Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)
Chapter 546

In the shopping mall-

Ariah accompanied Emily to buy a few sets of winter clothes before enjoining her like a big sister, "Stop wearing that little anymore. When you get sick, you're the one who's suffering."

"Aw, Ariah. You're the best." Emily hugged her tight. "My mom never cares about how I dress. You're the only one who would say that. Anyway, I only dress sexily because Kobi likes to see me dressing this way."

Hearing that, Ariah was surprised. She didn't expect Kobi to be a wild one inside.

Clearing her throat, she then advised, "Emily, you have to think for yourself. You don't have to do everything according to his preferences."

Emily nodded along. "Yep, you're right."

Ariah smiled, and when she saw the bruises on Emily's neck, she sighed again. "I'm guessing that there's a lot more of that on your body too, right?" "Well, it's just light bruises..."

Emily was afraid that she would blame Kobi, so she couldn't help but speak for him, "He's also very regretful after doing that."

"I know you'll defend him."

Therefore, Ariah didn't say anything further.

"I'm not defending him. It's just that he never did this before and I know that he's not a person with issues."

People made mistakes. Kobi happened to be in a bad mood so he hurt her a little. She believed that he would never do this again in the future.

Meanwhile, Ariah nodded along as she knew that Kobi was a good man.

However, he shouldn't have vented his anger on Emily. It was unacceptable.

What was even uncomfortable was that he vented his frustration through sex.

Only a psychopath would treat a woman like that.

Before her mind drifted further away, her phone abruptly rang. She took it out and saw that it was her mother, Dakota Myers.

Usually, her mother wouldn't look for her, so Ariah quickly picked up the phone, afraid that something had happened to her. "Hey, mom, why did you call me all of a sudden? What happened?" "Ariah, where are you?"

Dakota sounded a little anxious.

"What's going on?" Ariah furrowed her brows. "I'm in the mall at the moment." Dakota could only say, "Can you come back as soon as possible? Something happened and we need you to be back." Immediately, Ariah's face grew serious as she asked, "Did dad hit you again?"

Back then when she was still in middle school, Felix used to beat Dakota up and she would just go and confront Felix right away, which would scare him a little.

This was also why Felix didn't quite like her.

No one would like a daughter who was hard to control.

"No, no, your dad didn't hit me," Dakota quickly clarified. "Anyway, would you come back first? You'll know when you come home."

Getting her reply, Ariah finally calmed down. "Okay, I'll come back right away."

On the other hand, Emily noted the strange look on her face and was a little worried. "What happened?"

"Nothing. It's just that I have to go back home now to deal with something. Will you... be okay to go back to the Hudson's on your own?" Ariah put her phone back into her handbag. Emily shook her head. "Nah, I don't wanna go back yet. It's boring. Can I come with you please? I wanna see your parents. They must be rather excellent to raise a daughter like you." Ariah did not know what to say.

She just smiled bitterly. If Emily were to see her parents, she would definitely be disappointed.

Her mother was a coward, whereas her father had no responsibility whatsoever.

Arriving at the Myers Family manor, the moment Ariah entered the living room, she could hear Lindsey sobbing and she furrowed her brows, asking, "What's going..."

But before she could finish her words, Ariah saw Jimmy standing in the living room and she was shocked.

Why was he here?

Dakota did not mention that Jimmy was here.

"Mom... what's going on?"

However, subconsciously, Ariah walked in Jimmy's direction and gave him a questioning look.

She could feel that something was wrong here.

Everyone was looking at her and they all seemed hesitant to say something.

Meanwhile, Jimmy's eyes were fixed on her as well. He was still thinking about Lindsey's words earlier.

Pointing at Lindsey, Ariah finally asked, "What on earth happened? Why is she crying?"

It was not like Lindsey's character at all to whine like a baby.

Hearing that, Lindsey threw herself into the arms of Felix. "Dad, you have to help me..."

Felix patted his daughter's shoulder and comforted, "Don't worry, I'll do you justice." Then he shifted his gaze to Ariah and said with disappointment, "Ask Jimmy what he did."

"No need." Ariah shrugged. "No matter what he did, I believe him."

Knowing that her family was not trustworthy at all, naturally, Ariah wouldn't believe them no matter what they said.

Or perhaps, she trusted Jimmy so much that she believed he wouldn't do anything that crossed the line.

"You..." Felix was furious. "Jimmy took advantage of your sister just now! Look what he did to Lindsey's clothes!"

Dumbfounded, Ariah subconsciously turned around to look at Jimmy, only to find that Jimmy was looking at her with a frown. He looked like he was being occupied with his own thoughts and couldn't be bothered to listen to these people.

"Hey, why are you in a daze?" Ariah went over and tugged at his arm, whispering, "Did you hear what my dad said just now?"

Jimmy looked down at her and furrowed his brows. "What did he say?"

Hearing that, Ariah was speechless.

And everyone else was choked at his response too.

Taking a deep breath, Ariah shot him a glance and said, "Hello, come back down to Earth! They're accusing you! What are you thinking?"

"Well, I'm thinking about..." Jimmy stared at her, wanting to say something. But then, he restrained himself and said, "Never mind. I'll settle this with you later."

Upon hearing that, Ariah was at a loss for words.

How did it have anything to do with her?

Meanwhile, Felix glared at Jimmy with an ashen face. He had questioned Jimmy earlier, but Jimmy was immersed in his own thoughts and ignored him.

It was as if Jimmy never saw him as his father-in-law.

So of course, Felix was enraged.

"Ahem!" Felix tried to attract everyone's attention. Then, with a frown, he said, "Ariah, initially, we didn't want to bother you. But, Jimmy just wouldn't explain it at all. So I could only ask your mother to call you back."

"Just spit it out."

"Okay." Felix then cut straight to the point. "Earlier, Jimmy had tried to take advantage of Lindsey and even stripped her clothes. All the helpers had witnessed that. Now, I just wanna do justice for Lindsey."