Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 361

Initially, Ariah had intended to take a good bath and go to bed after returning home. However, apart from her injury, she had also been wronged. That made her sigh in the bathroom while putting on her clothes.

In the corridor, a tall man stood with one leg propped against the wall. One of his hands was holding a cigarette, while the other was inserted in his pocket. He was smoking with his head lowered, and it seemed that he was preoccupied with something in his mind as he didn't notice her when she came out.

That made her frown.

He had smoked two cigarettes in a short period of time.

She knew he liked smoking, but she didn't know that he smoked so intensely.

Because of the odor of cigarettes, she coughed uncomfortably.

In the past, he would stop smoking once she coughed, which was a gentlemanly and considerate act.

"Ahem Ahem."

Just as she was lost in her thoughts, the odor drifted into her nostrils and made her cough uncontrollably. NôvelDrama.Org owns all content.

Jimmy quickly came to his senses and took a look at the cigarette in his hand. As he seemed to think of something, he whispered an apology before snuffing out out the cigarette.

"I was also smoking when I bandaged your wound, but why didn't you cough just now?"

How should Ariah answer that? Since he was too close to her at that time, did her rosy imagination make her forget the odor?

If she said that in all honesty, he would definitely make fun of her.

For this reason, she didn't reply to him and turned around to go back to her bedroom.

However, Jimmy quickly blocked her way and stared at her, whom he hugged in his arms. "Let's have a talk, Ariah."

Why was he so serious about the discussion?

As she grinned, she crossed her arms and asked, "Mmm, what do you want to talk about?"

Jimmy opened his mouth, but he could utter nothing. He thought she would get so angry that she would not want to talk to him, but she was so calm when she asked him the question.

"When did you find out the relationship between Anna and me?"

The question shocked him as this had been his worry for quite some time.

"Half a year after Stanley's disappearance, I saw you hugging that woman in the hospital."

Jimmy's face froze. It turned out that she had noticed him so early in the morning. Then, why did she keep quiet as if nothing had happened? When he came home, she still treated him as usual, and she would even let him touch her. She didn't look like a woman who had caught her husband having an affair with someone else.

She chose to ignore this issue until Anna showed her the explicit photo, which infuriated her and forced her to confront this inevitable outcome.

Suddenly, he held her face tightly, and his voice was so low that it was almost inaudible. One word at a time, he asked, "If I could deal with the problem, will you... still stay with me?"

"Sure." She nodded.

Stunned, he was overcome by ecstasy. He couldn't help reaching out to hold her in his arms and hugged her tightly. "I'm so sorry, my dear. I swear that I will be good to you in the future..."

Nonetheless, before he could finish his sentence, Ariah had responded stolidly, "As long as you don't mind that I have an affair with another man, I won't mind what happened between you and that woman."

Jimmy's expression stiffened in an instant. As joy receded from his visage, he asked in disbelief, "What did you just say?"

Shrugging her shoulders, she said, "Don't we always talk about gender equality? You've had sex with that woman, so it's okay for me have to have sex with another man. That's equality."

"You..." The veins on his forehead bulged as his anger spiked. "Who is that man? Was it the plump man we met last time in the restaurant?"

"How could it be him? Is my taste that bad? Anyway, the man is not bad, but this has nothing to do with you."

Despite her indifferent attitude, he was gritting his teeth while glaring at her. He couldn't help but burst into anger and asked, "Did you have sex with the man?"

Ariah's eyes dodged a little as she answered, "We haven't done that, but it won't be long before we reach that stage. I suppose it would... be great."

Upon finishing her words, she bit her lips shyly.

Shocked, Jimmy felt that his world had collapsed, and there was a voice roaring in his heart, telling him that he must settle her today. Otherwise, on the day he was cuckolded, he would definitely go ballistic.

Jimmy didn't expect that she already had a secret love, and he was still being kept in the dark.

As he was shrouded in despair, his face gradually turned pale.

Who could he blame? Apparently, he could only blame himself, for it was all his fault.

Seeing that he was gloomy, she frowned and inquired, "Hey, I've already told you long ago that our marriage was over. You've been refusing to divorce, which was beyond my control. However, you can't restrict my freedom, right? Without you, I will have to look for another man..."

"Shut up!"

Jimmy couldn't take it anymore. Staring at her with his glacial eyes, he yelled, "I'll kill you if you utter one more word!"

Rage flowed through him like lava. She did not dare to look at his expression, so she lowered her head and was shocked to see his tightly clenched fists. Veins were bulging on his forearms, which were shown as his sleeves were rolled up.

Ariah was totally stunned.

Fortunately, Jimmy's phone rang at this moment, so he took a deep breath before fishing out the device. Right then, she couldn't help but steal a look at the caller ID. It was Anna.

Realizing who the caller was, he glanced at Ariah and noticed that she had shifted her gaze away as if nothing had happened. His heart was filled with revenge as he snorted coldly and answered the phone, "Hello, Anna."

Anna?

Ariah sneered silently.

While he was talking on his phone, his face changed. Before he turned around and left, he ordered, "Don't go anywhere. Just stay at home. I'll go there right now! Did you hear me?"

He sounded so nervous as if something urgent had happened.

Jimmy hung up before he stepped out of the door. Then, he turned around and looked at her, who was still standing at the original spot. "I have something important to attend to right now. Close the doors and windows. I probably won't be here tonight. Have a good rest and take care. There's an injury on your neck, so please remember to go to the hospital tomorrow."

After saying that, she watched as he left like a gust of wind. Being left alone in the empty space, a sense of dismay soon wriggled through her heart.

Her legs had become numb from standing for a long time, so she turned and slowly walked back to the bedroom.

Two days later, Jimmy received the legal notice for divorce from the court.

Glaring at the notice sent by Ariah, he quickly left his colleagues, who were about to return to the police station with him, and drove straight to her apartment to settle the score.