Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)
Chapter 491

No one had seen the girl named Kierra, so even Ariah started to wonder if she was hallucinating due to the fear.

But now, she was certain that she hadn't had an illusion!

If that killer clown followed this man's orders, then this man would definitely know where Kierra was.

"That day, when I was locked up in the basement by that clown, there was also a little girl there with me. What... what did you do to her?"

Ariah's voice trembled as she was blaming herself for not insisting on looking for Kierra.

If she had insisted, Jimmy would definitely help her to look for Kierra and maybe they would be able to find her!

However, after such a long time, Kierra could have been dead already. Yet, Ariah still held a glimmer of hope.

"What did you do to her?" repeated Ariah.

Just as she said so, the man chuckled and asked, "Are you concerned about her?"

Of course, she was. She was not a heartless person!

"What on earth did you do to her? She's just a little girl. How could you... have the heart to kill her?"

Ariah regretted it the moment she said that. How could she be talking about morality and conscience with this man?

"Oh, Kierra. She's fine..."

Immediately, Ariah's eyes widened. "Really?"

"Do you want to see her?"

"She's really fine? And, you're willing to let me see her?" Ariah looked at him suspiciously, speculating that he was teasing her.

"Well, I can tell you where she is..." The man took a step forward, and his lips slowly curled into a smile under the mask. "She's right under your nose."

Ariah was confused. "What do you mean?"

"Can't you figured it out yet?"

Ariah was at a loss for words.

What did he mean by 'right under her nose'?

Ariah stood there in a daze. Suddenly, she shivered and looked at him in shock. "You... you're Kierra?"

No, that was impossible!

Kierra was an 18-year-old little girl whereas he was a grown-up man. She must be crazy to think that he was Keira.

"Why wasn't it possible? It was dark in the basement, and you couldn't see me at all, so I can pretend whoever I like. I could say that my name is Kierra and that I'm 18 years old. I went to a movie with my classmates, but I was kidnapped halfway..."

Gradually, Ariah's face turned pale because only she and Kierra knew about this...

"Back then, you were very frightened, so of course, you were willing to believe that there was another little girl who was a victim like you."

Slowly, the man approached her and his voice became deeper as he coaxed, "Have you forgotten? That day you took the initiative to hold my hand and you even comforted me, telling me not to be afraid. Tsk- tsk, come to think of it, you're really kind..."

"Urg!"

Ariah couldn't help but retch.

She felt sick at the thought of how she had held hands with this pervert and even comforted him back then.

Seeing that, the man frowned and dodged. With a sneer, he continued, "You probably didn't know, huh? I used a voice changer back then to disguise myself. Originally, I wanted to take the opportunity to get close to you and make you sympathize with me. Then, I would let that clown kill me... oh no, I mean 'Kierra' in front of you, so that you would go insane."

Hearing his words, Ariah trembled and questioned, "Why... why are you doing this to me...

"Because I want to transform you into my woman." He said with excitement, "I've been observing you for quite a while, and I can see that Jimmy has some feelings for you. Therefore, I wanna control you and make you my puppet, my killing machine. And I want to see that, as a cop, what would Jimmy do?"

As he thought about it, he grew even excited.

On the other hand, Ariah's face was pale as she looked at him. She could hear how excited he was.

"Now, you must be wondering how I was going to control you, eh? Let me tell you, it's easy for me to control your mind. Although you're much stronger than others inside, you're not unbreakable!"

"When you and 'Kierra' became good friends in distress, you would subconsciously want to protect her due to your mothering nature. And when the time is right, I would have 'Kierra' to die miserably in front of you. By then, you would be susceptible..." "Just like a human catching a novel virus, you would have zero resistance to my manipulation then."

Although Ariah's teeth were chattering, her hands were clenched into fists and she said, "You wanted to control me at my weakest, which is only possible through either drugs or hypnotism. Is that what you planned?"

The man clapped his hands lightly and acknowledged, "Yep, you're indeed smart."

Right now, both Ariah's hands and feet were ice-cold. She knew a little about manipulating one's mind, thus she also understood how scary this man was.

If she really acted according to his plan, she would have become his puppet by now.

"However, your plan didn't work out because Jimmy came to rescue me in time. You had to hide for a while after that and it wasn't until last night when I was left alone that you finally had the chance to abduct again, right?" Ariah asked indifferently.

"That's right."

"So, what do you want now? Do you still want to use your previous plan to try to manipulate me?"

Ariah stared at him coldly. Could it be that he wanted to use Anna to deal with her this time instead of Kierra'?

"Nah, that method will only work when you're not aware of it. Now that I've told you, it won't work so well."

He spoke in a relaxed tone as if he wasn't worried at all. "Now that I've thought of a better idea, I don't have to worry about telling you all these things."

Ariah felt the hairs on her body stand on end. "What do you plan to do?"

The man smiled insidiously. Without saying a word, he jolted her with a taser.

Ben and Edward had never seen Jimmy smoke so much before. The office was now filled with smoke, and there was no light coming in at all. As soon as they entered, they were choked by the smoke.