Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)
Chapter 551

On the second floor-

Ariah had just walked out of Emily's room and ran into someone.

"Watch out!" Kobi's voice rang out as he held her up.

"Sorry!" Ariah then tried to come out of his embrace, but he wouldn't let go of her arm.

Puzzled, she looked up and realized that his gaze was fixed on her neck.

"Kobi?"

Ariah frowned and tried to free herself, but she couldn't. He had seized her tight.

Meanwhile, Kobi stared at the red mark on her skin with fiery eyes. "Did Jimmy do this?"

Almost right away, Ariah understood what he meant and blushed. She took off her jacket upon entering the house, so it was easy to spot the hickeys Jimmy made on her neck.

"Ahem." She cleared her throat and quickly calmed down. "Emily is in the room. You can go look for her. I'll head down first..."

"Wait!" Kobi interrupted her and grabbed her arm stubbornly. "You haven't answered me yet."

Annoyed, Ariah tried to shake off his hand. "Don't you think you're overstepping the boundary now?"

Kobi was taken aback.

However, Ariah looked him in the eye and continued, "Kobi, I made it very clear yesterday in the car. It's all in the past between us. Now that I'm your brother's wife, please show me some respect." Kobi narrowed his eyes slightly, looking a little cynical. "Aren't you divorced already?"

"What..."

Ariah didn't expect him to say something like that.

"I'm kidding." Kobi smiled when he saw that she was getting angry. "I was just worried that Jimmy might have hurt you since he was not the gentle type. Sorry for causing you to feel uneasy." Jimmy was not the gentle type?

Hearing him say this, Ariah blurted out, "If you know that man should be gentle, then why did you make Emily bruise all over?"

Her heart still ached for Emily, and now that she saw Kobi's attitude, she couldn't hold back her words anymore and spilled it out, "The bruises on her body look really frightening. She must be really scared when you did that!"

Immediately, Kobi's face darkened and he took a step toward her. "What did she say to you?"

Ariah frowned. "What do you mean? She didn't tell me anything. I found out about it myself when we went shopping today and she even spoke up for you, saying that you didn't do it on purpose."

Only then did Kobi's expression softened a bit, and he looked a little embarrassed. "Well, that's normal between couples. Sometimes you're just too drawn into it that you couldn't help controlling yourself." Speaking of this, he looked at her and continued in a playful tone, "Look at you. Don't you have marks on your body too?"

"What..." Ariah glared at him. "How is this the same?"

Kobi just smiled. "Men are all the same and they couldn't restrain themselves during sex."

Hearing that, Ariah decided to stop the argument.

He was going way overboard now.

Besides, it was inappropriate for her to discuss this kind of thing with another man.

Sensing her quietness, Kobi suddenly softened his attitude. "Ariah, don't get angry, please. I promise that I'll be more gentle to Emily next time. So could you forgive me now?"

Ariah paused for a moment before muttering, "I'm just an outsider. Why are you promising me this?"

Instantly, Kobi laughed. "I thought you're quite indignant for her?"

"I just feel sorry for her."

"I understand. Rest assured, I'll definitely treat her better."

Ariah was choked at his words.

What was he saying? Shouldn't he be making a promise to Emily instead?

Gradually, she was a little uncomfortable with Kobi's attitude, so she took two steps back and said, "Emily is in the room. Go find her, and I'll head down first."

After saying that, she turned to leave but Kobi blocked her way and said smilingly, "Don't worry. We're friends for years. She will understand this. Besides, I have a lot more to catch up with you." For some reason, he didn't want her to leave yet.

On the other hand, Ariah's heart skipped a beat when she heard what he said. She tried to calm herself down before continuing, "Kobi, things are different already. I'm Jimmy's wife now, so it's best for us to keep some distance."

"Don't be so nervous. I just wanna tell you something about what you've asked me last time."

Ariah was dumbfounded. "What did I ask you?" "How could you forget this? You're the one who asked me to have a look at your friend who has some psychological issues last time." Instantly, Ariah remembered it.

So it turned out that Kobi kept her here to talk about this.

She was overreacting just now.

Instantly, Ariah was a little embarrassed. "Well, just now..."

"Don't worry. I didn't take it to heart." Kobi reassured her with a smile. "What you just said makes sense actually. I agree with you."

Hearing that he was not offended, Ariah let out a sigh of relief.

Meanwhile, downstairs-

After Jimmy chatted with Ella, he planned to go upstairs to find Ariah. However, Jean came out halfway and stopped him. "Jimmy, wait a moment." He frowned at her and asked, "What's up?"

"There's something I need to tell you. Can we go over there to talk?"

"Just say it here."

Getting to know Jimmy's personality now, Jean understood he was quite impatient, but she never expected that he wasn't even willing to give her a minute.

Therefore, she was greatly upset. "Jimmy, how can you do this? Don't you know my feelings for you?"

"Well, you shouldn't have liked someone who is already married." Jimmy looked at her lightly. "I bet you're now feeling humiliated by me, eh?"

Hearing that, Jean bit her lips and couldn't utter a word. She was perhaps a little guilty.

With a pretty look that was about to cry, naturally, she thought that no man could bear to say any more harsh words to her.

However, Jimmy didn't care as he sneered. "But you're the one who humiliated yourself the moment you decided to throw yourself at me, despite knowing that I have a wife already." Instantly, her face turned pale.

Without looking at her anymore, Jimmy walked away.

Furious, Jean stared at his back and blurted out the words that she had been holding back, "I know you're very in love with Ariah, but have you ever thought that she could be cheating on you?"