Because You Are My Lady

Chapter 747

With her daughter in her arms, Ariah turned her face away and held back her tears before turning around again. "Nothing. It's getting late, are we still going back tonight?"

She did not tell him about the fierce dispute she had with Ella.

Yet, Jimmy walked up to her, stared at her, and hissed, "What happened?"

Avoiding his gaze, Ariah bit her lips and lowered her head quietly.

Jimmy then turned to his mother, who looked furious as well with a grimacing frown.

"Can someone tell me what happened?" Jimmy raised an eyebrow.

Getting no response from either of them, he nodded with a squint. "Fine."

Then, he turned around and gestured at Hazel. "You were downstairs, so you must know what happened. Talk."

Peeking at Ella's furious frown, Hazel shook her head timidly. "I was in the kitchen, so I didn't know what happened in the living room."

Jimmy smirked. "You've been working with us for years. How far can the kitchen be from the living room that you can't hear anything they said? What else can you do around here?"

His words sounded awfully harsh despite the smile on his face.

This made Hazel feeling uneasy and nervous.

"Stop pestering her!" Ella stood up. "You can just ask me! Hazel, you can go now." Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

With a hum, Hazel quickly left.

Taking a deep breath, Ella snorted, "I was just talking about having a second child and asked Ariah to try for a boy. I didn't know how I offended her but she started getting irritated and chided me for being biased, and even said that she's not going to have a second child because of her age."

Jimmy walked up to Ariah and looked her in the eye. "Is that so?"

Ariah nodded lightly.

Unexpectedly, Jimmy sneered, "I don't think so. What else did she say to you?"

This made Ariah stunned. He really understood her the best as he could see straight to the core of the problem.

Knowing that she would not get mad so easily., he suspected that Ella must have said something unpleasant that infuriated her to the point of

crying.

She rarely cried.

So, it showed that Ella's remark must be really harsh to make her so furious.

"Jimmy Hudson!" Ella pounded her chest indignantly. She was his mother, but he treated her like she was an evil mother-in-law to his wife.

Sitting down beside Ella, Jimmy looked askance at her and jabbed, "Did you say something like you're gonna make me divorce her if she doesn't have a son?"

Ella gasped in bewilderment.

"It's incredible how I can guess it correctly, right?" Jimmy cast a sideways glance.

Actually, Ella felt a little regretful now as she blurted those words on the spur of the moment. She was also a woman, so of course, she understood how hard it was to have a baby.

However, both of them were equally stubborn and hotheaded. When their worlds collided due to different opinions, her wrath came out of nowhere.

"How can you blame Ariah for giving birth to a daughter?" Jimmy remained a casual look. "You are a highly educated person. Don't you know that the gender of the baby depends on the chromosomes from the male side?"

Ella glared at Jimmy. "Are you lecturing me?"

Leaning back on the soft couch with his legs crossed, Jimmy grinned. "I'm telling you that I'll only have one daughter and no more."

Ella and Ariah turned to him, astounded.

He was hoodwinking Ella deliberately, wasn't he?

"Don't say that. I want to have more grandchildren, that's all. Ariah, I'm sorry for spurting nonsense at you."

Hearing Ella's apology, Ariah bowed out wisely.

"Don't be, Mom. I was rude to you."

Ella smiled at Ariah's sensibility. "It's getting late now. Go home, hurry. Your father and I will visit your baby some other time."

After the unpleasant argument earlier, Ariah didn't want to spend the night here either, so she quickly uttered, "Okay. Rest early. We'll see ourselves out."

Ella nodded.

Then, Ariah looked at Jimmy.

Strangely, he remained sitting on the sofa in his casual posture. Ariah called out to him again, "Jimmy, let's go."

"Relax." Jimmy had a faint smile on his face. "I haven't finished done yet."

Ariah was startled. What else did he want to say?

Even Ella was skeptical.

Sitting up and straightening his legs, Jimmy looked at Ella and announced, "Mom, I'm serious about not having a second child. I got the snip when Ariah was doing her confinement."

The living room was eerily silent.

Ella was stunned.

So was Ariah.

After what seemed like forever, Ella thumped the table and stood up, her hands trembling violently. "W-What did you say?"

"Do you want me to repeat myself?"

"You're a fool! Why don't you discuss with us before you did it?" Ella growled at the top of her lungs. "No way! I'll ask a doctor to reverse the surgery for you..."

Before Ella could finish, Jimmy's expression gloomed. "You don't have to. This is my business."

Ella opened her mouth to say something, but Jimmy stood up, interjecting her, "Mom, just admit that you're biased. Can you please get rid of that thinking? What's good about boys anyway? They're so naughty and troublesome. Girls are the best. Look, did my little girl snort as we argue? No, right? She is sleeping like there's no tomorrow."

With that, Jimmy pulled the shocked Ariah out of

the house.

Enraged, Ella shouted behind him, "You are the only son in our family. If you don't have a boy..."

"My daughter carries my blood too!" Sighing, Jimmy put his arms on Ella's shoulder and huffed, "Mom, do we need a boy to inherit the throne or a vast family fortune?"

With a dull look on her face, Ella was dumbfounded.

Glancing at his mother, he knew that his message was successfully conveyed.

Curling his lips, he teased with a gentler expression, "For me, girls and boys are the same. If you really want a boy, you can have one with Dad."

"You d*mn child! Shut it!"

Regaining her composure, Ella sighed heavily as she glared at him. "Yes, defend your wife all you want. My single comments earn me an earful. Hurry and go now. Out of sight, out of mind."

With that, Jimmy left with Ariah.

After seeing them off, Ella sat on the sofa in a daze for a long while before heaving a heavy sigh.

In the car.

Jimmy was driving while Ariah was sitting in the front passenger seat. The baby was sleeping in her carrier in the back seat.

From time to time, Ariah looked sideways at Jimmy. He looked like a carefully crafted masterpiece by God. His handsome face was prominent under the illumination of the road lamps, highlighting his protruding facial feature and sharp jawline.

Biting her red lips, Ariah glanced at him with tenderness and adoration in her eyes.

Finally, Jimmy noticed her gaze and teased with a bashful smile on his face, "You look like you're going to pounce on me and eat me up."