Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 73

In another hospital.

Upon hearing the lawyer's remarks, Jewel was so angry that she directly grabbed the glass from the bedside table and threw it at him. "What do you mean that you don't handle this case anymore? Why the women who were locked up in the police station have been released? Aren't you a lawyer? Didn't Stanley ask you to take full charge of this case?"

Last night, Stanley said to her tenderly that he would avenge her and made the culprits pay for what they did, but why did all of this suddenly change today?"

The glass that Jewel hurled directly smashed the lawyer's forehead, blood oozing from the wound. "Miss Russell, I don't know why. A few hours ago, Mr. Charles fired me personally..."

"Useless!" The more Jewel thought about it, the angrier she became. "Get out!"

The lawyer covered the wound on his forehead and went out.

But as soon as the door of the ward was opened, the lawyer was stunned.

There was a tall and straight man standing outside the door. When the lawyer saw the man's appearance clearly, he broke out in a cold sweat. "M-Mr. Jones?"

It was Stanley Jones!

Stanley smiled faintly. "As an employee of Jones Group, why are you here?" Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

The lawyer's face was pale and he couldn't say a word.

"Well, it seems like sacking you wasn't a wrong decision after all. You take the salary from me but you delivered messages to an outsider behind my back, huh?"

The lawyer explained, stuttering, "M- Miss Russell is not an outsider. She is the victim of this incident, I... I..."

"So you came here to provide her with information?"

"Mr. Jones, I..."

Stanley's gazes were so cold and sharp that the lawyer didn't dare to look into his eyes. He lowered his head nervously, his heart beating fast.

After a while, Stanley said slowly, "Wait here. Don't go."

The lawyer immediately nodded. "Yes!"

In the ward.

Jewel couldn't see what was going on outside, but she vaguely heard some voices. She thought that the people in the hospital were having a conversation in the corridor, so she frowned and felt unhappy.

The door was suddenly opened from the outside, and a man steady footsteps came in.

Jewel looked up and was surprised. "Stanley?"

Stanley came to the hospital bed and looked at her for a moment, then he smiled and said, "You look good. It seems that you have a good rest."

"Stanley, why are you here?" Jewel said as she lifted the quilt and was about to get out of bed.

"Didn't you call me a few times in the morning and ask me to come and visit you?"

"Ah, yes, l-l forgot."

Jewel was on pins and needles. Stanley's eyes were as deep as the sea that she couldn't figure out what he was thinking for a moment.

Stanley hooked the chair with his long leg and sat on it. Then, he raised his eyes and asked directly, "Was Sharon Cruz the one who hurt you?"

Jewel was taken aback. "You didn't know?"

"I didn't know about it until today."

Thinking of what the lawyer just said, Jewel panicked and couldn't help but make wild guesses. What did he mean by he didn't know about it until today? He didn't know it was Sharon yesterday, so he decided to teach the culprit who harmed her a lesson, but now that he knew it was Sharon, he changed his mind all of a sudden. Was that so?

"Did you go to meet her personally behind my back?"

His voice sounded again, with a little coldness and a questioning tone.

Jewel immediately said, "You don't like me to meet her? Okay, I won't see her again."

Stanley narrowed his eyes. "Do you know what kind of relationship I have with her?"

Jewel trembled in fear as his words sent a chill down her spine. Having been through the treacherous battlefield and the business world, Stanley's eyes were as sharp as a dagger as if they could penetrate a person's heart and mind in no time.

"I..." Licking her lips, Jewel gradually calmed down under the immense pressure and said, "I only know that you two are close and you let her live in your villa."

Stanley's expression grew colder and colder. "Did you investigate me behind my back?"

Jewel explained hurriedly, "Because you were treating me coldly this year. I thought that you had another woman outside. I was upset and jealous, so I had someone to investigate you, and I found out about you and Sharon..."

Stanley looked at her, expressionless.

Panicked, she held his hand and said, "I didn't want to do that, but I'm too insecure. I'm afraid that you would dump me when you have someone else."

Tears fell from her eyes as she spoke pitifully, "My parents died when I was a child, then my brother a few years ago. I don't have a sense of security in my heart. You are the only family I have in this world. If you leave me, I'm scared... I'm really scared."

Stanley frowned as he looked at Jewel in front of him. During these five years, he took extra care of her because of her brother's final words.

When he first met her, she was timid and introverted.

But after a few years, she had changed. She was getting more and more arrogant, and her actions were getting bolder and bolder...

Jewel was no longer the innocent girl she used to be.

Looking away from her, Stanley's eyes grew deeper as he slowly said, "I said I would give you justice, remember?"

Jewel immediately nodded and said, "Yes, I remember!"

At the same time, she asked suspiciously, " Stanley, a-are you really going to do that?"

Didn't he already know that the person who hurt her was Sharon? He even got Sharon out of the police station. Why did he say that now?

What did he mean?

Jewel didn't have a clue.

"Can you get out of bed and walk now?" Stanley stood up and asked without answering her question.

Jewel nodded and said, "Yes."

"Then come out with me."

Jewel was startled. "W-Where are we going?"

Stanley tilted his head to look at her with a faint smile on his face. "I'm taking you to see the person who hurt you, of course. I said I would give you justice."

Jewel was overjoyed. He was telling the truth!

"I'll get changed. I'll be ready right away."

When she went out, she saw the lawyer standing outside the door and couldn't help but be stunned. Why was he still doing here? Didn't she ask him to leave a while ago?

It was not nice to let Stanley know that she had met the lawyer of Jones Group in private.

So she immediately explained, " Stanley, the lawyer was here to ask me about the conflict with Sharon on that day..."

Stanley raised his hand and interrupted her instead. "I know, you don't have to explain it to me.

Jewel breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing that he wasn't upset, but she was still a little skeptical.

"Why do you ask the lawyer to go with us to the hospital?"

Stanley just smiled and did not answer her.

On the way to the hospital, Stanley who was behind the wheels was silent. Jewel glanced at his handsome side profile several times, and couldn't help but feel nervous, her heart thumping vigorously.

Did he really intend to get justice for her by taking her to the hospital?

For some reason, she felt that something was amiss.

The uneasy feeling began to spread in her heart, making her jittery.

"Stanley..." Jewel said, sounding gentle and mellow.

She always maintained a fragile and mild-mannered side in front of him because he liked it. "I'm sorry. I know I shouldn't have done these things and I shouldn't have met Sharon behind your back, but I couldn't help it. I want to see what kind of woman you let live in your villa. Is she good? Can she take care of you..."

"Oh?" It was not until then that Stanley interrupted her. "What do you think of her then?"

Looking up at him, Jewel bit her lip and said, "I tested her."

"Test?"

"Yes. I told her to leave you, and I'll pay no matter how much she wants as long as she can leave you."

Hearing this, Stanley frowned and asked, "And then?"

Jewel said slowly, "She accepted my check."