Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 572

Without saying anything, Kobi stood up and went out of the study room.

Frowning, Mack said in his deep voice. "Did you hear what I just said?"

"You said quite a lot just now. Which one do you mean?"

"About you and Emily getting married."

Kobi put on a fake smile. "You want to get married as soon as possible so that I can leave sooner, right?"

Just like how he was chased out from the Hudson Family years ago.

Fists gradually tightening, Kobi felt a wave of emotions welling up in his heart. Seeing his father's livid face, he thought for a moment before taking a deep breath. Then, he said emotionlessly, "I got it. I'll talk to Emily about getting married."

Without waiting for an answer from Mack, he directly opened the door and went out.

As soon as he went out, Kobi halted. "Emily?"

It turned out that Emily had been standing at the door for god knew how long. Eyes looking dull, Emily did not hear Kobi.

Frowning, Kobi approached her and called out again, "Emily?"

He reached out his hand and wanted to pull her, but Alice jolted all of a sudden. With eyes filled with disbelief, she took a few steps back. "Don't... Don't you touch me!"

Kobi was taken aback. "What?"

Emily's eyes were filled with tears. "I... I heard your conversation just now."

She overheard every single thing, and she could not believe that Kobi actually said such things.

What did he take her for?

"What exactly did you hear?" Face turning grim, Kobi asked. He reached out and grabbed her arm violently as he stared at her with a sharp gaze.

Staring at him blankly, Emily was somewhat frightened as Kobi had never looked at her with such a gaze before. "I... I heard you saying that you want Ariah. You still like her, and you still have feelings for her..."

How could he do this to her?!

Frustrated, Kobi let go of her. He did not expect that she would hear this.

Emily mumbled, "I'm leaving here. I wanna fly back home..."

Turning around, she was about to leave, but suddenly, she felt a firm grip on her wrist. Kobi held her tightly and looked at her with a threatening look. "Did I allow you to leave?"

Emily was shocked. "What are you trying to do?"

Suddenly, Kobi smiled gently. "What else can I do? Behave and stay here with me. I'll take you home after the new year, okay?" NôvelDrama.Org © 2024.

Alice shook her head. "No... no, I'm leaving right now. Since you still have feelings for her, why do you want to marry me?"

Kobi could not be bothered to explain to her. Pulling her wrist, he forcibly took her away.

On the other hand, Ariah had a dream.

In her dream, she saw a blurry face chasing her. Although she did not know what the man looked like, she could sense danger.

She kept running until she had no energy left. Finally, the man caught her.

Then, he whispered in her ear, "No one can save you this time..."

Trembling, Ariah asked who he was, but he did not answer. Instead, he pointed a gun at her.

He wanted to kill her.

Ariah screamed, and the man fired the gun.

A loud bang echoed around the room. Just as Ariah thought that she would die, she saw a figure fall before her eyes.

Immediately, she knew that it was Jimmy.

He took a bullet for her and now, he was lying in a pool of blood.

Finally, Ariah could not hold back her scream. Then, she jolted awake.

Cold sweat trickling down her forehead, she sat on the bed panting. Everything that happened in her dream felt so real. The feeling of her being strangled was still vivid.

Licking the corner of her lips, she put her hands in front of her heart to calm herself down.

There was no one in the ward.

Jimmy was nowhere to be found.

The sky had already turned dark outside. It seemed like she slept for a long time.

After getting out of bed, she fixed her clothes and was about to go out. Right then, the door of the ward was pushed open. David poked his head around the door. "Ariah, are you awake?"

Ariah let out a him before saying, "Come in."

But David was a little hesitant.

"Come in. I won't feed you aphrodisiac."

David was speechless.

"Close the door." After saying that, Ariah sat down

on a chair.

"Ariah, what are you doing?" Terrified, David grabbed onto his clothes tightly.

Wearing a faint smile on her face, Ariah looked at him, "What do you think I'll do to you? Why are you looking at me like I'm a pervert?"

"Ahem, no, I'm not..." David smiled awkwardly.

"Where did Jimmy go?" asked Ariah.

"You don't know where he went?"

"Why would I ask you if I knew?"

"Uh... I have no idea where he went. He only asked me to take care of you when he left, but he said he won't be away for too long."

Frowning, Ariah asked again, "Didn't he tell you where he went?"

"Nope."

Lifting her wrist, she looked at the time. A few hours had passed since she fell asleep, but Jimmy had not returned yet.

"Call him," Ariah said.

Nodding, David quickly fished out his mobile phone to call Jimmy. The phone was connected, but no one answered.

Once again, Ariah frowned. "Try calling Ben."

David seemed to have realized something was wrong as well. With a serious expression, he called Ben, but the same thing happened.

"Ariah, they're not picking up their phones." Concern started growing in David's heart. "Did something happen to them?"

Pursing her lips, Ariah got up and walked out of the room.

Stunned, David followed after her. "Ariah, where are you going?"

"To get him discharged."

At the entrance of the police station.

David looked at Ariah doubtfully. "Ariah, are you sure Captain Hudson is here?"

There was no way Ariah could know better than him. He was a staff in the police station.

"I called his family, Anna, as well as all his acquaintances, but all of them said that they were not with him. Other than his workplace, I have no idea where else he can go."

Pushing open the car door, Ariah got off.

David followed after her. Seeing the concerned look on Ariah's face, he could not help but worry. "Ariah, are you alright? Captain Hudson probably didn't hear his phone ringing. Don't worry, he'll be fine." "I have a bad feeling about this. Forget it... let's find him first." Ariah did not feel reassured. That dream freaked her out.

She desperately wanted to meet Jimmy.

Looking at her uneasy expression, David nodded and immediately brought her inside. "Ariah, this is your first time here. Some of our staff don't know you, so they might stare at you later..."

Stare at her?

Was she some sort of alien?

"Captain Hudson had been a lone wolf for years. He never really told anyone about you, so many of our staff don't know that he's already married. Only a few close friends of his knew."

David explained.

Ariah nodded. Come to think of it, Jimmy never really told outsiders that they were husband and wife.

Sometimes, Ariah would feel somewhat sad. She wondered if Jimmy hated to make their relationship public.

Perhaps that was why he never told others about their relationship.

"Ariah, I believe you know that Captain Hudson used to be a narcotics officer. You know, I actually only knew when I overheard someone talking about it."

"Well, a narcotics officer often offend many vicious people. To protect their own family members, narcotics officers usually don't expose their family members to the public. Knowing that you're still willing to stay by Captain Hudson's side for so many years, we're actually very impressed."

All women wish they could openly flaunt their relationship with their husbands. However, because of the nature of Jimmy's job, Ariah and Jimmy would not be able to do that.

Therefore, they admired Ariah a lot.