Chapter 497
Jimmy froze and his face darkened. Seizing Ariah''s chin, he asked with his teeth gritted, "Are you
avoiding me?"
He thought that his smell was too strong that she felt ufortable. "I haven''t been able to take a
bath because of staying here with you the whole night. How could you avoid me because of this?"
However, despite knowing that he had misunderstood, Ariah didn''t bother to exin. She merely
snorted. "Well, it''s not like I begged you to keep watch here..."
"You..."
Taking a deep breath, Jimmy suppressed his emotions. "Alright, enough. Don''t try to change the
subject. Tell me what''s going on."
Ariah nced at him and said slowly after a long pause, "Well, I know a little hypnotism too, so
Kevin didn''t manage to hypnotize me. I was just acting along with him and took the opportunity to
stab him in the leg."
"You know hypnotism?" Jimmy frowned. "Why you never mentioned it before?"
"Well, what''s there to talk about?" Ariah felt that he was just making a big fuss.
Jimmy was speechless.
"Hey, keep your distance!" repeated Ariah again.
Hearing that, Jimmy was annoyed and he nced coldly at her, then dashed into the bathroom.
Ariah was dumbfounded. What was he doing?
Soon, she heard the sound of showeringing from the bathroom...
Did Jimmy just go in to bathe?
What was wrong with him?
Coming out of the bathroom, Jimmy heard a knock on the door and went to open the door. It was
Edward who came to deliver their meals. When Edward saw Jimmy''s wet hair, he was surprised.
"Capt., why are you wet?"
"Ah, I just took a shower." Jimmy grabbed the food from his hands.
"Huh? Why are you showering during the day?"
Jimmy didn''t want to just tell him he had taken a bath because Ariah was disgusted with his smell. It
would be embarrassing.
"Nothing." Jimmy pushed him out. "Don''t forget to bring the dinner on time."
"Wait!" Edward held the door. "Capt., this morning when I went back to work, the kidnapper is being
guarded as a first-ss criminal whereas Ro is treated with respect by Director Sherlock! Who is
that Ro though?"
Hearing that, Jimmy merely replied casually, "Ro is a capable man. What''s wrong with Director
Sherlock treating him with courtesy?"
Edward widened his eyes in surprise. Jimmy was actually not angry?
"Capt., Ro has second thoughts on your wife. Why are you on his side now?"
Instantly, Jimmy''s face darkened. "Stop talking nonsense! Now, get out of here!"
The door mmed shut before Edward''s nose, and he knew he must have annoyed Jimmy.
After all, any man would feel ufortable when they heard others were having second thoughts
about their wife.
Meanwhile, sitting on the hospital bed, Ariah had heard their conversation. Looking at Jimmy, who
had a gloomy expression, she asked, "Did Kevin really get caught?"
"Yes." Jimmy responded indifferently.
"What feud does Ro have against Kevin?"
"I don''t know."
"Then, why would he go with you to catch Kevin?"
"I don''t know."
Upon hearing this, Ariah could sense his unhappiness already.
With a sullen look, Jimmy took out two dishes and one soup from the carrier bag and set them up
on the table in front of her. Stuffing the cutlery into her hand, he simply said, "Eat."
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He didn''t even notice that he had caused pain in her hand.
Ariah twisted her thin brows.
Jimmy went straight to one side, took out a cig from his coat, and was about to light it. Then, he
remembered he was still in the hospital, so he threw the lighter aside and sniffed the cig instead
while staring at Ariah sharply.
Being married to him for a few years, Ariah knew he wanted to smoke when he was agitated.
So, she just ate silently. The meals tasted quite nd, and gradually, she became irritated too.
Finally, she put down her cutlery and snapped, "Stop staring at me like that!"
Jimmy raised his eyebrows and retorted, "What? You''re feeling guilty?"
"What do you mean?"
"Nothing."
Calming her emotions, Ariah gestured at Jimmy with a smile and said, "Come over here."
Jimmy walked over suspiciously. "What''s the
matter?"
As soon as he got closer, Ariah''s face suddenly turned cold, and she threw a pillow at him. He didn''t
manage to dodge it, and the pillow hit him right in the face. Instantly, his face turned gloomy.
Meanwhile, Ariah said angrily, "If you continue to act weirdly, then go out. Don''t affect my mood of
eating!"
Jimmy gritted his teeth and gave her a dark look, which gave her goosebumps. Just as she wanted
to retort him, he suddenly pressed down against her body and warned, "Ariah, stop challenging
me."
Hearing that, she rolled her eyes. "Tsk, how am I challenging you again?"
Jimmy couldn''t hold it anymore and kissed her on the lips, to which Ariah paused for a moment
before she tried to push him away. However, she was no match for him.
She was not as strong as he was in the first ce, and now with the injury, it would be painful to
exert too much force.
"Ouch..."
Ariah gasped.
Immediately, Jimmy came back to his senses and let go of her, but he did not get up. Instead, he
was holding her tightly as he breathed heavily.
At the same time, Ariah gave him a disgusted look. "Ew, why are you kissing me? I just ate
something."
"I don''t mind!" Jimmy murmured softly while his cheek pressed against hers, "From now on, I''ll let
what happened between you and Ro pass, just as long as you stop seeing him again. Otherwise,
I''ll not let you two off easily this time."
Hearing that, only then did Ariah realize why he had been in a tantrum.
He must have thought that she had an affair with Rost time... Thinking that, Ariah wanted to
exin, but then, she decided not. Why bother to exin when they had already divorced?
It would be better to keep things as they were.
Later, Howard came over to see Ariah and she was a little surprised. "Hey, why are you here?"
"Well, Jimmy asked me to drop by." Howard closed the door and said, "He went back to the
department to deal with some things, but he was worried about you staying here alone. If you need
anything, feel free to tell me."
Nevertheless, Ariah didn''t want to trouble him. "Ah, I''m good. I think I''ll be discharged tomorrow."
Sitting down, Howard looked quite gossipy as he asked, "Why are you admitted into the hospital
again? Just now, I heard your attending doctor say that you were kicked in the abdomen. Did Jimmy
do this? If he did, whoa, this could be counted as domestic violence!"