Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)
Chapter 543

Sure enough, Emily had something to talk to Ariah about when she asked her out.

Ariah glanced at her and went, "If there's something you wanna ask, just shoot it." Emily shook her head. "No, I don't have anything to ask."

"But I can see it in your eyes."

"Well..."

"Go ahead and ask. You're not acting like yourself now." Emily was supposed to be a straightforward girl.

Finally, Emily smiled. "Nah, there's really nothing much. Kobi isn't at home, and I have nothing in common to converse with his family. So I thought why not hang out with you."

The two of them were about the same age, so they naturally shared something in common.

"However, I do have a question."

"What is it?"

"I think you look familiar. The first time I saw you, I had the feeling that I must have seen you somewhere before."

Ariah was taken aback. "But I don't think we have met before."

Emily nodded. "Yeah. At first, I was confused too. But last night, I suddenly remembered it."

"Um... what do you mean?"

"I've seen you in a photo."

What?

Ariah was shocked and repeated, "You've seen me in a photo?"

"Yeah."

"What photo?"

"Well, Kobi used to keep a photo of him and a girl in his wallet. Last night, I suddenly realized that it was you."

"Ahem..."

Ariah was startled by Emily's words and started to cough. She felt a little guilty.

There was a photo of her in Kobi's wallet?

Impossible!

Back then, Kobi didn't even look straight at her when she chased him abroad. Though, she remembered that she did ask him to take pictures together... But she thought that he had already thrown those photos away.

"Emily, maybe... you're mistaken."

Ariah didn't know how to explain this to Emily. She was worried that Emily would feel uncomfortable if she told Emily about her past relationship with Kobi. "Nah, I'm sure I didn't mistake it," insisted Emily.

Hearing that, Ariah got a little awkward. "Well, there's a possibility that the girl and I look alike. So it's normal to get confused."

"But both of you have a mole near your lips."

Ariah didn't know what to say.

"Wait... are you afraid that I will get jealous?" Thinking about something, Emily hurriedly reassured, "Don't worry. I'm not jealous at all."

Ariah could only smile awkwardly.

"It's natural for Kobi to date someone else before me. And I'm happy if that's really you."

Puzzled, Ariah asked, "Why?"

"Because you're very kind. I like you." Emily gave her a reassuring smile. "If Kobi did date you in the past, it would mean that he has a good taste and also that I'm equally good as you." Hearing that, Ariah was at a loss for words.

Something didn't seem right to her, but she couldn't tell yet.

"So, did you two really go out before?" asked Emily with curiosity.

"Nah, we've never been together before. But we did know each other."

Ariah didn't lie. Back then, Kobi never liked her back. It was just her having a crush on him.

People said that it was easy for girls to pursue men, but it didn't work in her case.

"Wow, how did you two know each other?"

"Well, our fathers are friends. When I was a kid, I met him and Jimmy once. Later growing up, Kobi went abroad to study and I wanted to study abroad too, so we kept in contact naturally." In order to prevent Emily from getting a false impression, Ariah tried her best to dissociate herself from Kobi. "Nevertheless, we gradually fell out of contact when I came back."

"Don't worry. I can understand." Emily gave her a reassuring smile.

Hearing that, Ariah let out a sigh of relief.

She was really nervous that Emily would misunderstand her relationship with Kobi and thus affecting their relationship.

But Emily did not seem to be bothered at all and they chatted happily in the cafe for a long time.

Just as they were about to get up and leave, Ariah suddenly spotted the bruises on Emily's neck and blurted out, "What happened to your neck?"

Quickly, Emily looked in the direction where she pointed at and saw the bruises on her neck. Her expression changed instantly as she pulled up the collar. "Ah, n-nothing." Then she hurriedly put on her coat.

However, it was too late as Ariah had seen the bruises already. Clearly, someone must have choked Emily.

Ariah's face darkened and she held Emily back, asking sternly, "Emily, what is that? Let me have a look."

"Ariah, it's really nothing. It's just a bruise. I'm fine." However, Emily's face had turned red.

"Do you think I'm blind? It's clear that someone choked you!"

"No, it's not. No one did that..."

"Well, if you don't wanna show me, then I'm afraid I'll have to take you to the hospital to have a check..." Ariah didn't believe her at all.

"No!" Emily panicked. "I'm not injured. There's no need to go to the hospital!"

"But you're already bruised! How is this not injured?" "Well... I knocked it somewhere. It's not a big

deal."

Seeing that, Ariah was even sure that something must have happened to Emily.

She took a deep breath and said, "Okay, we're not going to the hospital. But Emily, you have to tell me what's going on. You're my friend. I don't want to see you get hurt."

Moved by her solicitude, Emily finally said, "Ariah, no one hurt me. This... was done by Kobi accidentally. But he meant no harm. He was very sorry after causing this. He even apologized to me. So I'm fine." ra Watnh Ads to Get 15 Vouchers