Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 584

Jimmy opened his eyes, feeling a little breathless. He looked down to see a delicate hand pressed against his chest.

As he turned slightly, a furry head lying on the side of the bed came into sight. The person must be Ariah.

The dimly lit ward was warm and cozy, and it was no wonder that she could fall asleep in this position. In the ward, it was only silence except her faint breathing.

Jimmy looked at her with his head tilted, and his lips curled into a smile.

At this moment, there was a sound at the door. Someone was coming in.

It was a nurse with a tray in her hands, wanting to dress his wound. The minute she entered the ward, he said to her in a low voice, "Be gentle. Don't wake her."

The nurse was startled before realizing what he meant was not to wake the woman who was sleeping by the side of the bed.

She had been staying in the ward all day long. Every time the nurse came in, she would see her here.

She was probably overly exhausted that she fell asleep by the bedside.

Nodding to his request, the nurse came to Jimmy's bed carefully and changed his dressing. She was about to go out when Ariah woke up.

Ariah blinked in a daze but when she spotted the nurse, she immediately sprung up and asked, "Is he alright?"

The nurse smiled and pointed at Jimmy, indicating her to take a look herself.

Ariah turned around and met with Jimmy's dark eyes that were looking back at her quietly.

Overjoyed, she shrieked, "You're awake? When did you wake up? Has any doctor come to check on you? How do you feel now? Any discomfort or pain?"

Jimmy simply looked at her and smiled without saying anything.

"What's wrong?" Anxious, she turned around to the nurse. "Excuse..."

However, the nurse had already long gone, leaving room for the couple to spend some alone time together.

"I'll call the doctor..."

"Come back."

Ariah stopped. Jimmy huffed in amusement, "I'm

fine. Come back."

Breathing a sigh of relief, she then sat beside him. Jimmy looked at her intently and said in a low voice, "I told you, I won't make you a widow."

Ariah squinted at him.

It seemed that he was really okay now since he had the mood to joke.

"Tell me everything I don't know. Did my parents know that I was admitted to the hospital?"

Ariah nodded and told him everything that had happened during the day. Her gentle and silvery voice resonated across the quiet ward like a lullaby as it echoed into Jimmy's ears.

As he listened to her recounting the events of the day, his eyes felt heavy, and his body gradually went limp under the effect of the drug.

Seeing that, Ariah immediately stopped talking. "You should rest..."

While shifting his position slightly, Jimmy grimaced when he accidentally pulled the gunshot wound. He even snorted a little because of the sharp pain.

Startled, Ariah held him. "What are you doing!"

Couldn't he just sleep properly? Why did he have to move around? Would he only be happy when his wound opened?

After helping him to sit firmly on the bed, Ariah bellowed, panicked and furious, "Are you okay? Does it hurt? Is it bleeding? No, I'm going to call the doctor..."

She felt a tight grip on her wrist and she was yanked to a halt. "Come here."

Ariah was astounded. "W-What?"

Pouting, Jimmy patted on the vacant space next to him with his uninjured hand. "Come and sleep here."

Stood akimbo, Ariah glared at him.

So the reason he shifted his body just now was to make room for her to lie down.

Ariah was so angry with him but she could only glare at him, unable to utter a single word.

Jimmy frowned at the lack of response from her. "Didn't you hear me? I asked you to come and sleep here."

Rolling her eyes, she nudged him. "Quit it! How can I sleep on the bed when you're injured?"

"You don't want to sleep with me?"

"I might bump into your wound at night."

"Sleep on this side of the bed. You'll be on the opposite side of my wound." "But... Hey, what are you doing?" Ariah got a fright when she saw that he was about to lift the quilt. She jumped and pressed his hand, looking at him in fear.

"Do you want me to pull you to bed or lie down yourself?" Jimmy arched his eyebrows playfully.

Ariah squinted.

"So?"

"Okay, I'll lie down," Ariah compromised. She knew how stubborn he was. He wouldn't stop until she slept next to him tonight.

Jimmy lay back on the bed while Ariah lay down beside him after taking off her shoes. She was almost on the edge of the bed, afraid of pressing against his body.

"Why are you so far away from me? Come here!"

"There's a bed there for guests. Why do you have to make me squeeze in here with you?"

"Shut up and go to sleep."

Ariah pouted.

Perhaps because she was too tired today, she started feeling drowsy not long after laying down on the bed.

Even before she slept, she was telling herself in her mind that she must keep a distance from him in case she pressed against his body when she fell into deep sleep.

As she thought about this, her eyelids slowly closed and she fell asleep.

Jimmy, however, could not fall asleep. His dark eyes were fixated on her the whole time as she slept in his arms.

The next day.

Ariah was awakened by the sound of coughing. She was in such a deep slumber that she was still in a daze when opening her eyes.

"Uh, Miss Myers, are you awake?" The young nurse looked at her, blushing.

Still in a daze, Ariah muttered, "Y-Yes?"

"There are several visitors outside waiting to come in. T-They feel a little awkward to wake you up, so they asked me to come in and wake you." The nurse pointed to the clock on the wall. "It's quite late now."

It was only now that Ariah fully awoke from her half-asleep state.

It was almost 10 o'clock! Did she actually sleep for such a long time?

To make matters worse, she was woken up by the nurse. This was so flustering! Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

Red with embarrassment, she was about to get up when she was dragged back onto the bed, and Jimmy's low and hoarse voice echoed into her ear,

"Don't move. Go to sleep!"

Jimmy said vaguely with his eyes closed.

Unsettled, Ariah babbled, "Jimmy..."

She reached over to nudge him, trying to wake him up. By doing so, she naturally leaned towards him.

Hugging her with one arm and pressing her body tightly against his chest with a little force, Jimmy bit her ear with his thin lips. "Don't move. Men can't resist morning temptations..."

Thinking of the nurse behind her, Ariah was so abashed and angry at his antics that she slapped his hand off her body and rushed into the bathroom, covering her blushing face.

She had egg on her face due to the predicament.

Frowning, Jimmy slowly opened his eyes. He glanced at the empty spot next to him and then at the transfixed nurse who was standing there, asking unhappily, "Where's the woman sleeping beside me?"

The nurse pointed to the bathroom

subconsciously. "S-She's in there..."

"What are you doing here?"

Only then did the nurse come to her senses, and her face turned redder than before. "There are several visitors outside waiting to come in. They didn't want to disturb you when they saw that you were still asleep, so our director asked me to come in and wake you up."

In other words, she was in charge of this ward.

Jimmy uttered casually, "Go out and tell them to wait."

"Uh..."

"Didn't you hear me?"

"Y-Yes, I heard you."

The nurse sneaked out to talk to the big shots outside. She wondered how powerful the patient actually was that even their director was alerted and had been waiting outside.

When Ariah finished washing up and walked out of the bathroom, she saw Jimmy lean against the bed and look at her with a faint smile.