Ariah was dumbfounded and left speechless. "Well, it has nothing to do with Jimmy..."
"Whoa, you're still saying good words for him?"
"It's not what you think."
"Then who kicked you?" Suddenly, Howard recalled Anna was also admitted to the hospital, so he slapped his thigh and said, "Oh no, it can't be you and Anna fought over Jimmy and thus got injured?"
Ariah was choked at Howard's theory. It seemed that he had a wild imagination.
"Didn't Jimmy record the evidence? Has he passed it on to you yet?" Howard rubbed his chin.
Ariah was stunned. "What evidence?"
Howard let out a laugh and asked, "Wait, Jimmy really didn't show you the evidence?"
The more he said, the more confused Ariah became. "What evidence? Tell me."
"Well, he and Anna didn't have sex!"
Ariah was dumbfounded. "Wh-what?"
"It seems that you still have no clue. Alright, I'll show you the recording."
That day, when Jimmy had tricked Anna, he had used Howard's phone to record it and Howard hadn't deleted the recording yet. So now, Howard played it out for Ariah.
Instantly, Anna's voice came from the phone. "We didn't do it last night. I lied to you. I only took off our clothes so you would think that we had sex..."
Ariah was shocked upon hearing this. She witnessed Jimmy spending the whole night with Anna, but it turned out that they didn't have sex?
"That night, Jimmy was so drunk that he could barely recognize anyone. How could he still have the energy to do those things?" Howard put away his phone. "I'm sure you get what I mean, right?"
Ariah nodded in a daze. But she didn't understand why Jimmy didn't explain to her right away but instead let her misunderstand.
"Howard, is this... a trick you and Jimmy set up to fool me?"
Hearing this, Howard snapped, "Huh? Why would I do that? Besides, haven't you heard that Anna admitted that she lied? If you don't even believe this, then what would you believe? Damn, perhaps I should have taken Anna for an examination that day!"
Instantly, Ariah fell silent. She had always thought that Jimmy and Anna had had sex. But now,
Howard was telling her that none of this had ever happened!
She could still remember how heartbroken she was to sit outside Anna's apartment that night.
Eventually, Howard was kicked out of the ward as Ariah said that she needed some time alone to think about things on her own.
So, Howard had no choice but to leave.
Upon leaving, he then felt that there was something wrong with Ariah. Wasn't she supposed to be happy to hear this?
But just now, she didn't look joyful at all.
Thinking about that, Howard quickly called Jimmy, but the call was picked up after a long while. "Is there something wrong with Ariah?"
"Oh, she's fine."
"Then why are you calling me?"
"Well, I couldn't complete the task you gave me."
"What?"
"You asked me to stay with her until you come back, but just now, she chased me out."
Hearing that, Jimmy asked directly, "What did you do to annoy her so much that she threw you out?"
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