When Ariah woke up in the morning, she that she had a missed call from Ricco. However, she could not be bothered to call back, so she ignored him, but she did not expect him to call again.
After Ariah thought about it for a while, she answered, "Hello..."
As soon as Ariah answered, he asked, "Why didn't you pick up the call in the morning?"
"Oh, I didn't hear the call."
"Not even once when I've called you twice?"
"Maybe because I was too tired last night, so I didn't hear the phone ringing when you called."
As soon as she finished, the other end of the phone fell into a dead silence.
Any adult would be able to understand what she was saying.
The fact that Jimmy came to see her last night and that she said she was exhausted... The meaning of it was self-evident, and Ricco must have understood what she said.
However, she didn't expect Ricco to ask, "Too tired? I remember that it was still early when I left last night. What time did you sleep?"
For a long time, Ariah remained silent.
Then, she sighed and explained directly to him, "Jimmy stayed over last night. Do you understand what I mean?"
Although she wanted to divorce Jimmy, she would not use the feelings of another man to divorce.
Besides, she had not yet got over the failed marriage. How was it possible for her to get into another relationship so quickly?
Regardless of whether Ricco was interested in her, it was right of her to make it clear for him.
However, from the other end of the line, Ricco chuckled softly, "Do you mean that you guys are back together?"
Since Ariah couldn't tell what he was feeling, and she didn't dare to make a wild guess, so she gritted her teeth and nodded, "Yes, we are back together!"
In her mind, she decided to first lie to him about it.
"Okay." In a low voice, Ricco replied, "If the both of you really got back together, did your husband remove the surveillance camera that he placed in your living room?"
Instantly, Ariah stopped her footsteps and asked with a gloomy face, "What surveillance camera? What are you trying to tell me?"
"You didn't know about it?" At that moment, Ricco's deep laughter came from the other end of the phone. "There is a surveillance camera on the small bookshelf in your living room. Wasn't it placed by your husband so that he can monitor your actions?"
Dumbfounded, Ariah stood frozen at the spot as she felt a little dizzy.
"Otherwise, why would I suddenly get so close to you last night? It was because I spot the surveillance camera, so I made a show for your husband to see."
No wonder Jimmy would suddenly barge into her house, and Ricco was able to let her go in time without causing any unnecessary misunderstanding when Jimmy entered.
Were all these parts of his plan?
After Ariah stood at the spot for a long time, only she regained her voice and asked, "Why did you do that?"
"Don't you want to divorce him? Anyway, he has already misunderstood us. What's the difference if the misunderstanding got deeper?" From the other end of the phone, Ricco's voice rang, and it was hard for Ariah to figure which of what he said was true. "Since you wanted to divorce him, I decided to help you with it."
With her lips pursed, Ariah asked, "Ricco, what are you trying to do?"
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