Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 157

"Stanley, who was the one who called you just now?"

Stanley glanced at her and said, "You don't know her."

Rebecca pursed her lips and asked, "Did you know each other in the past few years when I was not around?"

Stanley nodded. "Yes."

Rebecca was so upset that her eyes turned red. "What's your relationship with her? Is she your girlfriend?"

Rebecca had been observing him when he answered the phone just now. The smile on Stanley's face was too doting and gentle which was an expression she had never seen before.

He didn't even smile at her like that when she was dating him seven years ago.

But now, he smiled at another woman.

Rebecca panicked. She felt a void in her heart as if something was slipping away and she couldn't catch it at all. "Stanley, did you... fall in love with another woman?"

She had been away for seven years, so it was not surprising that he was with another woman.

Stanley looked at her seriously. "Rebecca, there's something I want to tell you."

"Go ahead."

"I'm married."

Rebecca's eyes were wide open, full of surprise and shock. "Y-You're married? When? Why didn't I know?"

"A year ago. I married her secretly and didn't announce it publicly, and not many people knew about it," Stanley said in a deep voice.

Rebecca still couldn't accept this fact. "Then what's the point of me coming back? You're married and probably have forgotten me long ago."

She said as tears ran down her cheeks, " Stanley, why did you get married? Why can't you wait for me?"

Stanley frowned and pursed his lips tightly.

"Wait for you? How? I thought you're dead and now you suddenly appear in front of me!" Stanley didn't voice his thoughts out.

Noticing that there was something wrong with his expression, Rebecca suddenly came to her senses and quickly reached out to hold his hand. "It's my fault. I shouldn't have said that. You thought that I've passed away. I shouldn't have asked you to wait for me. I'm sorry, Stanley. I'm too selfish."

Stanley fixed his deep eyes on her for a few seconds. Finally, he pulled back his hand and ended the topic, "Have you finished?"

Rebecca nodded. "Yes."

"Then let's go. Don't live in Howard's place anymore. After all, he is a man. It's inconvenient for you to live there."

"Okay, I'll follow your arrangement."

Stanley smiled and said, "I've found a house for you. It has two rooms and everything. You can live there directly."

"Okay."

Rebecca's face was pale and she looked a little in a daze.

Stanley glanced at her and pursed his lips. In the end, he did not say anything.

The two of them went all the way to the apartment.

The atmosphere inside the car was silent.

After a long while, Rebecca couldn't help asking, "Can you tell me about your wife?"

Stanley focused ahead. "Why do you suddenly want to know her?"

"She is the woman you married. I want to know what kind of charm she has that makes you marry her." Rebecca tilted her head and looked at him.

Stanley laughed. "She's just a little girl. There's no charm inside her. Just a little cute."

Rebecca looked at the smile on his face. It was a genuine and authentic smile that came from the heart. When she was with him, he did not smile and rarely smiled at her. She once complained that he liked to keep a straight face, yet he explained that he had gotten used to it because of his profession.

But now, Rebecca had seen him smile like this several times since they came out of the restaurant.

When he was on the phone, and now when he talked about that woman. His eyes were filled with a strange tenderness.

Rebecca bit down on her lips. Her hands were clenched into fists so tight that her nails sank into her flesh but she could not feel any pain.

"Stanley, do you... love her?"

Rebecca murmured.

After the question, the car went into a long silence and there was no response.

Stanley held the steering wheel and pursed his lips.

He really loved her.

He fell in love with a woman named Sharon Cruz.

Unknowingly, he fell in love with her.

Rebecca looked away and turned her head to look out of the window, managing a bitter smile on her face. "You've fallen in love with another woman after all. You said that you wanted to marry me back then, but it turned out that it was just an empty promise."

Stanley frowned, turned the steering wheel, and suddenly stopped the car by the road. "Rebecca, you've been 'dead' for so many years. How can I marry you?"

Tears trickled down Rebecca's cheeks. "But what else can I do? I want to come back so badly! I wanted to come back to you it drives me crazy, but I can't! I even thought about killing myself back then and stop all the suffering!"

As she spoke, Rebecca covered her face with her hands and sobbed. "I've been living such a miserable life these years. There's always someone watching me wherever I go. I don't even have a phone, so I can't contact you. Stanley, you can hate me. It's all my fault. I deserve it..."

Rebecca panted hard as she spoke, and her face began to turn pale.

