Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 654

For a second, Ariah stood outside and didn't know whether she should enter Kobi's ward or not.

Right now, Emily was talking to Kobi, so it would be rude to enter.

Thinking about that, Ariah decided to wait a little longer.

From the window, she could see that Emily looked a little sad as she stared at Kobi who was lying on the hospital bed.

What were they talking about?

Ariah was curious.

She leaned against the wall and waited idly. Recalling the heartbreaking look on Emily's face just now, she felt sorry for Emily...

After waiting for a while, there was some sound coming from the ward and she saw that Emily wanted to come out but couldn't open the door.

"Let me do it."

She knocked on the door and said to Emily. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Emily was stunned to see her. Then, she moved her wheelchair back, allowing Ariah to push open the door.

When the door was pushed open, Emily finally felt free and took a deep breath before pushing her wheelchair out.

"Emily-"

Ariah called out to her, but she just left without even giving her a look.

Stunned, Ariah subconsciously looked towards Kobi and he was staring at her quietly.

At the same time, Emily had disappeared already. With a sigh, Ariah walked towards Kobi. "Are you alright?"

Kobi continued to gaze at her.

"Yep, I'm not gonna die anytime soon."

Ariah had nothing to say.

The ward instantly fell into silence.

Moments later, Kobi started to speak again, though he sounded quite weak. "Are you here for Emily?"

Ariah had to take a few steps closer to hear him clearly and she nodded, answering, "Yeah, I brought breakfast for her, but she wasn't in the ward. I thought that she could be worried about you and wanted to come to see you, so I came."

With a pause, she then asked, "What did you say to her just now? When she went out, her eyes were quite red."

Emily seemed to be holding back her tears, which made Ariah's heart ache even more.

Hearing that, Kobi was surprised and struggled to sit up, but when he moved, he frowned because of the pain.

Hurriedly, Ariah said, "You're wounded, so just lie down."

Kobi stared at the ceiling and panted a while before continuing, "Just now, she was asking why I risked my life to take a gunshot for you."

Ariah was dumbfounded.

Out of her expectation, Emily was disheartened because of her.

"And I told her that I block the gunshot subconsciously. So now, she was a little upset."

"Ahem." Ariah cleared her throat. "Well... I'll explain it to her later..."

"What's there to explain?" Kobi smiled. "It's not like we can pretend that I didn't take the shot for you."

Soon, she went silent again.

Because she didn't know what to say.

It was a big favor that she owed to Kobi now.

If it hadn't been for Kobi, she would have been the one lying on the bed now.

Of course, she was grateful that Kobi had taken the bullet for her. However, she could not just fall in love with him because of this.

Kobi had done so many things in the past that she couldn't forgive easily.

After a long while, she finally looked at him.

"Anyway... you should get a good rest and I'll go see Emily now. I'll come to visit you again soon."

Then, without waiting for him to reply, she left.

Kobi's gaze was fixed on her. Only when her figure had disappeared did he curled his lips coldly.

In the Hudsons' Mansion-

The servants were giving Jimmy a different look secretly the moment he came home.

Sensing that, he knew that Ella must have accidentally said something about the matter between him and Kobi in front of the servants.

Nevertheless, he didn't take it to heart. He changed his shoes and asked, "Where's my mother?"

The servant took his coat and replied, "Madam is upstairs. She hasn't eaten much this afternoon though. Now that you're back, she must be happy."

Jimmy said nothing and went straight upstairs.

From a distance, he could hear Mack's voice coming from the bedroom. "How can you not eat anything? If it goes on like this, you're gonna get sick soon!"

Ella wiped her tears and said, "After all that had happened recently, I don't have much appetite left."

Mack sighed.

"Jimmy is a good boy. Even though he was a little naughty during childhood, that's just because he has a lively personality. I don't believe that he would do such a thing to harm his brother."

"Ella, I know Jimmy won't do that."

With a pause, he then told her everything he knew. "It's not solely Jimmy's responsibility. Kobi has something to do with it as well."

Upon hearing that, Ella widened her eyes and said, "I knew it. But why would they turn against each other?"

Mack shook his head. "It's not Kobi who is injured. It's someone else!"

"What? What is going on?" Instantly, Ella got anxious.

Mack pursed his lips. Finally, he let out a long sigh and said solemnly, "On the day of the incident, Jimmy was hypnotized by Kobi. So Jimmy couldn't control himself at all, which was why the police saw him trying to harm others."

Hearing that, Ella was so shocked that she couldn't utter a word for a long time

Her hands were shaking on the quilt.

Seeing her pale face, Mack hurried to say, "Don't worry. I'll try my best to do Jimmy justice. I won't let him be wronged."

Ella muttered, "Why... why did Kobi do that? Why did he do such a terrible thing to Jimmy? What was he up to?"

"Don't overthink it..."

"How can I not overthink it?" Ella screamed, "Will you just make Kobi leave after the New Year and let him stay abroad forever? Let's just pretend that we don't have a son like him!"

"What are you talking about?" Stunned, Mack frowned and said, "Are you asking me to drive him away?"

"Yes, drive him away!" she shouted.

"How... how could you say that!"

Ella started to shed tears again. "But he's threatening my son now. How can I pretend like nothing happened? Mack, if you still want us to be together, you should just let him go and don't ever come back again!"

Hearing that, Mack got upset. "If I really drive him away, I'll be breaking his heart. They both are my sons. I can't treat them differently..." "He's your son, not mine!"

Ella interrupted him coldly. "If he continues to stay in this house, one day, he'll eventually kill Jimmy!"

"Ella!"

Mack shot her a look.

Just then, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"Dad, Mom, what are you two talking about?"