Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 313

On the balcony, Stanley sensed something in the living room, so he hurriedly hung up the phone. Looking up, he met with Sharon's bright eyes.

He pursed his lips and came into the living room, walking toward her.

For some reason, Sharon subconsciously took a step back.

Sensing her retreat, Stanley continued to approach and eventually pulled her into his embrace. He then lifted her chin and looked into her panic-stricken eyes. "How much did you hear just now?"

Sharon replied nervously, "Not a word. Why? Were you on the phone?"

Stanley didn't believe her at all.

Though she was good at pretending.

Rolling his eyes, he said, "I know you heard it." Then, he pulled her to sit on the sofa. "Do you wanna know who I just called?"

Sharon nodded but then shook her head.

The current Stanley was quite scary, so she didn't want to know what was in his mind.

Back in Allgate City, Howard had told her that Stanley had saved the Warner family's business from the brink of insolvency in just a few years, so he must have some means and tricks.

Businessmen, especially the top ones, generally speaking, were quite shrewd and cunning. There must be some unknown side to their success.

Therefore, Stanley could have a dark side too.

Thinking about that, Sharon shook her head again. "Nah, I'm not interested in your business. I'm gonna sleep. Now, let go, or I'll throw you out."

She was just threatening him though. She wouldn't dare to throw him out.

However, Stanley didn't let go of her. Instead, he grabbed her even harder and said something that astonished her, "Do you really think that tonight's car accident was just the drunk driver's careless mistake?"

Sharon looked up blankly. "What do you mean?"

At that time, when the police came over, the drunk driver had come out of the car and cried regretfully, apologizing that he shouldn't have drunk alcohol. With a blurry mind, he pleaded with the police to forgive him and even acted aggressively in front of the public.

"Tsk, do you think there's such a coincidence in this world?" Stanley sneered, "When we were in the mall, we were followed by someone, and then coming out, there was a car accident."

Thinking back carefully, Sharon realized that what he said was very reasonable, and she immediately broke out in a cold sweat. "Do you think someone's trying to kill me?"

Stanley glanced at her. Although she still looked relatively calm, her little face was already pale, so he smiled and pinched her face. "Maybe, or perhaps I'm just overthinking. Anyway, don't worry too much."

Knowing that he was comforting her, Sharon tried to calm herself down since she wasn't hurt in the accident.

"Then what was the phone call just now about?" Sharon took the opportunity to ask.

Stanley shot her a glance. "Didn't you say you're not interested?"

Facing his retort, she was tongue-tied for a second.

Finally, she snapped, "Are you gonna tell me or not?"

Stanley curled his lips into an amused smile.

"Whoa, calm down..."

Sharon just glared at him, to which Stanley soon raised his hand and made a gesture of surrender. With an entertained look, he slowly revealed, "On our way back, when you fell asleep, I called a friend and asked him to lock up the drunk driver."

Instantly, she was dumbstruck.

"And just now, he called me back to inform me that the driver refused to say anything. So I asked him to do as he liked, as long as he keeps the driver alive."

Sharon looked at him in shock. She had never thought that Stanley would do such things behind her.

Just like four years ago, if he hadn't told her about his real purpose in marrying her, she wouldn't have known it for the rest of her life.

This man was really deep. No one could guess his thoughts.

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Seeing that, Stanley thought that she was scared by what he said. With hesitation, he explained, "Don't worry, I won't kill that driver. I just wanted to teach him a lesson."

"Teach him a lesson? But the police had warned him. Besides, he was fined already."

However, the driver didn't get detention, probably because he had some sort of connections with the police. Thinking about that, Stanley laughed coldly, "He almost took your life. Do you think I'll let him off so easily?"

Sharon stared at him speechlessly. She knew that he would seek revenge for the smallest grievance.

On second thought, she felt that Stanley was doing things a little too drastic. But then, realizing that she had almost died tonight, she stopped feeling sorry for the driver.

She had children and a family. She didn't want to die just like that.

Nevertheless, Sharon decided not to be part of this, and she pushed Stanley away, saying goodnight to him.

Stanley looked at her with a frown.

Clearly, he had something to say to her, but she avoided his gaze and went to bed.

Back in the bedroom, the two children were sleeping soundly already. Sharon kept glancing at the tightly shut door, as she thought that Stanley would follow in, but fortunately, he didn't.

Lying on the bed, she couldn't fall asleep at all, because of the emotional whirlwinds.

In the past few years, she had been looking for Stanley, and the last thing she wanted to see was his dead body.

Now that she had finally found him, she was quite happy, but also very conflicted at the same time, since she had never got over her father's death.

Therefore, sometimes, she felt quite uncomfortable staying by Stanley's side.

As she contemplated this, she gradually fell asleep. When she opened her eyes again, she was shocked to see Stanley sitting in front of her bed, gazing at her.

Sharon's sleepiness was instantly driven away and she just lay there stiffly, staring back at him.