Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 850

Though Elaine didn't know where the breakfast came from, it was scrumptious!

While she was eating happily, Vincent suddenly scowled, "Why didn't you just rub your skin off?"

At first, she was too stunned to hear him clearly. "What did you say?"

Without an expression, he stared at her collar.

Soon, she came to her senses and quickly covered her neck with her hands, feeling flustered. "Eat your food! What are you looking at?"

"Am I filthy? Did you have to scrub off that hickey so hard?" Vincent spoke with a sullen look on his face. "You didn't feel disgusted when Howard kissed you, did you?"

Not expecting him to bring that up, she was speechless for a second.

Seeing her reaction, Vincent didn't say anything more. Pulling the chair, he stood up and left the room.

Elaine was at a loss for words.

A confused look was plastered on her face. Did she do something wrong? No, she definitely did not, so why was he upset?

She was perplexed.

Ignoring him, she continued eating her food.

After the meal, Morgan brought her a few articles of modest clothing to choose from. Immediately, she brought them to the bathroom to change.

When she was done changing, Vincent was in a call, but she didn't know what he was talking about.

Just then, her phone rang. Fishing it out, she saw that it was Zoe who was calling her.

Walking towards the corner of the room, she answered the phone. "Hello?"

"Elaine!" Zoe shouted on the phone. "Come here right now! Those gangsters are back again. They are gonna smash everything at home! Mom and I are scared to death!"

Hearing that, Elaine replied plainly, "Oh."

"What do you mean, oh? Are you deaf? Gangsters are causing trouble at home. What are you waiting for? Come back this instance!"

"There's no point going back when I can't even help..."

"What do you mean you can't help? You're the one who started it, so hurry up and take care of it! Ah!"

Not knowing what had happened on the other side of the phone, she heard Zoe scream, "Elaine Jacob, if you still have a little bit of guilt, come back here and solve the problem! Otherwise, Mom and I will never ever forgive you!"

Elaine was dumbfounded.

The corner of her lips twitched, then she hung up the phone.

"Beep beep beep..."

Hearing the phone being hung up, Zoe was close to exploding with rage.

Putting the phone away, she tidied up the messy bed, then she was left with nothing else to do.

The hotel was clean and spotless, so there was nothing much for her to clean up.

After sitting on the couch for a while, she got up and head towards the exit.

However, as soon as she opened the door, someone was standing guard outside.

The man outside was smoking when he saw her. With a smile, he asked, "Are you going out?"

"Yes," she replied with a curt nod.

"I'm sorry, Miss Jacob. Without Mr. Bradbury's permission, you can't leave the room," said the man.

"Why not?"

In response, the man gave an awkward smile.

Knitting her brows together in frustration, Elaine shut the door, took a deep breath, and returned to the room.

When she entered the room, Vincent was also done with his phone call. He didn't even spare her a glance, as if she was a stranger.

Walking towards him, she requested, "I want to go out, but there's a guard outside, and he won't let me go. Can you please tell him that I want to leave?"

Vincent paid no attention to her.

Holding back her patience, she repeated, "Please tell the guard outside that I want to go out!"

Still, he ignored her.

This time, Elaine was furious. "Vincent Bradbury!"

Only then did he turn to look at her. "Yes?"

She nearly choked on rage.

Did she just waste her time talking to him earlier?

"I need to go out, but someone is at the door. I can't leave if they don't let me." She pursed her lips, "Tell the guards outside to let me go."

"Why do you want to go out?"

"To take a walk." "What's there to see in this shabby little town?"

When she heard that, Elaine wanted to roll her eyes at him.

"Why do you want to leave?"

She didn't respond.

After staring at her for a while, Vincent narrowed his eyes, then he got up. "Let's go."

Baffled, she inquired, "What are you doing?"

"Didn't you want to go out? I'll go with you."

Elaine didn't utter a word.

"Why are you still standing there?"

"Oh? Coming..."

Sure enough, it was more convenient to have Vincent by her side, because no one dared to stop them from leaving the room.

Taking the elevator, they stopped at the lobby of the hotel. "Uhm, why don't we go on our separate ways from here? I just want to go out for a walk, and it's sunny outside, you certainly won't like it!" Elaine suggested.

She knew Vincent wasn't an adventurous man. He preferred to stay indoors instead of basking in the sun.

Curling his lips into a smile, Vincent walked in front of her instead of replying.

Frustrated, she gritted her teeth and stomped towards him. Why was Vincent so clingy? She couldn't get rid of him no matter what she tried.

When they arrived at the parking lot, she was forcefully pushed into the passenger seat.

"Where are you taking me?" she queried in confusion.

Not giving her any response, Vincent kept quiet.

When he didn't reply, she decided to ignore him.

It wasn't until the road became all the more familiar that she became suspicious. "Why are we here?"

They were reaching her house.

Eyes on the road, Vincent asked, "Didn't you want to come here?"

Elaine was stunned.

She didn't even mention that to him, so how did he know she wanted to come home?

Soon, the car stopped at the gate.

Sounds of things being thrown and smashed could be heard even before she got out of the car. Not only that, but there were also sounds of people screaming and shouting.

It never occurred to her that things were so serious, so she immediately jumped out of the car and rushed home.

However, as soon as she entered the door, something came flying right at her face.

Out of instinct, Elaine covered her face with her arm, but before she knew it, she fell into a firm embrace.

Using one hand to protect her head, Vincent's other hand laid on her waist. "Are you alright?" he growled.

When the unidentifiable thing flew towards her, she thought that she would definitely be hit hard, but she managed to escape an accident.

Elaine shook her head blankly.

After Vincent let go of her, his gaze swept across the room. Bob, who visited Jacob's Family last night was seated on a chair. When he saw Vincent, he stood up and greeted, "Oh, Mr. Bradbury, it's you! What brings you here?"

When he noticed the menacing look on Vincent's face, he knew he was angry. Bob quickly turned to Elaine and apologized, "I'm so sorry, Miss Jacob. My man must have been blind to almost hurt you. Let me call him over to give you an apology!"

In an instant, he kicked one of his men standing next to him and shouted, "Apologize to Miss Jacob now!" Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Obeying his boss's orders, he quickly apologized, "My apologies, Miss Jacob!"

Turning around uncomfortably, Elaine murmured, "You don't have to..."

With a polite smile, Bob replied, "We're at fault for almost hurting you, Miss Jacob. We're all civilized people, so we should apologize when we make a mistake."

"Yes, that's right," his men echoed.

Elaine didn't say a word.

Civilized people?

Though she wanted to scoff, she kept a straight face and demanded, "You're not welcomed here. Please get out!"

After all, she was already there. She couldn't just let her family be bullied without saying a word, could she?

Upon hearing that, Bob looked distressed. Looking at Vincent, he muttered, "Well..."

He was tactful, so he knew who had the greatest authority there, which was why he looked at this Vincent for instructions, completely ignoring Elaine's orders.

With a smirk, Vincent replied nonchalantly, "It's only natural for people who owe money to pay back. You're just doing your job by collecting debts. We won't meddle in your business."

Bob immediately understood what Vincent had meant. What he meant was to continue whatever they were doing. Scare them off!