Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 574

Not only Ariah, even Director Sherlock was surprised. How did Jimmy notice?

He was incredible!

"Ahem..." Clearing his throat, Director Sherlock said with a smile on his face. "How did you notice?"

However, Jimmy's face turned dark. "So, she's really there?"

"Yes."

"Didn't I tell you that we can't let her find out about this? Why can't you hide such trifles from her?"

Hearing that, Director Sherlock was so irritated that his eyes widened. "Watch your words. I am your superior."

Jimmy sneered, "Are you trying to pressure me with your position?" Then, he changed the topic. "Where is she? Ask her to answer the phone."

Director Sherlock smiled helplessly. Although Director Sherlock sounded like he was scolding Jimmy, he did not seem angry at all. Both of them were very close, and he took Jimmy as his junior as well.

Ariah could hear the anger in Jimmy's tone from the other end of the phone.

Moments ago, she was worried sick about him, but now, she felt a little timid.

He must be worried about her, and that was why he asked his colleagues not to tell her anything.

Now that things went the other way around, was he infuriated about it?

For one second, Ariah did not know whether she should answer the call.

After replying to Jimmy with a hum, Director Sherlock then looked at Ariah with a questioning gaze, as though asking, "Why aren't you saying anything?"

Ariah laughed dryly.

Jimmy waited for a long time, but no one answered. Enraged, he shouted, "Where is she? Ariah Myers!"

Director Sherlock passed the phone to Ariah, but she quickly waved her hand and mouthed, 'Please help me tell him to take care of himself.'

"Are you two messing with me?"

Eyes widening, Director Sherlock shoved the phone to Ariah. "Answer it yourself. I'll go outside to have a cigarette."

Then, he walked out of the office.

Holding onto the phone, Ariah looked as though she was dealing with some challenging issue. Director Sherlock was quite daring as well. A big shot like him must have had a lot of confidential information stored in his personal phone, yet he did not worry the slightest bit when he handed Ariah the phone.

He must have done that because he believed in Jimmy. He trusted Jimmy's character, so he believed that Jimmy would not marry the wrong person.

"Hello..."

Ariah answered the phone weakly.

Hearing her voice, Jimmy sneered, "You're pretty good. How did you manage to persuade Director Sherlock to call me?"

Ariah pouted. "You didn't answer my calls!"

Now that she mentioned this, Jimmy didn't know what to say for himself.

He refused to answer her phone because he did not want her to worry. If he had known that she would get so worried, he would have sent her a text message so that she could feel more at ease.

"Listen carefully to what I'm going to say next, got it?"

"What are you going to say?" "I most probably won't be going back tonight, so I'll ask Ben and David to send you home later. They will stay with you tonight. Remember to behave and don't cause me trouble."

Unhappy, Ariah asked, "When did I ever misbehave?"

Raising his eyebrows, Jimmy elaborated, "If you're behaving yourself, you wouldn't have gone to my workplace and made Director Sherlock call to check up on me."

Ariah kept quiet.

Seeing her remain silent, Jimmy could imagine her expression right now.

The expression she made whenever she was angry yet speechless. He loved that look.

Voice softening, he said, "Don't worry about me. I'm getting old now, so I won't risk my life like how I used to. Now that I have someone that I truly care about, I value my life a lot."

Upon hearing that, Ariah felt her heart begin to pound wildly.

Someone that he truly cared about...

Who was that someone?

Was it her?

Hah, why was she feeling a sudden rush of heat in her body?

Fanning herself with her hand, she felt her face burning. Right when she was about to say something, Jimmy spoke.

"Alright then. I still have matters to deal with." His voice was deep and soothing. Word by word, he added, "We'll talk about Kobi after I get home. You'd better think about how you're going to explain what happened between you two to me before I go back."

Did that mean that he had already gotten over Kobi and her past?

Lips curling into a smile, Ariah said softly, "I'll wait for you to come back then."

Breath deepening, Jimmy hung up the phone without saying anything more.

The sky turned dark. Throwing away the cigarette butt in his hand, Jimmy put the phone back into his pocket, and strode back to the car. "Let's go. Let's track them down."

When Director Sherlock came back, Ariah had already placed the phone back onto the desk. Smiling, he asked, "Done?"

"Yes." Ariah nodded, "Um, thank you for helping me call him, or else he wouldn't have picked up my call."

Waving his hand, Director Sherlock asked, "What did Jimmy say to you?" "He asked me to go back for now, and he'll get

David and Ben to keep watch on me." "Then I guess I don't have to see you out."

Knowing that Director Sherlock was sending her away, Ariah smiled. Instead of leaving, she pulled out a chair and sat down. "It's already so late. Why aren't you getting off work?"

"Kevin is a repeat offender. Now that he escaped, I don't think I'll be able to sleep peacefully tonight.."

Nodding her head, Ariah continued asking, "How many policemen are there altogether in the station?"

Frowning, Director Sherlock looked at her. "What do you mean?"

Ariah shrugged her shoulders. "I guess I'm not going back. Wasn't Jimmy worried that I'll be in danger if I go back? Then I might as well stay here for the night. All the policemen are here, so I'm sure it'll be safe. Don't you think so?"

Director Sherlock was left speechless.

He kept silent for quite some time before he knew what to say again. "I know you're worried about Jimmy, but you can't do this. Go back home to wait for him. You don't have to stay up here all night. It's not good for health."

Smiling, Ariah said, "You're older than me, but you're not afraid of burning the midnight oil. Why should I be afraid? Besides, it's only one night. It

won't affect me much."

Director Sherlock did not know whether to laugh or cry.

"You guys can carry on with your work. Don't worry about me. Just treat me like I'm invisible. If I get tired, I'll find a chair to get some rest."

After saying that, Ariah turned around and left without giving Director Sherlock a chance to speak.

How many people would want to spend the night at a police station without doing anything wrong?

She was the first one to do so.

What a novel phenomenon! Deep inside, Ariah was quite happy with her own plan.

As long as Jimmy was safe, she was satisfied.

Then, Ariah started to tour around the police station, greeting everyone enthusiastically, as though she was shopping in a market.

Looking at such a beautiful lady, some policemen, who were shy, could not help but smile and blush in response.

However, some higher- ranked officers, who were more strict, frowned and wanted to chase her away as they thought she should not wander around in the police station.

Then, someone said, "I think David was the one who brought that pretty lady here. Ben seems to know her too. She must be someone special."

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"What should I ask?"

"Ask what's her relationship with David. If she's not David's girlfriend, all the single guys here can try hitting on her."

The other guy remained quiet.

"Hurry up and go!"

"Alright! Alright! Don't urge me!"

As Ariah was talking to a police officer, a voice interrupted them, "Ahem, miss, it is specified in our rules that if you're not here to file a complaint, you're not allowed to sit here."

Quickly, Ariah stood up, "I'm sorry. This is my first time visiting the police station, so I didn't know about the rules. I'll be more careful next time."