Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 257

Melody did not expect that Stanley would call her. Moreover, when she was still in class. Without paying attention to it, she pressed the decline button.

However, after less than two seconds, the buzzing sound returned.

With no choice, she had to sneak out the back door and answered the phone. "Stanley, I'm in class. What can I do for you..."

"Miss Graham, did something happen to Sharon at school?"

Before letting her finish, Stanley directly cut her off and went straight to the point.

Stunned by his question, Melody replied, "No... No, she was fine. She even told me that she's pregnant. I told her that she should not return to school before giving birth, so I planned to take her to fill up the temporary leave, but she left after answering a call. She has not returned yet..."

Speaking of this, Melody seemed to think of something. Then a scream could be heard, hurriedly she said, "Two hours have passed, Sharon has not returned. Is she..."

"She's fine. She's here with me." Stanley said, calming her down.

With that, Melody breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Great, that's good."

"Miss Graham, do you know who called her?"

"I didn't hear it clearly. I don't know if it's Shawn..."

Melody knew a little about Sharon and Shawn's history. Especially during the ten days after Stanley's disappearance, Shawn had been by Sharon's side the entire time, and he often came to school to find her. As time passed, Melody would often hear Sharon refer to him as her brother.

After hearing this, Stanley narrowed his eyes.

Sharon had a very comfortable sleep. Perhaps it was because her heart was at peace, or because Stanley was by her side. Knowing that he would not go anywhere, so she felt at ease.

However, this sense of security was quickly overwhelmed by her difficulty in breathing.

It was as uncomfortable as lacking oxygen. She slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was the man's enlarged face.

He was kissing her.

After a long time, Stanley calmed down, but he did not move and was lying on the sofa with her.

Sharon's face flushed scarlet. "You... You're done with your work?"

"Um hmm," Stanley replied in a low voice. Content rights belong to NôvelDrama.Org.

Swiftly, Sharon lay on top of him. "I just had a dream."

"What dream?" Stanley asked with his eyes half closed.

"I just dreamed of my father..." Sharon sniffled and said.

Hearing that, Stanley tightened his hand around her waist and his Adam's apple bobbed. "What else?"

Sharon's eyelashes drooped as she said, "My dad had woken up, and I felt happy. Then, I took him to play, eat, went shopping, and bought some clothes for him. He seemed very happy, too... But it turned out to be a dream inside another dream. Then it started to change. Dad was still asleep, and I was just dreaming. When you kissed me, I was just returning to my childhood, where my dad was teaching me how to swim. But I was too stupid. As I feared water and could not learn. I grabbed

onto my dad's body and would not get into the water. Then I bawled my eyes out. Seeing that, my dad was scared, and he took me to the shore and coaxed me, telling me to be obedient and brave. Since I refused to learn that day, my dad said to wait a little longer, till I was braver, we would learn again..."

Sharon kept talking non-stop.

Talking about her childhood, her teenage years, and when she became an adult...

Because Sharon's mother never took care of the family since she was young, her father had to play two roles. He took on both duties as a dad as well as a mom.

That was why Sharon had a particularly deep relationship with her father. She loved her father more than any daughters would in the world.

Simply because her father had worried a lot about her.

"During the time when my dad had a car accident, our family was poor and we had to sell off our house. But because we could not afford the bill, the hospital kicked us out. I begged everyone I knew and even went to the streets to raise money. Some called me a liar. Oh, I could even remember that once there was a little girl who was in a worse situation than me. Both her parents were gone, and she had to care for her two- year- old younger brother who had leukemia. I thought that she was really pitiful, so I gave her half of the remaining money in my hand. Then, guess what happened next?"

As Stanley listened to her past, his eyes had already reddened, and his heart was in pain. "What happened?"

"In the end, they turned out to be scammers. It was a gang case. On my way home, they followed me. Then, two men came out of nowhere and took all my money. In the end, I had no choice but to

sell my blood. Once, after drawing blood at the illegal hospital, with a few hundred dollars in my hand, I almost fainted on the street..."

When Sharon spoke up to this point, Stanley's body violently trembled.

He was clueless about her past.

Besides, Sharon had never mentioned anything about it as well. This was the first time he heard the story about her past, and it was so soul-stirring.

Before she could finish, Stanley held her tightly in his arms as his tall body was shaking. "Stop..."

Seeing that, Sharon smiled, "All right, let's not talk about this. Let's change the topic."

"Yes."

"Stanley, when you found me and my father, that was the most difficult time for us. We were squeezed with strangers in an underground rental that had the worst environment. There wasn't even a window, and it was cold and damp. So, what was your first impression of me? I probably looked like a beggar, huh?"

Raising her head with a smile on the corner of her mouth, Sharon asked him.

Stanley's black phoenix eyes stared straight at her, his voice as deep as a drum, "How can you manage to smile?"

He was shocked beyond words. To know that she had lived such a difficult life and to think that she must have lost all hope during those times, yet now she was able to speak about it with ease.

The way she could turn any bad situation into positive energy. That was just how Sharon is.

Stanley envied this type of person, who lived a free and happy life.

Though she had experienced the darkest and coldest world, but her heart was still full of sunshine. She lived like a bright sun.

In his life, Stanley had never felt such heartache for anyone. Now, his heart was filled with pain that he could not even utter a single word. All he could do was to hug her tightly.

Not expecting that Stanley's reaction would be so strong when she told him about her past. She could feel that his body was as tight as a rock, hugging her so tightly that she almost could not breathe.

"It's fine now..." Sharon hugged him back. "Those bad days had all passed. I'm very happy now. I have you and the baby."

Right now, she was at her happiest state. Sharon felt like this luckiest woman in the world to have met a guy like Stanley.

He saved her from the darkness, and gave her a second life.

Therefore, Sharon could not tolerate the words that Shawn used to degrade Stanley.

While raising her head, Sharon stared straight into Stanley's dark and deep eyes, "I met Shawn at school today..."