Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 728

Looking at the quiet Ariah, Nicole lowered her gaze and continued her story with a smile.

"Camden locked me up in his house and had his men would watch me round the clock. He knew that Jimmy would come to save me, so he waited for him. We were in a chaotic and lawless city. The people there were atrocious and diabolical. Jimmy and Jackson went through a lot of hurdles to save me."

Even though Nicole illustrated the event in a monotonous tone, they could feel the soul-stirring scene.

Gripping her knees, Ariah finally asked, "What happened next?"

Nicole's lips curled into a smile.

"Let me think. Oh yes, it was Thanksgiving. Jimmy risked being tracked down by Camden just to call you, but he seemed rather moody after the call that day."

"I asked him if he had a fight with you. He vaguely said that the call didn't get through because of the lousy signal and eagerly wanted to take us out of Camden's territory. Unfortunately, Camden found us and sent his men-double our number-to stop

US."

As Ariah listened on, she was stunned.

It was not because of a bad signal, but she didn't answer his call.

She was in a bad mood and was having dinner at her parents' house that day, so when Jimmy called, she hung up on him.

Jimmy never called again.

"Camden's men pursued us all the way to Rosteobia. We were forced to hide in a jungle where the environment was extremely harsh with poisonous snakes and swamp gas surrounding us. I felt so sorry for dragging Jimmy and Jackson into this. At that time, I was so desperate that I wished I could just die there. I even decided to surrender myself to Camden and hoped that he could let them go, but Jimmy told me that he must get out of there because you were waiting for him at home. He said he broke your promise multiple times, but he would not repeat his mistake again..."

"Finally, we managed to get out of the jungle after Camden died, and the first thing Jimmy did was to rush back to Estar. He asked Jackson to handle the rest and hopped on a freighter to come back."

Ariah remained silent for a long time after Nicole finished recounting the story.

Quietly, she sat in the chair as if drifting in her own mind.

At this moment, Jimmy's savage look appeared in her thought, and Ariah realized why he looked like that. He was trapped in a jungle and became the real savage.

Seeing Ariah sitting there quietly, Nicole cleared her throat and continued, "Two days later, Jackson and I came back from Rosteobia. We were exposed to the poisonous bugs and lethal gas in the jungle, so all of us did a body checkup before coming back, but Jimmy skipped it because he wanted to come back here so badly. I asked him about the checkup when he went to fetch us at the airport, but he said he forgot to do it. I don't know how is he now since I didn't contact him recently." Only then did Ariah raise her head to look at her. "You can ask him yourself if you want to know. How would I know?"

Sensing that something was off, Nicole asked, "Are you guys having a fight?"

Ariah looked away.

"May I know why? l-ls it because of me?"

Ariah was impressed by Nicole's ability to see it all despite her silence.

"No." Ariah shook her head. "I know there's nothing going on between the two of you.”

"Why are you mad at Jimmy then?" "I'm not. Why do you keep saying that?"

"Because I can see through your reaction just now."

"What reaction did I give?" Ariah huffed irritably. Wasn't her reaction just normal?

"When I told you about Jimmy's condition, I can see the anxiety that you tried to suppress in your eyes although you didn't show it on your face. You wouldn't have such a reaction if you didn't try to restrain your feelings. So, I assumed that you guys are having a fight."

Ariah glared at her.

Nicole chuckled. "I'm sorry. Slip of the tongue."

"Good. So you know," Ariah thought as she silently rolled her eyes.

"Actually, you don't have to be so hostile to me. Yes, I admit that I used to like him, but it's simply because we grew up together, and I loved following him everywhere. It's puppy love. Now, I only see him as my big brother."

Nicole looked at her seriously. "Please don't get upset with him because of me. It's not worth it."

Life was too short to get mad over such trivial matters only to regret them in the latter days.

Glancing at Nicole silently, Ariah grabbed the glass and drank slowly.

Nicole knew that Ariah was intelligent. She listened to everything she said, and even if she didn't say it out loud, Ariah could have figured everything out herself.

Seeing a familiar figure hurrying over from afar, Nicole lightly smiled and stated, "Well, speak of the devil!"

Upon hearing this, Ariah turned around and saw an aggressive man walking towards her.

Putting down the glass in her hand, she turned back and wanted to leave immediately.

"Stop right there!"

Jimmy shouted.

Ariah ignored him.

Grimacing in rage, Jimmy sprinted towards her and grabbed her wrist.

His heart was in his mouth when he saw her walking so fast. Didn't she know that she was pregnant?

Since Ariah couldn't free her hand from his grip, so she said lightly, "Why are you here?"

Jimmy looked at her coldly and then turned to Nicole.

Nicole stood up and walked over. "I saw her, so we chatted for a bit. Congratulations, Jimmy. You're going to be a father."

After a hum, Jimmy asked, "You're alone?"

"Yes. I came out to get familiar with the city. It's been years since I lived here. So much has changed."

"You can call me. I'll show you around."

As soon as Jimmy finished speaking, Ariah managed to free herself and said with a calm expression, "You guys go ahead. I need to use the restroom."

"I'll go with you," Jimmy said.

"I'm going to the female restroom!"

"Shut up." Putting his arms around her shoulders, he took her to the restroom. NôvelDrama.Org: owner of this content.

Ariah rolled her eyes.

After a while, they returned to the cafe and found that Nicole had left.

Ricco was still sitting there leisurely.

Jimmy brought Ariah to the counter and said to the waiter, "She'll have a glass of juice, thank you."

After paying for the juice and signaling for Ariah to wait, Jimmy rolled up his sleeves and walked towards Ricco.

Upon seeing him approaching from afar, Ricco swiftly pushed the chair away and jumped. "You aren't going to beat me up, are you? Calm down, buddy. Ariah is pregnant now. Don't scare her."

Jimmy glared at him coldly.

"Besides, if we do get into a fight, Ariah may come to stop us. You don't want to hurt her, right? You'll be so heartbroken."