Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)
Chapter 457

Instead of Jimmy or the doctor, the first person who Ariah met the moment she opened her eyes was Ricco.

Soon, her memory came to her mind. She wanted to jump up and beat him up, but her body was too weak to move. Gritting her teeth, she glared at him and asked, "Why are you here?" "Am I that scary?" Ricco said with a smile, "Aren't you happy to see me?"

Why would she be happy? She had no feelings for him after all.

"Where is Jimmy?" Ariah suppressed her emotions and did not want to talk about how he had forcefully taken her away from her house.

"Jimmy? I was the one who saved you. Why are you still looking for him?"

"You saved me?" Ariah's head hurt. "I saw Jimmy before I fell into a coma. How could it be you?"

"You're wrong. It's me, not Jimmy," Ricco replied in a serious tone.

"Ricco, I didn't mess with you. I'm serious. Where is Jimmy? I want to see him!"

Ricco then leaned back, and his whole back fell into the chair. Fixing his eyes on her, he said, "I won't tease you anymore. I really don't know where he is. You were alone when I came to the hospital. I didn't see him."

Ariah frowned upon hearing that. How could Jimmy not be around when she had been injured? Or was there something that bothered him at the moment?

Ariah shook her head while trying to stop her imagination from running wild. She struggled to sit up from the bed as Ricco said, "Do you help?"

Ariah rolled her eyes at him. "No thanks. I'm not crippled, so I can do it myself!"

Ricco then shrugged without saying anything.

As Ariah got up, she took two deep breaths. After thinking for a while, she asked, "What did the doctor say? Did I get hurt?"

"No, you were neither raped nor hurt by the man. Ariah, I have to say that you're really lucky. You're the first person to escape from the serial killer without suffering any injuries."

She didn't know whether she was so lucky or it was because of Jimmy's timely arrival.

Ariah frowned. "A...a serial killer?"

"Yes, the murder cases in the past few months were all committed by the man who caught you."

It was only now that Ariah started to feel afraid. She had managed to escape unscathed from the hands of this devil? It was simply unbelievable. She recalled Dayna's expression when she told her about this murderous devil. That girl's life had been ruined. Ariah could not imagine what would happen to her if this had happened to her...

"Oh right!" Thinking of something, Ariah suddenly sat up straight. "Where's Kierra? How's she doing? Did you guys save her?"

"Who's that?"

"The18-year-old girl who was locked up with me there. Her name is Kierra. Where is she now?"

Ricco slowly frowned. "I haven't seen the person you said."

"Didn't you see her? You didn't show up at the scene in time, did you? Where's Jimmy? No, I have his phone number. Give me my phone. I'll call him and ask. He must have seen that girl."

"I went to the scene with Jimmy," Ricco interrupted her. "Jimmy might be the only one in your eyes at that time, so you didn't notice me who was standing at the side. We have checked the site several times, and we didn't see any other girls... Did you remember wrongly?"

"No one else? Impossible!" Ariah didn't believe it. "You guys must have made a mistake. That girl is called Kierra, an 18-year-old high school student. She went to watch a movie with her classmates but ended up being kidnapped on the road by the man. She has already been missing for a few days..."

The more Ariah spoke, the more agitated she became. "How could you not see her? She even told me she'd grabbed my hand!"

Ricco felt that things were very strange, so he asked solemnly, "Are you sure that there was a girl who was locked up with you?" "Yes, I'm sure."

After a moment of silence, Ricco pushed the chair aside and got up. "Then I'll check for you. If there is any news, I'll tell you." "Isn't my phone here?"

"No, I just sent you to the hospital directly after saving you. Who has the time to go home and get your phone for you?"

She was speechless upon hearing that.

Well, what he said was right. Ariah thus urged him, "Then you should leave quickly. Remember to inform me after you find out what's going on."

Ricco then waved his hand and leave the ward.

Not long after that, the door was pushed open again. She thought that it was Ricco who had returned, but when she turned around, she realized that it was someone from the Myers Family. Ariah's mother had remarried into the Myers Family. Ariah actually didn't have much to do with the Myers Family, and she had not received much attention in the family.

At that time, for the marriage alliance, the Myers Family didn't want her to marry Jimmy, whose status was thought to be higher than that of Ariah. Therefore, they chose Lindsey who, unfortunately, didn't like Jimmy. After Lindsey cried and made a fuss, the patriarch had no choice but to let Ariah marry Jimmy to settle the issue.

Ariah was a little surprised by the sudden arrival of her mother Dakota, "Mom, why are you here?"

"Jimmy called me in the morning and told me that you were sick. He didn't have time, so he asked me to come and visit you." Dakota sat down beside the bed and looked at her daughter with a distressed face "Why are you sick? Have you not taken good care of yourself recently?"

It seemed that Jimmy didn't tell her the real reason, so Ariah just said, "Yes, I've been too busy recently, and the weather is very cold, which was why I caught a cold. I'm fine, Mom. Where is Dad?" After pausing for a moment, Dakota said, "Your father is busy with work, so he asked me to come and see you."

Ariah felt uneasy at the moment. She swore that she had just casually asked about her father and did not expect that her mother would show such an awkward expression.

Ariah had long gotten used to the fact that she was not doted on in the Myers Family. Dakota, however, often felt that Ariah was very concerned about these things, so when it came to these matters, she was always more awkward than Ariah.

"Mom, have you taken your dinner?" Ariah changed the topic.

"Yes, I also brought some food for you, all of which are your favorites," Dakota replied as she put the lunchbox on the table. "I'll talk to you after you finish your meal."

Ariah was really hungry, so she nodded and said, "Okay."

During the meal, Dakota had been chatting with Ariah from time to time, during which the topic gradually shifted to Jimmy. "Did you have a conflict with Jimmy?" Following a brief pause, she continued eating. "No, everything is good. Why did you ask that, Mom?"