Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 588

Noticing that Stanley was looking at Ariah, Jimmy frowned as he shifted his gaze to her as she played with Sadie on the sofa.

"What did she do this time?" Jimmy asked.

"Nothing." Pulling out the chair, Stanley sat down with his legs crossed and looked at the wound on Jimmy's shoulder. "How bad is it?"

"It's not that bad." Jimmy shrugged his shoulder and said, "The bullet didn't hit the vital muscles. I can be discharged once the wound heals."

After a pause, he added, "I have a favor to ask you."

Stanley raised his eyebrows. "What favor?"

"Your company has been growing extensively and has numerous businesses in Mathines. How are your connections there?"

Stanley tapped his knees with his slender fingers. "Who are you looking for?"

"A guy. He has been in Mathines for the past few years. If I want to catch him, I need to find out the course of his life during this period of time."

Raising a finger, Stanley uttered, "No problem, with one condition."

"Go ahead." "Watch Ariah's mouth and make sure she doesn't talk nonsense in front of Sharon in the future."

"What did she do?"

Stanley snorted coldly. "She said that Sharon is fat. Doesn't she know that it is a woman's pet peeve?"

"Fine, I'll talk to her. Don't worry." Jimmy muffled his laugh.

After finishing discussing the subject, they turned around only to see that Sharon and Ariah were gone.

"Where are they?"

Stanley frowned and asked as his gaze swept over Howard, who was sitting on the sofa.

In response, Howard spread out his hands. "When you guys were chatting, they thought that you guys were boring, so they left."

"Where did they go?"

"Sadie and Seamus wanted to use the toilet.

They'll be back soon. Chill, Stanley."

Howard shook his head and sighed. Stanley was such a henpecked husband for worrying about his wife after not seeing her for a while. He wondered how would Stanley be like if he didn't see Sharon for a day.

In the VIP lounge of the hospital.

"Ariah, why did you bring me here?" Sharon asked, puzzled.

"I have something to tell you."

"Can't you say it in the ward?"

After pondering for a while, Ariah said, "Seamus, take your sister over there to play some Legos. I have something to say to your mom."

"All right."

Hearing that, Seamus jumped down from the chair and held Sadie's hand. He found the adults lame for always coming up with such flimsy excuses to get rid of him.

To be honest, he couldn't be bothered with playing games.

"Is it some sort of a big secret?" Sharon concluded Ariah did not want the children to hear their conversation since she sent them away.

"What are you talking about? There's no secret," Ariah chuckled.

"Why so mysterious then?"

Ariah took a small sip of the hot water and started. "It's about you. I want to talk to you privately."

About her?

Pausing for a moment, Sharon asked, "What is it you want to tell me?"

Ariah was silent for a while before saying, "Do you remember about the dream that you told me about?"

Of course, she remembered. It was the problem that had been bothering her for a long time.

"Of course." Sharon nodded.

"I contacted an old friend of mine a few days ago and told him about your situation. I have the result of his analysis. Do you want to hear it?"

Repeatedly, Sharon nodded. "Yes."

"When I studied abroad, I used to learn about hypnosis and even joined a research group. The scopes we studied back then were very similar to yours."

"And?"

Ariah smacked her lips. "You said that things changed after you returned from Tasnil, right? Can you recall carefully what strangers you have seen, or what you have eaten or drunk?"

With a frown, Sharon shook her head. "No. When I was in Tasnil, the people I've come into contact with the most were Shawn and a local, someone who was a rather honest man. Why?"

"Are you sure?"

Sharon thought for a while then nodded.

Furrowing her brow, Ariah resumed, "You've definitely been hypnotized by someone in Tasnil, someone you were very comfortable with. You were able to put down your guard while you were with him, which explained how easily he could enter your subconscious mind and affect you..."

As soon as Ariah said that, blood drained from Sharon's face as if something struck her mind.

"T-There was someone."

Sharon's hands were a little shaky as she spoke.

Ariah's eyes widened. "Who?"

Taking a deep breath, Sharon recounted, "When I was in Tasnil, my legs were injured so badly that I couldn't walk. Shawn found me a physiotherapist to treat my injury. He was the family doctor of a general with very professional medical skills..."

Ariah immediately asked, "Have you ever been alone with him?"

To perform such hypnosis for Sharon, the therapist would certainly need a quiet environment.

Sharon gave a wry smile and replied, "Yes, I spent a lot of time alone with the doctor and his apprentice during therapy."

"No. I mean, when you were alone with him, did he give you any medicine that you were not familiar with? And when you were alone with him, were you in a daze? It's like there was a small blank memory in your head, and you didn't know how you had suddenly fallen asleep or fainted."

This was the sequelae of hypnosis.

Every word Ariah uttered caused Sharon's expression to darken a little.

"What's wrong?" Ariah locked her gaze on Sharon. "Do you remember?"

Sharon nodded with a ghastly expression on her face. "There was once when I felt very sleepy and fell asleep, and when I woke up, the doctor was long gone, but I didn't think much about it..."

"That's it!" Ariah thought, finally getting her answer.

"I'm not bewitched, am I?" Sharon looked at her, frightened.

"Puff," Ariah burst out laughing.

"No, of course not. It's just that your subconscious was stimulated a little. That must be why you had those nightmares."

Sharon blinked. "Can you cure me then?"

"Without a doubt! Leave it to me." "That's great!"

"But..."

"But what?" Sharon went stiff again.

Ariah glanced at her. "There's a price to pay for the treatment. I'm afraid that you won't be able to accept it."

"Ariah, please tell me."

Ariah pondered for a while before slowly illustrating, "Well, I'll give you an example. Your brain is like having the flu now which can only be cured by taking medicine to kill the virus. Right now, the virus in your brain is Shawn. In order to recover completely, you need to destroy him."

Hearing the seriousness, Sharon was astounded. "D-Destroy him? How?"

"Destroy everything about Shawn in your mind. That's the only way you'll recover." Ariah pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "In other words, you need to wipe him out of your memory."

Sharon remained silent for a long time before blurting, "Ariah, can you give me some time to think about it?"

"Of course." Ariah nodded.

With an indistinct hum, Sharon lowered her gaze.Text © owned by NôvelDrama.Org.