sherlock just called again. He said that since you're quite smart, you must know that something is wrong and come to Ariah's place. So, he asked me to wait for you here and tell you about this."

Carefully, Ben continued as he observed Jimmy's expression, "Director Sherlock also said that if... Capt., you get really mad when you find out about this and get out of control, I should just handcuff you first, then wait for him to take care of..."

Well, it made sense. Of course, he would get furious, knowing that they didn't inform him right away the moment Ariah went missing.

"Are you telling me that after Ariah went missing, instead of rescuing her, you guys have been trying to think of ways to hide it from me?"

"Of course not!" Ben immediately clarified, "Director Sherlock had sent someone to look for her the minute she went missing. Her residential area was sealed off and we had people watching the CCTV footage all night. We also contacted the spies and asked if they've seen any suspicious men in Beachmarsh City recently. We've thought of every way to find her, but still, we don't know her whereabouts yet..." Gradually, Ben's voice became lighter and lighter out of guilt. "Capt., just scold me. I didn't watch her carefully enough. It's all my fault!"

Nevertheless, Jimmy was expressionless and said, "This isn't all your fault. Someone is targeting Ariah. Even if you guys protect her well, she would still be kidnapped."

When Ben heard this, he was stunned and asked, "She was targeted?"

"Otherwise, why do you think that Director Sherlock is on this too?"

Jimmy was right... With a blank look, Ben then asked, "So, Capt., do you know who's behind this?"

Jimmy didn't answer, but his eyes darkened. He then said in a low voice, "Let's head back to the department first."

Back at the department, Director Sherlock acted real quick. By the time Jimmy came back, a special task force had already been set up. Seeing that Director Sherlock attached great importance to this matter, Jimmy felt much more at ease.

During the one-hour meeting, Jimmy didn't say a single word, and he just stood quietly in the corner, listening to his colleagues discussing how to rescue Ariah and catch the Beast. Director Sherlock looked at him several times. Seeing that Jimmy didn't act, he cleared his throat and finally said, "Okay, you guys may take a break now, and we'll resume later."

Then, he pushed his chair aside and got up. When he passed by Jimmy, he whispered, "Come with me."

Jimmy followed him out, into another office. Upon entering the room, Director Sherlock ordered, "Close the door."

So Jimmy did as he said.

"What do you think?" As soon as the door was closed, Director Sherlock's sharp gaze swept over. "Why didn't you say a word at the meeting? Those men worked with you on that case back then. What do you think of their plan?"

"Not very good," Jimmy said quite frankly, "no one knows the Beast better than I do. The plan that you guys devised is not going to work for him."

"Then tell me, what's your plan?"

Jimmy fell silent. They weren't able to find Ariah even when Director Sherlock had employed the spies to look for her, which meant that the kidnapper must have kept Ariah well hidden.

Since the Beast had taken away Ariah, who was related to him, he would definitely look for Jimmy next, even if Jimmy didn't take the initiative to find him.

Therefore, the only thing he could do now was to wait for the Beast to come to him.

"Well, if I'm not wrong, the person who abducted Ariah will take the initiative to contact me sooner or later."

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because his target is me. Ariah's just a 'gift' that he wants to present to me."

Director Sherlock frowned. "A gift?"

"Yes," Jimmy said with his thin lips tightly pursed, "eight years ago, I had known the Beast... No, he was called Kevin Bradbury at that time. But because of the way he killed people-cruel and bloody-he was given the nickname 'Beast' by the experts who were hunting after him. Kevin was good at manipulating one's mind. Back then, he spent the longest time with me and he tried every possible way to deceive me into working for him, which I pretended to agree. And when he trusted me totally, I shot him dead in the fire. But before he died, he said something to me."

"What did he say?"

"He said that he'll be reborn in hell, and he'll end my favorite person's life then, and present it to me

as a gift."

Slowly, Jimmy said as his gaze was distant and deep. Caught in the past memories, he looked a little gloomy. "So now, he's probably kidnapping Ariah to tell me that he's back." Meanwhile, when Ariah woke up and remembered what had happened, she knew that she was kidnapped.

But looking at the surrounding, she was puzzled.

Did someone really kidnapped her?

Because... looking at her environment, it was as if she was in a five-star hotel. She was lying on a soft king-sized bed in a room that was clean, tidy, and decorated luxuriously.