Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)
Chapter 497

Jimmy froze and his face darkened. Seizing Ariah's chin, he asked with his teeth gritted, "Are you avoiding me?"

He thought that his smell was too strong that she felt uncomfortable. "I haven't been able to take a bath because of staying here with you the whole night. How could you avoid me because of this?" However, despite knowing that he had misunderstood, Ariah didn't bother to explain. She merely snorted. "Well, it's not like I begged you to keep watch here..."

"You..."

Taking a deep breath, Jimmy suppressed his emotions. "Alright, enough. Don't try to change the subject. Tell me what's going on."

Ariah glanced at him and said slowly after a long pause, "Well, I know a little hypnotism too, so Kevin didn't manage to hypnotize me. I was just acting along with him and took the opportunity to stab him in the leg."

"You know hypnotism?" Jimmy frowned. "Why you never mentioned it before?"

"Well, what's there to talk about?" Ariah felt that he was just making a big fuss.

Jimmy was speechless.

"Hey, keep your distance!" repeated Ariah again.

Hearing that, Jimmy was annoyed and he glanced coldly at her, then dashed into the bathroom. Ariah was dumbfounded. What was he doing?

Soon, she heard the sound of showering coming from the bathroom...

Did Jimmy just go in to bathe?

What was wrong with him?

Coming out of the bathroom, Jimmy heard a knock on the door and went to open the door. It was Edward who came to deliver their meals. When Edward saw Jimmy's wet hair, he was surprised. "Capt., why are you wet?"

"Ah, I just took a shower." Jimmy grabbed the food from his hands.

"Huh? Why are you showering during the day?"

Jimmy didn't want to just tell him he had taken a bath because Ariah was disgusted with his smell. It would be embarrassing.

"Nothing." Jimmy pushed him out. "Don't forget to bring the dinner on time."

"Wait!" Edward held the door. "Capt., this morning when I went back to work, the kidnapper is being guarded as a first-class criminal whereas Ricco is treated with respect by Director Sherlock! Who is that Ricco though?"

Hearing that, Jimmy merely replied casually, "Ricco is a capable man. What's wrong with Director Sherlock treating him with courtesy?"

Edward widened his eyes in surprise. Jimmy was actually not angry?

"Capt., Ricco has second thoughts on your wife. Why are you on his side now?"

Instantly, Jimmy's face darkened. "Stop talking nonsense! Now, get out of here!"

The door slammed shut before Edward's nose, and he knew he must have annoyed Jimmy.

After all, any man would feel uncomfortable when they heard others were having second thoughts about their wife.

Meanwhile, sitting on the hospital bed, Ariah had heard their conversation. Looking at Jimmy, who had a gloomy expression, she asked, "Did Kevin really get caught?"

"Yes." Jimmy responded indifferently.

"What feud does Ricco have against Kevin?"

"I don't know."

"Then, why would he go with you to catch Kevin?"

"I don't know."

Upon hearing this, Ariah could sense his unhappiness already.

With a sullen look, Jimmy took out two dishes and one soup from the carrier bag and set them up on the table in front of her. Stuffing the cutlery into her hand, he simply said, "Eat."

He didn't even notice that he had caused pain in her hand.

Ariah twisted her thin brows.

Jimmy went straight to one side, took out a cig from his coat, and was about to light it. Then, he remembered he was still in the hospital, so he threw the lighter aside and sniffed the cig instead while staring at Ariah sharply.

Being married to him for a few years, Ariah knew he wanted to smoke when he was agitated.

So, she just ate silently. The meals tasted quite bland, and gradually, she became irritated too. Finally, she put down her cutlery and snapped, "Stop staring at me like that!"

Jimmy raised his eyebrows and retorted, "What? You're feeling guilty?"

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing."

Calming her emotions, Ariah gestured at Jimmy with a smile and said, "Come over here."

Jimmy walked over suspiciously. "What's the

matter?"

As soon as he got closer, Ariah's face suddenly turned cold, and she threw a pillow at him. He didn't manage to dodge it, and the pillow hit him right in the face. Instantly, his face turned gloomy. Meanwhile, Ariah said angrily, "If you continue to act weirdly, then go out. Don't affect my mood of eating!"

Jimmy gritted his teeth and gave her a dark look, which gave her goosebumps. Just as she wanted to retort him, he suddenly pressed down against her body and warned, "Ariah, stop challenging me." Hearing that, she rolled her eyes. "Tsk, how am I challenging you again?"

Jimmy couldn't hold it anymore and kissed her on the lips, to which Ariah paused for a moment before she tried to push him away. However, she was no match for him.

She was not as strong as he was in the first place, and now with the injury, it would be painful to exert too much force.

"Ouch..."

Ariah gasped.

Immediately, Jimmy came back to his senses and let go of her, but he did not get up. Instead, he was holding her tightly as he breathed heavily.

At the same time, Ariah gave him a disgusted look. "Ew, why are you kissing me? I just ate something."

"I don't mind!" Jimmy murmured softly while his cheek pressed against hers, "From now on, I'll let what happened between you and Ricco pass, just as long as you stop seeing him again. Otherwise, I'll not let you two off easily this time."

Hearing that, only then did Ariah realize why he had been in a tantrum.

He must have thought that she had an affair with Ricco last time... Thinking that, Ariah wanted to explain, but then, she decided not. Why bother to explain when they had already divorced?

It would be better to keep things as they were.

Later, Howard came over to see Ariah and she was a little surprised. "Hey, why are you here?"

"Well, Jimmy asked me to drop by." Howard closed the door and said, "He went back to the department to deal with some things, but he was worried about you staying here alone. If you need anything, feel free to tell me."

Nevertheless, Ariah didn't want to trouble him. "Ah, I'm good. I think I'll be discharged tomorrow."

Sitting down, Howard looked quite gossipy as he asked, "Why are you admitted into the hospital again? Just now, I heard your attending doctor say that you were kicked in the abdomen. Did Jimmy do this? If he did, whoa, this could be counted as domestic violence!"