Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 385

When Ariah woke up in the morning, she that she had a missed call from Ricco. However, she could not be bothered to call back, so she ignored him, but she did not expect him to call again.

After Ariah thought about it for a while, she answered, "Hello..." NôvelDrama.Org © content.

As soon as Ariah answered, he asked, "Why didn't you pick up the call in the morning?"

"Oh, I didn't hear the call."

"Not even once when I've called you twice?"

"Maybe because I was too tired last night, so I didn't hear the phone ringing when you called."

As soon as she finished, the other end of the phone fell into a dead silence.

Any adult would be able to understand what she was saying.

The fact that Jimmy came to see her last night and that she said she was exhausted... The meaning of it was self-evident, and Ricco must have understood what she said.

However, she didn't expect Ricco to ask, "Too tired? I remember that it was still early when I left last night. What time did you sleep?"

For a long time, Ariah remained silent.

Then, she sighed and explained directly to him, "Jimmy stayed over last night. Do you understand what I mean?"

Although she wanted to divorce Jimmy, she would not use the feelings of another man to divorce.

Besides, she had not yet got over the failed marriage. How was it possible for her to get into another relationship so quickly?

Regardless of whether Ricco was interested in her, it was right of her to make it clear for him.

However, from the other end of the line, Ricco chuckled softly, "Do you mean that you guys are back together?"

Since Ariah couldn't tell what he was feeling, and she didn't dare to make a wild guess, so she gritted her teeth and nodded, "Yes, we are back together!"

In her mind, she decided to first lie to him about it.

"Okay." In a low voice, Ricco replied, "If the both of you really got back together, did your husband remove the surveillance camera that he placed in your living room?"

Instantly, Ariah stopped her footsteps and asked with a gloomy face, "What surveillance camera? What are you trying to tell me?"

"You didn't know about it?" At that moment, Ricco's deep laughter came from the other end of the phone. "There is a surveillance camera on the small bookshelf in your living room. Wasn't it placed by your husband so that he can monitor your actions?"

Dumbfounded, Ariah stood frozen at the spot as she felt a little dizzy.

"Otherwise, why would I suddenly get so close to you last night? It was because I spot the surveillance camera, so I made a show for your husband to see."

No wonder Jimmy would suddenly barge into her house, and Ricco was able to let her go in time without causing any unnecessary misunderstanding when Jimmy entered.

Were all these parts of his plan?

After Ariah stood at the spot for a long time, only she regained her voice and asked, "Why did you do that?"

"Don't you want to divorce him? Anyway, he has already misunderstood us. What's the difference if the misunderstanding got deeper?" From the other end of the phone, Ricco's voice rang, and it was hard for Ariah to figure which of what he said was true. "Since you wanted to divorce him, I decided to help you with it."

With her lips pursed, Ariah asked, "Ricco, what are you trying to do?"

There was no way a stranger would do something like that for no reason, and he must have had something in mind that he wanted in return.

"What is your purpose of doing this? What do you want to do?" Word by word, Ariah asked, "Why do you care so much about my business?"

There was a long silence on the other end of the line. After a long while, Ricco's hoarse voice with a strange tone came to her ear, "Ariah, when you asked me for help that day, I've told you that I'm even more difficult to deal with than those hooligans. I mean it. Once I take a fancy to someone, I wouldn't back off until I got my hands on her."

In a daze, Ariah returned home and sat on the sofa for a long time without coming back to her senses.

The voice of Ricco echoed in her mind. After he said those words, Ariah didn't know how to answer him. As she panicked, she could only hang up the phone and ran home in a hurry as if she was trying to escape. As soon as she arrived home, she had been sitting on the sofa till now.

"All of them are crazy!"

Frustrated, she let out a cry and threw herself into the sofa as she tried to think about what Ricco had said and whether he was telling the truth.

Although she could pry into the thoughts of her patients with mental illness, she could not distinguish whether the words of a normal person were true. Besides, they had their conversation over the phone, which made it more difficult for her to figure it out.

After a long time, she still couldn't figure it out, so she decided to stop thinking about it. Just as she closed her eyes and wanted to take a nap, she suddenly thought of something and instantly sat up from the sofa and went to the bookshelf.

As expected, there was a new toy on the bookshelf. When she held the toy and checked it thoroughly, she found a tiny surveillance camera hidden in it.

Furious, Ariah immediately smashed the monitor into pieces.

Right after she smashed the surveillance camera, her phone on the coffee table rang, and it was a call from Jimmy.

The call came at the right time.

Without a second thought, Ariah answered the call and cursed, "Jimmy Hudson, you're so despicable and shameless!"

Meanwhile, Jimmy just returned from a crime scene. As soon as he had the chance, he decided to give Ariah a call. Before he could even say a word, he was scolded by her. When he was about to speak, his expression changed again as he thought of something. Immediately, he smiled and said in a hoarse voice, "Yes, indeed, it's my fault. I shouldn't have just left you alone in the morning. But I had no choice as I received a call from the police station early in the morning saying they found a dead body, so I have to go to the scene in person."

After the explanation, before Ariah had the chance to speak, he continued to ask, "How's your body? Do you need to go to the hospital for a check-up..."

"Shut up!"

Loudly, Ariah roared as her face flushed. However, she had no idea whether it was because she was angry or embarrassed by his words.

At that moment, Jimmy shrugged his shoulders. When he heard the anger in her tone, he didn't want to rub it in any further.

But the scenes from last night came into his mind uncontrollably, and his gaze darkened.

It wasn't until Ariah's questions that were like a pail of cold water rang that he came back to his senses.

"Were you the one who placed the surveillance camera in my living room?"

When Jimmy heard that question, his eyes narrowed, "Huh?"

"Don't deny it. I've already found the surveillance camera, and it has already been broken into pieces." With a snort, Ariah answered.

For a moment, Jimmy pursed his lips and asked, "How did you find out about it?"

In fact, he had made sure it was well hidden. There were already several of her small toys placed on the bookshelf, and even if there was an extra one, she would not realize it. Besides, even if she did walk up to the shelf, there was no way she would discover the surveillance camera if she didn't hold it and looked thoroughly.

Although Ariah was alert, it was not that meticulous. If he did not take away the surveillance camera, he might have kept an eye on her for the rest of his life.

The moment Jimmy admitted that it was his doings, Ariah was so angry that she laughed.