Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 156

Sharon wondered when had she fallen in love with Stanley. Was it the day when Harvey kidnapped her and Stanley fought with him regardless of his life, or earlier?

However, deep in her heart, she was afraid that Stanley didn't like her.

So she never dared to delve deeply into what he had done that touched her.

She was afraid that he would say that he protected her was only because he was her husband.

She did not want such an answer.

She wanted him to fall in love with her as well.

She wanted such an answer.

However, she wouldn't get such an answer forever, would she?

"Hey, I'm asking you a question here! Why are you in a daze?" Sharon came back to her senses upon hearing Evonne's impatient voice. "Can't you go plead with Mr. Jones and ask him to spare Cascade Enterprise? Sharon, I can see that he cares about you very much. If you go to plead with him, he may listen to you."

Sharon laughed and said, "He is a big shot. Why would he listen to me?"

Evonne's voice suddenly became sharp. "So, you want Cascade Enterprise to perish, don't you?"

"It's none of my business whether Cascade Enterprise went bankrupt or not. It's not me who wants the company to perish. Also, if you want to make Stanley not make a move on Cascade Enterprise, why do you come to me? Go and find him. I'm not the president of Jones Group. I have no right to speak!"

After that, Sharon shook off her hand, turned around, and was about to leave.

"Sharon Cruz, you are so cruel!" Evonne didn't expect that she would be humiliated like this. She was so angry that she stomped her feet and shouted, "I gave birth to you and raised you. Now that you have hooked up with a sugar daddy, you come against your own mother personally, huh! You'll go to hell for being so ungrateful!"

Sharon looked back at her. There was no expression on her face, and her gazes were cold. "Gave birth to me and raised me? Gave birth to me, yes; but have you really raised me? You were never home when I was in primary school. Other children went home every day with a table of their mother's home-cooked meal, but I got nothing!"

"What about when I was in junior high school? I saw you twice a month at most! Did you know how the teachers and students gossip behind my back? They said that my mother cheated on my father! Forget all that! When dad got into the accident, I knelt down in front of you and begged you. Did you remember what you said? You told me to get lost and don't show up in front of you again! You said that you have nothing to do with the Cruz family and it's none of your business whether dad is dead or alive! Evonne Murray, you've never raised me, not even a day! I hate you and I wish I'm not related to you at all!"

Evonne looked at her in a daze. Her lips trembled and her body was shaking. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but nothing came out of her mouth.

Sharon looked away, turned around, and left, her hands trembling slightly.

She had kept these words in her heart for so many years, and today she could finally vent it out.

When Sharon came out of the hospital, it was already 5 pm. Whenever she encountered unhappy things such as now, she always wanted to pig out.

As soon as she spilled everything to Evonne, the emotions that she had suppressed for many years were eventually released in an instant, to which she felt rather void right now.

She came to the restaurant and ordered a lot of dishes by herself. While eating, she called Melody. "Hey girl, what are you doing?"

"I'm working. What's up?"

"Nothing, I'm just asking. Alright then, go ahead with your work."

Melody was keenly aware of her abnormality. "Sharon, is there something wrong with you?"

"Nothing, really. I just want to know if you're off today. If you are, I can ask you out for dinner."

"Why don't I ask for leave..."

"No, you go ahead and work. I'm really fine. I'll go back after dinner."

After finishing her words, Sharon hung up the phone immediately.

Melody's salary would be deducted if she asked for leave, so it would be better to let her work.

Looking at the table full of dishes, Sharon felt lonely and a little pitiful.

She took out her mobile phone, hesitated for a while, and finally dialed Stanley's number.

When Stanley received Sharon's call, he was having dinner with Rebecca. His phone was buzzing to which Rebecca looked over casually and saw Sharon's name on the screen.

It was obviously a woman's name.

Seven years ago, there was no woman with such a name around Stanley.

Then she must be the woman he knew after she "died".

She looked away and was about to say something when Stanley put down the cutlery in his hand and picked up his phone.

"Why, is it inconvenient to talk in front of me?" Rebecca asked with a smile as she saw a flash of hesitation in his eyes.

Stanley smiled and said, "I don't want to bother you eating."

"I don't mind."

"Go ahead. I'll answer the phone."

"Okay."

As soon as Stanley pressed the answer button, Sharon's soft voice came from the other end of the line, "Hubby, what are you doing?" Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

Hubby?

She called him so intimately.

Stanley raised his eyebrows. "Yes? Do you need anything from me?"

