Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 675

Not coming back to his senses yet, David didn't respond for a moment. "Captain, what did you want me to look out for again?"

As soon as he was done asking the question, Jimmy threw his cigarette box at him.

Tilting his head, David successfully dodged the box. With a smile, he teased, "Hoho! You missed!"

With a cold face, Jimmy repeated his question, "I asked you to investigate Josiah's background. What did you find?"

"Oh, that..." David finally responded. "It's still under investigation. I will need more time to thoroughly investigate this case. I'll inform you as soon as I find something."

"Speed it up."

Nodding his head, David answered, "Got it."

After Jimmy uttered a curt 'good', he stopped talking. As he lowered his eyes, he got lost in thought.

Curious, David asked, "Captain, what are you thinking?"

"Nothing." "I know there's something on your mind. Your expression doesn't look right... Did your marriage proposal fail yesterday? But you seem to be in a good mood today," David muttered.

Squinting his eyes, Jimmy asked, "David, I have something to ask you."

"Yes?"

Jimmy then told him what happened last night.

Before he could propose to her, Ariah had already agreed to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register their marriage. She didn't hesitate at all... Even though it was a wonderful thing, why did he feel like something was missing?

It was a rare occasion for Jimmy to talk to him about family affairs. Putting on a determined face, David wanted to solve Jimmy's worries. "Doesn't matter what Ariah thinks. Since she accepted the ring, and it's also true that she agreed to remarry you, so why are you overthinking it? You got the ring, and the ultimate purpose of all your efforts was to make Ariah agree to register your marriage, wasn't it?"

Now that Ariah agreed without any cost, what was there to worry about?

Looking at him in surprise, Jimmy spat, "There are times when you're actually smart."

"Of course! I'm always... wait, what?!"

Suddenly, David came to his sense. What did

Captain mean by 'there are times when you're actually smart¹?

Did that mean that he was normally dense?

Taking a glance at him, Jimmy didn't speak. He didn't want to dampen his subordinate's confidence.

Seeing that Jimmy didn't continue, David muttered, "If you really don't trust me, how about you seize the opportunity while it's there."

"Seize the opportunity?" That piqued Jimmy's interest.

"Since Ariah had agreed to register your marriage, you should hurry up and get it over and done with. This afternoon would be high time for both of you to register your marriage. Once you've got

the marriage certificate, Ariah wouldn't be able to turn back on her decision."

Hearing those words, Jimmy squinted his eyes and looked at him in awe, "David, after all the years you've been by my side, you rarely suggested good ideas. But, I have to say that your idea today is brilliant!"

Not knowing whether it was a compliment or an insult, David decided to stay silent.

Ariah hadn't gone to work for the past two days as she had been taking care of Emily. As soon as she returned to the hospital, her sharp-eyed assistant saw the ring on her finger.

"Dr. Myers, that's such a big diamond ring on your finger!" Her assistant let out an envious sigh. "Why haven't I seen you wear it before?"

"Well," Ariah cleared her throat, a little embarrassed, "My husband just bought it for me."

"Aw, Dr. Myers, he's a keeper!"

Though Ariah didn't say anything more, deep down, she felt a little disappointed. After being married for so many years, she had never received a gift from Jimmy. Only after they had a divorce, she received such a decent gift from him.

She then went to see a few patients in order to excuse her absence. Although she only took a few days off, her workload piled up like mountains.

Since it was very inconvenient to wear such a big ring while working, Ariah took it off after a while.

During lunch break, Ariah was planning to have lunch at the cafeteria. However, before she entered the cafeteria, she received a call from Jimmy.

"Hello?"

She took the call.

"Where are you now?" Jimmy asked directly.

"Uh, I'm going to have lunch. Have you eaten yet?"

Why did he call her at this time? Did something happen?

"Come out."

"Come out?" Ariah didn't understand, "What for?"

"Wait for me. I'll be at the hospital gate in five minutes."

Ariah didn't respond.

"Hello? Can you hear me?"

On the other end of the line, Jimmy couldn't help but ask when he didn't hear her reply.

"Yes, I heard you."

"Wait for me outside. I'm almost there."

Finishing his sentence, he hung up the phone even before she could give him an answer.

"What the hell..."

Holding her phone, Ariah stood at the same spot for a while. When she finally understood what Jimmy had meant, she rushed out to the hospital gate at once.

As soon as she reached the gate, Jimmy's car drove over from afar. His car stopped beside her. Without waiting for him to speak, Ariah quickly opened the door and got in.

"Let's go," she said as soon as she sat down on the passenger's seat.

Taking a glance at her, Jimmy drove the car away without saying a word.

It wasn't until they were getting further and further away from the hospital that Ariah let out a sigh of relief.

Not understanding why she was sighing, Jimmy asked, "Is someone chasing after you?"

"Nope."

"Then why did you run in such a hurry?"

"I was afraid that the others would see you. Also, your car attracts attention. If my colleagues saw me getting into your car, they will definitely gossip..."

Speaking of which, Ariah quickly reacted and explained, "Uhm, what I meant was that you haven't formally met my colleagues yet. If we run into them in this kind of situation, it would be difficult to explain..."

Sh*t. It seemed like it was getting more confusing the more she tried to explain.

On top of that, it sounded like she was embarrassed to introduce Jimmy to her colleagues.

Knowing she might mess up, Ariah shut her mouth and didn't continue her sentence.

Turning her head towards Jimmy, she saw his face darkened, and his grip on the steering wheel tightened.

Feeling awkward, Ariah tried to save the mood, "What I, what I meant was..."

"I don't mind."

Jimmy interrupted her before she could finish.

Shocked by his reaction, Ariah found it a little hard to believe. How did his temper cool down in such a short period of time? She felt a little surprised.

"Okay it's all good then if you don't mind. But I hope you understand that I really didn't mean it," She left the conversation there and quickly changed the topic, "So why did you suddenly come over? Was there something you wanted me to do?"

"Yup."

"What is it?"

"We're going to the Civil Affairs Bureau."

Hearing that, Ariah fell silent.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that she did not speak, Jimmy raised his eyebrows. "Have you forgotten what you promised me last night?"

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Although she promised him to register their marriage, she had not expected him to take action so fast. He didn't even ask her to prepare before picking her up!

When Jimmy was about to say something, he suddenly saw her empty finger. His face suddenly sank again, even darker than before. "Where is your ring?"

"What?"

Without saying a word, Jimmy pursed his thin lips and stared at her empty finger.

"Oh! The ring," Ariah quickly took the ring out of her pocket and said, "It's in here. I didn't lose it."

"Put it on!"

He spat out those three words with all his might, causing Ariah to feel baffled.

"You are not allowed to take off the ring without my permission in the future."

"What is this about again?" Ariah's pretty face turned serious as she was a little unhappy. His bad temper was back again.