Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 714

Lindsey was stunned when she felt Ariah putting her arm around her shoulder.

The next second, she felt as though she was possessed. Unable to control herself, she started staring at Ariah's finger.

Ariah's voice was so gentle and tempting. "I'm going to count to three now, and you have to listen to my instructions after that."

Lindsey looked blank.

After counting to three, Ariah took two steps back. Then, she smiled at her and said, "Slap yourself."

As though a wind-up toy, Lindsey began to slap her own face over and over again.

Ariah went back to the sofa and sipped on her tea leisurely.

When Dakota came out of the kitchen and saw Lindsey slapping herself, she was shocked. "Lindsey!"

Hearing Dakota's scream,

Lindsey immediately jolted awake.

Shouting, Lindsey touched her red and swollen cheeks. After a moment of confusion, she suddenly came back to her senses. Fear filled her eyes as she glared at Ariah, " What did you do to me?"

Ariah looked at her innocently as she said, "Lindsey, you freaked me out just now. You wanted to spill the tea on me but I avoided it, and right when I was about to speak, you suddenly started slapping yourself like you were possessed. You scared the sh*t out of me."

After saying that, she hid behind Dakota, caressing her stomach. "I don't know what's wrong with her, Mom."

Dakota pushed Ariah behind her to protect her. Now that Ariah was pregnant, they had to be extra careful. Lindsey was a petty woman. Dakota was afraid that she might do something to hurt Ariah.

Furious, Lindsey shouted, "Don't try to play innocent with me! You did something to me!"

With a confused look on her face, Ariah shook her head, "What are you talking about, Lindsey? What did I do to you? You suddenly started slapping yourself like a lunatic. I called you a few times, but you ignored me. Are you sick? Do you want me to bring you to the hospital for a checkup?"

"Shut up! You're crazy!"

Lindsey desperately wanted to beat Ariah up. She obviously did something to her, but she was acting innocent, pretending that she cared about

her.

That made her even angrier!

Frowning, Dakota pulled Ariah's hand. "Ariah, go wait in the kitchen. I cooked some soup in the morning. You can have some of that first."

"Okay." Ariah went to the kitchen obediently.

After Ariah left, Dakota warned Lindsey coldly, "Lindsey, Ariah is your sister. I know you don't like her. When you were young, you often tripped her and framed her. I turned a blind eye to what you did and even asked her to let you go because I thought you were young and ignorant, but you can't keep bullying her just because she's kind to you!"

"She is pregnant now, and she'll come back often in the future. You'd better behave yourself. If something happens to her because of you, I will not let you off!"

Lindsey had never seen Dakota so fierce before. She was totally different from her usual timid and weak self.

Terrified, Lindsey took two steps back. After she could finally think straight, she felt a wave of anger and embarrassment wash over her. "How dare you scold me?! I'll tell my father..."

"What are you going to tell your father?" Dakota suddenly grabbed Lindsey's wrist and whispered in her ear, "Tell him that his daughter..."

Dakota's voice was so low that no one else could hear what she said next. Standing by the door of the kitchen, Ariah wondered what her mother just told Lindsey.

After listening to what Dakota said, Lindsey felt herself turning pale. She took a few steps back before suddenly falling to the ground. Looking at her mother fearfully, she stuttered, "You... you..."

She could not get a word out.

Looking at her calmly, Dakota said, "As long as you treat Ariah well and don't cause her any trouble, I won't expose your secrets."

After saying that, Dakota reached out to pull Lindsey up. Then, she said softly, "I made some soup. Would you like to drink some?" Content rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

Instantly, she turned back into that soft and gentle woman she was again. It was as though the person who threatened Lindsey just now was not her.

Lindsey stared at her as if she just saw a ghost. Then, she shook off her hand and ran upstairs angrily.

When Dakota returned to the kitchen, Ariah held her hand and said, "Mom, I thought Lindsey was going to bully you just now."

It turned out that Dakota was actually the one who bullied Lindsey. That was surely satisfying.

Dakota suffered a lot throughout the years she was living with the Myers Family. Ariah always felt bad for her mother, but Dakota told her not to worry too much, so she could do nothing about it.

However, judging by what Dakota just did, it seemed like she was good at spotting others' weaknesses. If she was capable of doing that, she could live a good life in the Myers Family.

"Mom, what did you say to Lindsey just now? She seemed very scared." Curious, Ariah asked.

Dakota felt a little embarrassed. "You saw everything? I don't want to argue with her, but you're pregnant now. If I did't warn her, she might go overboard."

"Aren't you afraid that she will complain to her father?"

"She wouldn't dare."

"Oh?"

"You have to have something on a person before you confront him or her." Dakota patted her daughter's hand. "I know the dirty things she did outside, and she's afraid that her father would find out as well, so she won't dare to do anything to me."

Lindsey would probably treat Ariah politely the next time she met her.

Ariah was curious about what Dakota had on Lindsey, but since she refused to tell her, Ariah could only forget about it.

Sure enough, after receiving Dakota's warning, Lindsey stopped picking on Ariah.

Halfway through dinner, Ariah's phone rang. Glancing at her phone, she saw that Jimmy was calling her.

Trembling, she spilled her food. Dakota looked at her and asked, "Ariah, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Without hesitation, Ariah hung up.

Dakota looked at her cell phone.

Smiling, Ariah explained, "It's just some sales call. They call me all the time, and it's so annoying."

Without saying anything further, Dakota stole a few glances at her.

After receiving an unexpected call from Jimmy the other day, she never heard from him again.

Since then, her days were peaceful and quiet. She did nothing other than sleep and eat all day. Felipe came to visit her very often as well. He would bring her fresh fruits and vegetables whenever he came.

At first, Ariah felt a bit uncomfortable, but then she thought it was not that bad to have a free servant,

so she let him do whatever he wanted.

When Thanksgiving arrived, Beachmarsh City was pretty much already empty. Leaning against the window, Ariah ate her fruits as she watched the fireworks outside the window. No one knew what she was thinking about.

In the evening, Dakota called her and asked her to bring Jimmy back for dinner. After packing up, Ariah brought Felipe along and headed to the Myers Family.

"I don't think it's good for me to have dinner with your family." Although Felipe said so, he seemed very excited.

"Don't worry. You've been taking care of me for so many days. Treating you to a meal is nothing."

Felipe was speechless.

Of course, the Myers Family was confused looking at Felipe's sudden arrival. Ariah said he was a close friend of hers. Since he had no relatives in Beachmarsh City and she did not bear to let him spend Thanksgiving alone, she brought him along with her.

"Where's Jimmy?" Frowning, Felipe asked, "Why don't I see him?"

Seeing his daughter bringing a random guy instead of her husband back, Felix seemed a bit unhappy.