Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 568

Obvious fear emanated from the depths of Ariah's eyes. When Jimmy saw that, his face darkened, and he caressed her face, "You're in the hospital right now. You're fine."

There was a bruise on the side of her face. Gently stroking it with his fingers, Jimmy asked emotionlessly. "Did Kobi hit you?"

Without noticing the coldness flashing across Jimmy's eyes, Ariah turned her face away and shook her head, "Kobi didn't hit me. I accidentally bumped into something when I was struggling."

"Did he use force on you?"

"Ahem..." After clearing her throat, Ariah said with a pale face, "It's all over now. I don't want to bring it up again."

At first, she mistook Kobi for Jimmy. Instinctively, she wanted to get intimate with him, but as she and Kobi started making out in bed, Ariah suddenly snapped back to her senses at the most critical moment.

Shoving Kobi aside, she looked at him in disbelief as she thought to herself, 'What is Kobi doing here?'

However, Kobi wasted no time and closed in on her, wanting to kiss her. Immediately, Ariah gave him a slap across the face and questioned him while panting.

Kobi smiled, "Weren't you all turned on just now? Why are you acting so indifferent now?"

Knowing that there was something wrong with her body, Ariah naturally did not want to stay in the same room with him. She turned around and wanted to leave, but barely had she stepped foot on the ground that her body went limp. Right when she was about to fall to the ground, Kobi pulled her into his embrace.

"You took some aphrodisiac. I can help you. Don't resist your desires. What happened today will stay a secret between us, and I won't tell Jimmy. Ariah, don't push me away..."

For a moment, Ariah was shocked by his words as she did not expect that Kobi would say something like that.

Where did that leave Alice?

What did he take her for?

What on earth was he talking about?

Their relationship was a thing of the past, and she had already made it clear to him. Why did he still think of something like that?

Ariah tried her best to resist. Although women are generally weaker than a man, if a woman was firmly against something, the strength they emitted was far more powerful than one could imagine.

She used everything she could, such as pillows and teacups to attack Kobi.

Going on full alert, she regarded Kobi as a bad guy.

When it came to dealing with bad people, her selfdefense skills were the best.

Coupled with all the training that Jimmy had provided her throughout the past few years, her physical agility was slightly better than regular women.

Moments later, Jimmy arrived, and she finally got rescued. The moment she laid eyes on Jimmy, her anxiety vanished.

Even she herself did not expect that deep down, the person whom she trusted the most was actually Jimmy.

Ariah snapped back to her senses, refusing to recall what happened earlier in the hotel room. As she looked up, she saw Jimmy staring at her deeply.

"Erm..."

Feeling uneasy being stared at, Ariah asked, "What's wrong?"

Jimmy squinted his eyes and focused his gaze on something. Subconsciously, Ariah followed his gaze.

He was looking at her.

Looking down, she stiffened up.

A red mark was seen under her collarbone.

It must have been a hickey Kobi gave her when she mistook Kobi for Jimmy in the hotel.

Panicked, Ariah wanted to explain herself, but she did had no idea how to do it.

It was impossible for her to tell Jimmy that she indeed was carried away at the beginning and mistook his brother for him.

A petty man like Jimmy would definitely go ballistic upon hearing that.

Just as she was about to say something, there was a knock on the door. "Jimmy, is Ariah awake?"

Without waiting for an answer from Jimmy or Ariah, Howard immediately pushed open the door and walked in. Seeing Jimmy standing next to Ariah, who was sitting on the bed, he sensed the weird atmosphere in the room.

Raising his eyebrows, he asked, "Did I come in at a bad time?"

Jimmy frowned. "What's the matter?"

"You shouldn't be so ungrateful." Howard pursed his lips. "I did my best to treat your wife. Am I nothing to you now since that she's all cured?"

Jimmy was speechless.

"Alright. I'm just teasing you guys."

Clearing his throat, Howard walked up to Ariah. Although he was secretly gloating, he still tried his best to maintain his professionalism.

He asked Ariah caringly, "The nurse told me that you're awake, so I came to check up on you. How are you feeling? Do you feel better now?"

Being sent to the hospital after getting high on aphrodisiac was already embarrassing enough, but getting treated by Howard made everything even more humiliating.

Since last time, Ariah and Howard never really got along well with each other. Ariah thought that Howard was childish, while Howard thought that Ariah was not feminine enough. He even thought that it was Jimmy's misfortune to marry her.

Hence, for the past few years, they would always bicker every time they met.

Holding her forehead, she had no interest in talking to the childish guy, who was definitely secretly making fun of her. However, she still answered him, "Yeah, I'm all good." "You can't know for sure. These medicines have a lot of side effects. There might still be something wrong with you." Howard tried to scare her on purpose.

Looking at him coldly, Ariah asked, "Do you have a death wish? Are you trying to bully me now that I'm ill and can't kick your as*?"

"Hey, woman, can you stop being so violent? You are a woman. You need to be gentle and..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Ariah threw a pillow at him.

Howard was speechless.

D*mn it! He was boiling with anger, yet he had to keep smiling!

There was even a nurse behind him. He should maintain his professional demeanor!

Forget it. He should not argue with an ill patient.

"Come here." Howard waved his hand, and the nurse behind him stepped forward. "Dr. Perkins."

After taking the medicine and water on the tray from the nurse, Howard handed it to Ariah. "Eat it."

Before Ariah could react, Jimmy frowned and questioned, "What's this?"

"Medicine."

"What kind of medicine?" "Cold medicine."

Shifting his gaze toward Ariah, Jimmy asked, "Did you catch a cold?"

Why wasn't he aware of that?

"It's nothing severe. I thought I got better already."

"So you didn't respond when I knocked on your door yesterday because you were sick?" Jimmy raised his eyebrows.

Pausing for a while, Ariah recalled what happened yesterday, "You... were the one who knocked on my door last night was?"

Last night, after they parted at the hotpot restaurant, she thought that Jimmy left with Anna.

Did he go to her place after that?

Ariah did not expect that he would go back to look for her, so she was left speechless for a moment.

After taking the medicine from Howard, Jimmy sat down on the bed. "Open your mouth."

Blinking, Ariah opened her mouth obediently. Jimmy put the medicine into her mouth and handed her a cup of water as he instructed, "Drink it."

Ariah drank the water and swallowed the medicine. Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.

Satisfied, Jimmy stretched out his hand and touched her forehead. She was indeed having a slight fever.

In fact, he thought that her body felt warm when he was carrying her to the hospital, but he assumed it was because of the aphrodisiac she ate. Never did he expect that she was having a cold.

"Tsk, tsk." Standing next to them, Howard felt jealousy creeping on him. "Stop showing off your affection in broad daylight. There are other people here."

Jimmy cast him a glance. "Stop annoying her. Get out."

"What the..." Instantly, Howard lost his temper. "What do you mean by I'm annoying her? Your wife was the one who's trying to annoy me! Didn't you see how she threw a pillow at me just now?"

"Do you need me to personally escort you out?" Jimmy said with a threatening tone, "Do not disturb the patient."

"You... Ouch, my heart. You ungrateful people. If I knew that this was going to happen, I wouldn't have treated her. You guys are so irritating! Come here, Mary. Help me walk. These people make me so mad that I can't even walk properly!"

The new nurse looked gorgeous. Blushing, she followed after Howard and walked out of the door.