She seemed to be unaware of her situation and continued to say, blaming herself, "It's all my fault. It's all my fault. Seven years have passed. I shouldn't let you wait for me. You have the right to pursue your own happiness..."

"Rebecca?"

Stanley soon noticed that something was wrong with her. He called her name and suddenly thought of something. He pulled her and took her into his arms. "Don't talk right now. It's not your fault. Stop talking. Where's your inhaler? Did you bring it?"

Rebecca began to breathe heavily and her face turned pale as she clutched his clothes tightly with both hands.

"Rebecca!"

Stanley called her name again.

"Yes... It's in my pocket..."

Rebecca blurted with difficulty.

Stanley immediately went to search her pocket. Sure enough, he found the inhaler in her right pocket.

He immediately took it out and put it on for her.

Rebecca took a deep breath as if she had come back to life. She closed her eyes and rested for a few seconds before she opened them. "Sorry. Did I make you worried again?"

She had asthma since she was a child and would have an asthma attack when she was worked up.

Stanley pursed his lips and said, "Take a few more breaths."

Rebecca smiled. "I'm fine." After a pause, she looked at him with lingering eyes. "Just like last time, you know something is wrong with me instantly and know that I have an asthma attack."

When he was with her that year, every time they went out, he would always be worried about her illness.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

Asked Stanley as he looked at her.

Rebecca nodded. "Yes, I'm alright."

Stanley heaved a sigh of relief. "That's good."

"I'm sorry, for letting you worry about me," Rebecca grabbed his arm and said apologetically. "I got too emotional. I shouldn't have said those things."

Speaking of this, she paused for a moment and then bit her lips. "I will wait for you. I will always wait for you. Even if you don't divorce that woman, I will still wait for you."

Stanley was shocked. "Rebecca, what do you mean?"

Rebecca smiled. "I love you. You are the only one I love forever. I will wait for you until the day you retake me!"

She would wait until Stanley divorced that woman.

She could tell that Stanley still had feelings for her.

As long as there was a chance left, she would not give up.

Stanley looked at her, his eyes full of complex emotions. He didn't expect that Rebecca would say that she would wait for him so firmly even after knowing that he was married.

If he didn't marry Sharon nor know Sharon, they might have the possibility of being together.

But now his wife was Sharon!

He didn't want to divorce Sharon either.

"Rebecca, I won't divorce Sharon..."

"Stop! Don't say that!"

Rebecca interrupted him abruptly. She leaned against him and her heart was in a mess. She didn't want to hear such words coming out of his mouth. "I want to rest. I'm so tired. Can you stop talking, please?"

Stanley frowned. Looking at her pale face, he pursed his lips in agony and restarted the car to leave without a word.

Sharon put down the phone. She has almost done eating. She vented all her anger on this meal, and her stomach had already bulge after eating.

She picked up the phone again and wanted to call Anthony. However, she dismissed the idea since it was possible that he wouldn't give her Jewel's address like last time.

Sharon narrowed her eyes and thought of a person.

Thinking of this, she found the number and dialed it.

Liam sat in the office and listened to William's report. He casually glanced at the documents in front of him and then raised his wrist to look at the time. His eyes were full of impatience.

William noticed it and asked, "Mr. Frazier, what's wrong?"

Liam threw the pen on the table and frowned. "Where's Harvey? He hasn't been to the company for two days and I couldn't get through to him. Is he dead?"

"Well..." Sweat dripped down William's forehead. "I've been trying to contact Mr.

Wells, but I couldn't find him."

"Continue to contact him until you find him."

"Yes."

William answered and wanted to say something when Liam's mobile phone rang.

It was a call from Sharon.

Liam glanced at it and narrowed his eyes. This was the first time that Sharon took the initiative to contact him.

Thinking of this, he waved his hand. "Get out. I'll call you if I need anything."

"Yes."

William turned around and left.

"Hello," Liam answered the phone, his pair of bewitching eyes sparkling. "Sharon, what can I do for you?"

Sharon got goosebumps because of his voice. Thinking that she needed his favor, she endured the disgust and asked, "Mr. Frazier, are you busy?"

"Why are you so polite? Just call me Liam."

"I'm calling today because I have something to ask you, Mr. Frazier," Sharon said directly without wasting time.

Liam asked, "Oh, what's the matter?"

"Do you know Jewel?"

She asked directly.

Liam narrowed his eyes. "What do you want?" Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

No one knew the relationship between him and Jewel.

"I assume that since you run an entertainment company, you must have had contact with Jewel as she is quite a big shot."