Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley) novel Chapter 157

"Stanley, who was the one who called you just now?"

Stanley glanced at her and said, "You don't know her."

Rebecca pursed her lips and asked, "Did you know each other in the past few years when I was not around?"

Stanley nodded. "Yes."

Rebecca was so upset that her eyes turned red. "What's your relationship with her? Is she your girlfriend?"

Rebecca had been observing him when he answered the phone just now. The smile on Stanley's face was too doting and gentle which was an expression she had never seen before.

He didn't even smile at her like that when she was dating him seven years ago.

But now, he smiled at another woman.

Rebecca panicked. She felt a void in her heart as if something was slipping away and she couldn't catch it at all. "Stanley, did you... fall in love with another woman?"

She had been away for seven years, so it was not surprising that he was with another woman.

Stanley looked at her seriously. "Rebecca, there's something I want to tell you."

"Go ahead."

"I'm married."

Rebecca's eyes were wide open, full of surprise and shock. "Y-You're married? When? Why didn't I know?"

"A year ago. I married her secretly and didn't announce it publicly, and not many people knew about it," Stanley said in a deep voice.

Rebecca still couldn't accept this fact. "Then what's the point of me coming back? You're married and probably have forgotten me long ago."

She said as tears ran down her cheeks, " Stanley, why did you get married? Why can't you wait for me?"

Stanley frowned and pursed his lips tightly.

"Wait for you? How? I thought you're dead and now you suddenly appear in front of me!" Stanley didn't voice his thoughts out.

Noticing that there was something wrong with his expression, Rebecca suddenly came to her senses and quickly reached out to hold his hand. "It's my fault. I shouldn't have said that. You thought that I've passed away. I shouldn't have asked you to wait for me. I'm sorry, Stanley. I'm too selfish."

Stanley fixed his deep eyes on her for a few seconds. Finally, he pulled back his hand and ended the topic, "Have you finished?"

Rebecca nodded. "Yes."

"Then let's go. Don't live in Howard's place anymore. After all, he is a man. It's inconvenient for you to live there."

"Okay, I'll follow your arrangement."

Stanley smiled and said, "I've found a house for you. It has two rooms and everything. You can live there directly."

"Okay."

Rebecca's face was pale and she looked a little in a daze.

Stanley glanced at her and pursed his lips. In the end, he did not say anything.

The two of them went all the way to the apartment.

The atmosphere inside the car was silent.

After a long while, Rebecca couldn't help asking, "Can you tell me about your wife?"

Stanley focused ahead. "Why do you suddenly want to know her?"

"She is the woman you married. I want to know what kind of charm she has that makes you marry her." Rebecca tilted her head and looked at him.

Stanley laughed. "She's just a little girl. There's no charm inside her. Just a little cute."

Rebecca looked at the smile on his face. It was a genuine and authentic smile that came from the heart. When she was with him, he did not smile and rarely smiled at her. She once complained that he liked to keep a straight face, yet he explained that he had gotten used to it because of his profession.

But now, Rebecca had seen him smile like this several times since they came out of the restaurant.

When he was on the phone, and now when he talked about that woman. His eyes were filled with a strange tenderness.

Rebecca bit down on her lips. Her hands were clenched into fists so tight that her nails sank into her flesh but she could not feel any pain.

"Stanley, do you... love her?"

Rebecca murmured.

After the question, the car went into a long silence and there was no response.

Stanley held the steering wheel and pursed his lips.

He really loved her.

He fell in love with a woman named Sharon Cruz.

Unknowingly, he fell in love with her.

Rebecca looked away and turned her head to look out of the window, managing a bitter smile on her face. "You've fallen in love with another woman after all. You said that you wanted to marry me back then, but it turned out that it was just an empty promise."

Stanley frowned, turned the steering wheel, and suddenly stopped the car by the road. "Rebecca, you've been 'dead' for so many years. How can I marry you?"

Tears trickled down Rebecca's cheeks. "But what else can I do? I want to come back so badly! I wanted to come back to you it drives me crazy, but I can't! I even thought about killing myself back then and stop all the suffering!"

As she spoke, Rebecca covered her face with her hands and sobbed. "I've been living such a miserable life these years. There's always someone watching me wherever I go. I don't even have a phone, so I can't contact you. Stanley, you can hate me. It's all my fault. I deserve it..."

Rebecca panted hard as she spoke, and her face began to turn pale.

She seemed to be unaware of her situation and continued to say, blaming herself, "It's all my fault. It's all my fault. Seven years have passed. I shouldn't let you wait for me. You have the right to pursue your own happiness..."

"Rebecca?"

Stanley soon noticed that something was wrong with her. He called her name and suddenly thought of something. He pulled her and took her into his arms. "Don't talk right now. It's not your fault. Stop talking. Where's your inhaler? Did you bring it?"

Rebecca began to breathe heavily and her face turned pale as she clutched his clothes tightly with both hands.

"Rebecca!"