Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley) novel Chapter 358

By the time Ariah left Sharon's place, darkness had already descended. It was autumn now, and the weather was getting colder. She had nowhere to go, so she decided to stay at Sharon's place and play with the two children for the whole afternoon.

She didn't take dinner at Sharon's house. Hunger was gnawing at her by the time the taxi arrived. The food sold at the roadside evoked Ariah's sweet memories with Jimmy. During his off days, he would occasionally eat out with her.

The Hudson Family was one of the most powerful families in Beachmarsh City. Since Jimmy had grown up in such a wealthy family, she had never thought that Jimmy would also eat such cheap barbecues.

She had once asked him why he liked to eat this. How did he answer it at that time? Oh right, he said that he didn't like to eat such food before either. This was a habit that he developed later...

Cultivating a habit was actually very simple. In the past, she didn't think that she could sleep without Jimmy, but now that she had been separated from him for so long, she no longer had the habit of being by his side. Gradually, he became the omissible part of her life.

There was a blackout when Ariah returned to the apartment. Fortunately, she was only staying on the seventh floor, which was not very high, so she gritted her teeth and decided to slowly walk up the staircases.

However, she was panting when she reached the fifth floor, so she leaned against the wall and rested. Just then, she remembered she had a habit of jogging for half an hour in the morning when she first got married. Ariah was delicate then, so she would get tired after being tossed around by him for an entire night. Therefore, he forced her to jog, or else she could not keep up with his rhythm...

The emergency lights were lit in the corridor, but they were not bright enough. Sitting on the floor, she looked at the dark surroundings, which nobody passed by, and started to recall the past.

The sweetness of the past corresponded with the pain in the present.

She was almost out of breath in the dark, which she thought was caused by the fact that she had climbed too many staircases. As she wiped her face, she was surprised to realize that she had been crying.

"It hurts so much..."

She rubbed her chest and mumbled to herself while holding back the tears in her eyes. After that, she stood up slowly against the wall and climbed upstairs in the dark.

Finally, she reached the seventh floor.

The higher up she went, the darker it was. She murmured as she went to look for her phone. How could such a blackout happen in such an expensive apartment? As she fished out her phone, she moved forward in small steps.

"Thud!"

"Bang!"

"Ah... Who the hell was sitting in front of my door! D*mn it!"

As Ariah tripped and fell, her head bumped into the door, which caused her to scream in pain.

All of a sudden, a hand reached over and grabbed hold of her ankles. With a forceful tug, her body was forcefully dragged over. When she finally regained her senses after a few seconds, she kicked the person forcefully. She didn't know where she had kicked, but the person let out a muffled groan and released her from his embrace.

Ariah had her heart in her mouth when she quickly took out her keys. Her hands and lips were trembling, for she couldn't believe that she could be so unlucky that she would meet a gangster before her unit!

Relief started spreading through her once the key was inserted into the keyhole. Nevertheless, the delight did not last for more than two seconds before a man's hand reached for her waist. Her body was soon pulled back by a force, after which she lost control of herself and fell into his warm embrace. In an instant, her weak body was wrapped tightly in his strong arms.

The person was so strong that she could not resist him.

Gripped by fear, she shouted with a shrill voice, "Help... hmm..."

Before she should continue, her mouth had already been covered by something.