Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 353

Gradually, Stanley calmed down.

After a brief hesitation, Sharon couldn't help but ask, "Why did your father..."

"He is not my father. I don't have such a father. I don't mind if you directly call him by his name," Stanley interrupted her before she could finish.

Upon thinking for a while, she nodded. "Why did Isai Jones not care about his family at all? How could he do all those things? It's just hard to believe."

As soon as she finished her words, Stanley laughed with a mocking gleam in his dark eyes. "All you have met in your life are just normal people, and the worst you have come across was someone like Harvey who would do all sorts of bad things. However, there are more individuals out there who are worse than Harvey. You can't possibly treat Isai as a normal person. He had long lost his humanity in order to attain his current authority. As inhumane as he was, he did not care about the family at all, for he only cared about things that benefited him and would wipe out those that were unimportant to him. Do you know why my mother had been ill for so

many years?"

This was the first time for him to talk about his family affairs, so she looked straight at him and shook her head calmly. "I have no idea about these things. Four years ago, you did tell me a few things about your mother and Isai, but in a very casual manner, so I have no idea about the cause and effect."

Upon hearing that, Stanley guffawed. "I didn't tell you before because you were too young, and I didn't want to scare you. Your younger self wouldn't be able to mentally process the disgusting things that Isai had done."

That startled Sharon.

In response, he stretched out his hand to touch her face, and his deep gaze was fixed on her, "Are you sure you want to listen?"

"Yes." Sharon nodded without hesitation. "I want to know how bad a person can be."

Following a chuckle, he thought for a while and continued, "When I was about ten years old, Isai suspected that my mother was unfaithful to him. At that young age, I accidentally saw him kill a man who was a little intimate with my mother. It was not an ordinary murder, for he tormented the man and caused him to suffer in pain for a long time before he died. That was the first time I witnessed a living individual being tortured to death by him."

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Sharon jumped out of her skin when she learned that macabre past.

"After I told this to my mother, she decided to divorce him, but he didn't agree. Nevertheless, my mother was so determined that she sneaked away one day. Unfortunately, she was caught by him and was put under house arrest."

Sharon's hands couldn't help but tremble because of the appalling revelation. How could Isai have done such a thing?

The most gruesome of all was how Stanley had actually witnessed those terrifying things when he was ten years old, which formed a stark contrast to her childhood when she would run on the grass with bare feet... She didn't dare to continue thinking about it, nor did she wish to continue reimagining it. Her heart inevitably ached for him, and this was the first time he had such a pity for a man.

Reaching out to hug him tightly, she put her face on his chest and listened to his strong heartbeat. Despite Stanley's scary experiences, he was not influenced by his father's distorted character, which was a relief for her.

Seeing that she was not willing to leave, he was stunned for a moment before coming to his senses. The corners of his mouth then lifted as he smilingly said, "These were all in the past."

"Yes, you're right," she agreed, and her voice was low due to the faint sorrow in her heart.

"Don't worry about me. The past can't hurt me now." He seemed to know what she was thinking, so he took the initiative to cheer her up, "What I have experienced will only make me stronger. If I can narrate the past calmly now, it means that I am immune from those horrible experiences."

Since what he had said did make sense, she raised her eyes from his arms and inquired, "What happened after that?"

"My mother seldom left home after that, and I was estranged from Isai. I stayed in the hostel of my junior high school and returned home once a week. When I grew up, I did not go back at all. After I graduated from military school, I found that my mother's health had deteriorated. At that time, I didn't know that her health was so bad because of Isai. Since I had just graduated at that time, I didn't have the ability to fight against Isai. Therefore, as soon as I was capable of fighting with Isai, I brought my mother away from that home."

In an impassive manner, Stanley narrated what had happened when he was young. Sharon pursed her lips when he told her how he had shot Isai in order to bring his mother away. In spite of his description void of horrible details, she could still imagine and experience that sort of fear at that time.

She used to think that Evonne was the most disgusting parent in the world. Nonetheless, in comparison with Isai, she could be considered a kind person.

The more she thought about it, the angrier she got, and she couldn't help but give a hard smack on the wooded plank of the bed. It hurt so much that she instantly let out a cry of pain and sucked in a cold breath.

Shocked, Stanley immediately stood up to look at her hand, which caused her to scrunch up in pain.

Under the light, her small hand, which was as fair as white jade, was held in his big hand as he asked in an amused and distressed manner, "Why are you hurting yourself?"

Staring at him, she wanted to retort but decided to swallow her words in the end.

As he massaged her hand, his slightly rough fingers began to slowly move above her wrist. Something ambiguous was brewing between them. The further up his fingers moved, the warmer his touch became. In the end, he directly grabbed her soft arm with one hand. She wanted to retract her arm, but he still gripped her tightly.

"What are you doing?"

As soon as she raised her head, his gaze was so fervent that he could swallow her. As a result, her words were stuck in her throat, and she could utter nothing out of fear.

Just then, Stanley's body moved closer and forced Sharon to lean against the head of the bed. Being pressed by him, she felt that she could be stifled by his body at any time.

"What are you doing?" Sharon asked while staring motionlessly at him.

The look in Stanley's eyes darkened bit by bit at the thought of his next move. In a hoarse manner, he said, "You know what I'm about to do."

"No!" She immediately shook her head.

"What?"

When he lifted his eyebrows and snorted, his body continued to move closer to her. Overwhelmed by his manly aura, she felt so hot that her heart pounded aggressively. As her fingertips trembled with her heart, her scalp also became numb. She was gasping for air as though she could no longer control herself.

Suddenly, the phone rang and pierced through the ambiguous moment.