She wouldn't be such a sweet- talker otherwise.

Sharon took a sip of the soup and rolled her eyes. "Can't I call you for fun?"

"So, you don't need anything from me?"

"No!"

Stanley laughed. "Okay, if you say so..."

"There is one thing that I need from you," Sharon interjected with a giggle before he could finish.

"Well, what are you doing now?" she asked.

"What is it?"

"I would like to buy you dinner." Sharon put down the soup spoon. "I've ordered too many dishes and can't finish them all by myself. Come here quickly. It's rare for me to buy you a meal, you know."

Thinking about it carefully, after being married for a year, Stanley was willing to spend money for her in terms of food and clothing, and other aspects.

On the other hand, she only bought him a mediocre watch in order to make him happy last time, but she didn't even buy him dinner once.

It made her seemed to be a little stingy.

So she decided to be more generous this time and let him order whatever he wanted to eat.

After hearing her out, Stanley was obviously a little surprised. "This is what you want to tell me?"

"Yes."

Now she was in desperate need of someone to accompany her. Melody didn't have time. The first person she thought of was him.

"It's now or never," Sharon immediately said. "I don't know when will I be as generous as now."

Sharon had been very frugal these years. She would often eat at home and rarely spend a penny outside.

"I really want to go, but..."

Stanley looked at Rebecca, who was next to him. "Sorry, I can't leave now."

Sharon couldn't hide the disappointment on her face. Looking at the table full of dishes, she instantly lost her appetite. "Oh, I forgot that you are very busy. You wouldn't have time to come out for dinner."

Stanley's eyes flashed. He wanted to say something, but he held it back in the end.

"Okay, since you don't have time, I won't force you." Sharon donned an apprehensive smile. "Then go ahead with your work. I won't bother you anymore."

When Sharon was about to hang up the phone, Stanley suddenly called her, "Sharon."

Sharon was stunned. Usually, he would have just ended the call too.

"Uh, what's the matter?"

"Are you okay?" he asked.

Through the call, he could hear the heavy nasal sound in her voice, as if she had just cried.

"Did you encounter any bad things?" He frowned. "You cried. I could hearthat."

Sharon was astounded. She didn't expect his ears to be so sensitive to know that she had indeed cried.

When she came out of the hospital, she was so angry that she cried. Although she was disappointed with Evonne, every time she saw Evonne, she still hoped that Evonne did not come to see her with purpose. Instead, she hoped that Evonne could visit her father and accompany him.

Last time, because of her sudden visit, her father showed some signs which meant that he actually could sense the outside world and had feelings for Evonne. Otherwise, he would not have reacted like that after she came.

"I didn't cry. You heard it wrong." Sharon smiled. "It's normal that you can't hear it clearly because it's too far away."

Since he didn't have time to come over, there was no need for him to worry about her.

Stanley's gazes darkened. "Then you'll have dinner alone. Stay at home and wait for me to go back, okay?"

"Clang!"

The knife and fork in Rebecca's hand fell on the plate. She immediately apologized, "Sorry, I was careless."

Stanley glanced at her and was about to speak when Sharon heard him from on the other end of the line. "Aren't you at the company?"

Stanley took a deep breath and said, "No."

"Are you at ouside?"

"Yes."

"With a woman?" Sharon couldn't help raising her voice. She heard the voice on his end.

Stanley smiled and said, "Yes."

"Hey, did you cheat on me?" Sharon began to whine, "You have time to accompany another woman but not your wife?"

"Don't talk nonsense and overthink this."

"Then tell me, who is she? Don't tell me that she's your client!"

Otherwise, she would have rushed over with a knife at this moment.

Stanley cleared his throat. "A friend whom you haven't met before."

Sharon squinted and had an intuition in her heart. She asked, "Is it the old friend you told me last night?"

"Yes, it's her."

Sharon frowned slightly.

She suddenly felt that this "old friend" was a dangerous person and wondered if she should go and check on him.

"Have a nice meal. I'll hang up first."

Before waiting for her reply, he ended the call.

Sharon was so agitated that she threw away her mobile phone and ate two bowls of rice in a row. Only then did the depression in her heart disappear a lot.

Old friend?

An old female friend!

It seemed that they shared quite a good relationship. Sharon was getting more and more annoyed as she thought about it.

Stanley put down his phone, picked up the cutlery Rebecca had dropped on the table and handed them to her. "Why are you so careless?"

Rebecca took it over in a daze. "Stanley, who was the one who called you just now?"