Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)
Chapter 486

The man in the photos was thin, though he looked quite shaggy and unruly. His gaze was hard and piercing.

Although he seemed quite young, he had a beard. And, judging by his appearance, he looked extremely dangerous! If Ariah were to meet this kind of man in reality, she would stay away from him as far as possible.

Nevertheless, what was Anna's purpose in showing her these photos?

Upon browsing through the photos, Ariah frowned and asked, "Anna, what do you mean by showing me these?"

Anna merely looked at her with a faint smile. "Ariah, don't you recognize the man in the photos?"

Hearing that, Ariah turned her gaze back on the photos and studied the man carefully, looking at his brows, his expression...

Suddenly, Ariah's expression changed from being puzzled to pale. Her hand, which was holding the photos, also started to shake...

"This is..."

"That's right. It's Jimmy!"

When Anna saw the shocking look on Ariah's face, her mood brightened up instantly. She took out a photo from Ariah's hand and pointed at the bearded man in the photo, saying, "You can't tell that this is Jimmy, can you? But this is him. This is how he looked eight years ago - shaggy yet threatening."

Anna said as she admired Ariah's expression.

Meanwhile, Ariah just kept her eyes fixed on the man as if she couldn't believe it at all.

"You said that you love Jimmy, but that's because you never really know the real him."

Approaching the dazed Ariah, Anna hissed, "The real Jimmy is cruel and bloody. He committed all manners of crimes and he was a hundred times worse than the wickedest criminal you've ever seen! He drank, smoked, and gambled. He had different women outside and he had even... killed people before. Now, do you still think that he's the man you've known for all these years? The Jimmy you love now is tall handsome, and kind. But it's just an illusion."

Immediately, Ariah looked up in astonishment and took a few steps back. Trembling, she dropped the photos to the ground.

She looked very pale. "You... you're talking

nonsense!"

This was not true. The man in the photos was not Jimmy! Anna was telling lies!

The man seemed nothing like Jimmy now. Their appearance and temperament were nothing alike!

Although Jimmy could act arrogantly at times, at least due to his profession as a cop, he was full of uprightness. In contrast, the man in the photos was just a... punk, a human being in the lower social class! There was such a big difference between them, so how could they be the same person?

Ariah refused to believe in Anna's words.

Seeing that Ariah gradually calmed down and became indifferent, Anna knew that she must be unwilling to accept these and sneered. "What? You couldn't accept his real side? Tsk, the truth will still be there even if you don't wanna believe it! The man you love is just an illusion that he created to deceive you!"

Nevertheless, Ariah just looked coldly at her. "Are you done, Anna? I don't have anything to do with him anymore. He's yours now. So, please, stop slandering him for the sake of provoking me! It's just disgusting!"

Upon saying that, Ariah turned around and left, though her body was still trembling. She was really shocked by what Anna had shown to her just now, and what she had said.

Although she didn't want to believe it, she could still tell that the man in the photos was Jimmy.

But how could that man, who looked like a ruffian, be Jimmy...

No, she would never believe that it was Jimmy!

Thinking about that, she walked faster, wanting to go home as soon as possible and then have a good sleep so that she could forget about what happened tonight.

Suddenly, heavy footsteps were heard behind her. In the quiet night, it sounded especially clear. Ariah thought that Anna was following her, so she turned around and snapped, "Anna, stop follow-" Ariah suddenly stopped.

It wasn't Anna.

Instead, it was a tall man. He didn't seem to expect her to suddenly stop, so he was stunned a little before he said, "Hey, it's you!"

Alert, Ariah stared at the man and asked, "Who are you?"

"Eh, Miss, have you forgotten? You took my cab this morning and you kept crying in the car. Later, your boyfriend crashed into my car..."

The man said as he walked out of the darkness.

Ariah frowned as she did recall such a person. "Oh, it's you. Right, I haven't even paid you for the ride this morning."

The man was surprised that she would suddenly bring up about the fare and paused for a second before saying, "Ah, it's just a small sum of money. You don't have to worry about it. By the way, is your boyfriend all right? I recalled he had shed a lot of blood..."

"Yeah, he's fine."

The weather was getting colder and Ariah was freezing since she had been standing outside talking to Anna for quite a while. Right now, she just wanted to hurry back to her home sweet home and rest. "Anyway, it's getting late, and my families are still waiting for me at home. I'll head back first."

Without waiting for the man to reply, she took a few steps back slowly.

Ariah was being cautious since she was at a dead end now and there was hardly anyone passing by, which was why she had intentionally said that someone was waiting for her just now.

She only turned around and strode back at ease when she realized that the man wasn't following her.

However, just as she was walking away, suddenly, someone seized her from behind and covered her mouth before she could even call for help, and she was drugged.

Then, she heard a man's deep laughter, saying, "No surprise that you're Jimmy's wife. You're much alert than that woman... Hush, don't struggle. The more you struggle, the faster the drug will work. Just go to sleep, and everything will be fine after that..."

Hearing the hypnotic tone of the man, Ariah struggled a bit before a wave of darkness hit her and she lost her consciousness.