Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley) novel Chapter 728

Looking at the quiet Ariah, Nicole lowered her gaze and continued her story with a smile.

"Camden locked me up in his house and had his men would watch me round the clock. He knew that Jimmy would come to save me, so he waited for him. We were in a chaotic and lawless city. The people there were atrocious and diabolical. Jimmy and Jackson went through a lot of hurdles to save me."

Even though Nicole illustrated the event in a monotonous tone, they could feel the soul-stirring scene.

Gripping her knees, Ariah finally asked, "What happened next?"

Nicole's lips curled into a smile.

"Let me think. Oh yes, it was Thanksgiving. Jimmy risked being tracked down by Camden just to call you, but he seemed rather moody after the call that day."

"I asked him if he had a fight with you. He vaguely said that the call didn't get through because of the lousy signal and eagerly wanted to take us out of Camden's territory. Unfortunately, Camden found us and sent his men-double our number-to stop

US."

As Ariah listened on, she was stunned.

It was not because of a bad signal, but she didn't answer his call.

She was in a bad mood and was having dinner at her parents' house that day, so when Jimmy called, she hung up on him.

Jimmy never called again.

"Camden's men pursued us all the way to Rosteobia. We were forced to hide in a jungle where the environment was extremely harsh with poisonous snakes and swamp gas surrounding us. I felt so sorry for dragging Jimmy and Jackson into this. At that time, I was so desperate that I wished I could just die there. I even decided to surrender myself to Camden and hoped that he could let them go, but Jimmy told me that he must get out of there because you were waiting for him at home. He said he broke your promise multiple times, but he would not repeat his mistake again..."

"Finally, we managed to get out of the jungle after Camden died, and the first thing Jimmy did was to rush back to Estar. He asked Jackson to handle the rest and hopped on a freighter to come back."

Ariah remained silent for a long time after Nicole finished recounting the story.

Quietly, she sat in the chair as if drifting in her own mind.

At this moment, Jimmy's savage look appeared in her thought, and Ariah realized why he looked like that. He was trapped in a jungle and became the real savage.

Seeing Ariah sitting there quietly, Nicole cleared her throat and continued, "Two days later, Jackson and I came back from Rosteobia. We were exposed to the poisonous bugs and lethal gas in the jungle, so all of us did a body checkup before coming back, but Jimmy skipped it because he wanted to come back here so badly. I asked him about the checkup when he went to fetch us at the airport, but he said he forgot to do it. I don't know how is he now since I didn't contact him recently." Only then did Ariah raise her head to look at her. "You can ask him yourself if you want to know. How would I know?"

Sensing that something was off, Nicole asked, "Are you guys having a fight?"

Ariah looked away.

"May I know why? l-ls it because of me?"

Ariah was impressed by Nicole's ability to see it all despite her silence.

"No." Ariah shook her head. "I know there's nothing going on between the two of you.”

"Why are you mad at Jimmy then?" "I'm not. Why do you keep saying that?"

"Because I can see through your reaction just now."

"What reaction did I give?" Ariah huffed irritably. Wasn't her reaction just normal?

"When I told you about Jimmy's condition, I can see the anxiety that you tried to suppress in your eyes although you didn't show it on your face. You wouldn't have such a reaction if you didn't try to restrain your feelings. So, I assumed that you guys are having a fight."

Ariah glared at her.

Nicole chuckled. "I'm sorry. Slip of the tongue."

"Good. So you know," Ariah thought as she silently rolled her eyes.