Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 665

In a factory in the suburbs.

Wearing a black jacket, Jimmy stood by his car while thinking about something. There was a cigarette between his fingers, and the smoke had covered his face.

David was talking to a middle-aged couple not far away.

After a while, David walked over with them, so Jimmy threw away the cigarette and put it out with his foot.

After introducing them to each other, David explained the purpose of their visit. "Esme, Jimmy is here this time to ask you whether your house was sold to a Mr. Hudson?"

Looking at Jimmy suspiciously, Esme shook her head. "I don't know any Mr. Hudson. Our house was sold to Mr. Vance."

"Mr. Vance?" Jimmy asked in a low voice. "Do you know his full name?"

Before she revealed any extra information, the man next to her interrupted, "I am her husband. You can ask me if you have any questions."

With a faint smile, Jimmy replied, "Sure. Tell me what you know about Mr. Vance."

The man looked at Jimmy and grinned. "If you want to seek something from me, you have to give me some benefits."

Jimmy turned to David, who frowned and retorted, "Didn't I give you five hundred just now? Why did you change your mind so quickly?"

"That was for the information just now. If you want to know more, you have to pay me more."

David was frustrated by such an impervious attitude.

"How much do you need?" asked Jimmy coldly.

"Ten thousand!" answered the man, whose eyes glanced at Jimmy's luxury car.

"Sure." The corners of Jimmy's mouth curled up, but there was no joy in his eyes. "David, pay them a thousand first. We will pay the remaining amount after he tells us the information."

David then did as he said.

As the man counted the money happily, his attitude suddenly changed. "My wife is right. We don't know any Mr. Hudson, and the house was bought by Mr. Vance."

"When did he buy the house?"

"Four or five years ago."

"What's the full name?"

"G-Gerardo Vance, if I'm not mistaken."

Jimmy snorted. Even if Kobi changed his name to Gerardo, he would still be able to find the evidence.

After fishing out his phone, he searched for a photo of Kobi. "Is this Mr. Vance?"

Staring at the phone for a long time, the man nodded and answered, "Yes, it's him. He looks like a cultured man with glasses."

"Do you know why he wanted to buy your house?"

"I didn't ask about that. Who cares why he bought it?"

Just then, Jimmy sensed that Esme, whose eyes were unfathomable, wanted to utter something. "Well, you seem to know something. May I know what it is?"

When she glanced at her husband, he waved his hand. "Say what you want, since the two men here are so generous."

Therefore, she narrated the story behind the transaction, "Mr. Vance came to see the house twice or thrice. At first, we refused to sell it. Later, Mr. Vance claimed that the house was left by his parents, for his mother used to live here for a long time. He thus hoped that we could sell the house to him. No matter how much we demanded, he would definitely buy it."

Jimmy's expression froze. "Did he really say that?" "Yes, I will always remember it because Mr. Vance paid a high price." Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

Unfortunately, her husband lost all the money because of gambling. They had no money and no house, which was why they had to work here.

Jimmy narrowed his eyes as if he was thinking about something.

After a long time, he came to himself and got into the car with David.

"Hey!"

Esme's husband quickly stopped them. "Where is the money?"

Jimmy leaned on the car door with one hand and looked at him with his head tilted. "Are you trying to take advantage of us?" His gaze was especially sharp at that moment.

Shocked, the man subconsciously stepped back and uttered, "Where is the money we agreed on?"

"The money is with me. I will give it to you if I want to, or else you can't get even a penny from me."

Jimmy then opened the car door and added in a cold voice, "The house is now a crime scene. If you don't want to get into trouble, you'd better pretend that I never came to you today."

The man was shocked by his words. A crime scene?

Was that true?

"David, let's go."

"OK."

As Jimmy's car left, the man was choked in the dust drifting in the air.

In the car, David looked at Jimmy and said, "I don't think we should even give them any money. They were so greedy just now!"

If they were summoned to the police station, they would certainly have explained everything clearly.

In a calm manner, Jimmy tapped on the door with his slender fingers and replied, "The one thousand we paid was for Esme."

At least her words were quite useful as compared to her husband's information.

David wanted to ask him why he wanted to check on such a house, but he didn't know how to articulate his doubt. After a long while, Jimmy said in a gruff voice, "Let's go to the Bureau of Land Management."

Ariah had been in a good mood the whole day. That expression, for Emily, obviously suggested that she was in love.

Right then, Ariah sensed her gaze and froze for a moment. "Why are you looking at me like this? Is there anything dirty on my face?"

After that, she reached out to touch herself. "No, you look perfectly fine."

"Then why were you looking at me like that?"

Emily was too shy to say that she was envious of her, so she sighed and told her that she would be leaving soon.

Instantly, Ariah stopped her actions and raised her head to look at Emily. "What did you just say?"

"I'm leaving soon."

"Where will you leave?"

"Beachmarsh City."

"Where will you be staying then?"

"My home." Alice smiled. "I'm not from Beachmarsh City."

It was only then that Ariah realized that she was serious. After thinking for a moment, Ariah sighed, "You wanted to leave because of Kobi, am I right?"

Kobi hurt her, so there was no point in staying here in this city.

If the same thing happened to Ariah, she would also choose to leave.

As Emily lowered her gaze, her eyelashes were trembling.

While holding her hands, Ariah started to ask her different questions.

"When will you leave actually? Is your family coming to pick you up? Will they come back here again? What if you want to eat hot pot? q₀ y₀U have hot pot in your hometown?"