After Ariah listened to Jimmy's words, she didn't seem very much surprised. On the contrary, she looked calm, and her gaze was fixated on Jimmy. No one knew what she was thinking about.
When Jimmy waited for a long time, but he didn't get the answer he wanted, he became a little impatient. "So, do you want to get back together or not? Say something!"
What attitude was that?
With a frown, Ariah answered, "I have a question."
"Sure."
"Why do you want to restore the marriage?" Straightforwardly, Ariah asked, "Jimmy, I'm not a toy. I have my own thoughts and feelings. Some time ago, you were the one who took me to the Civil Affairs Bureau and personally divorced me, but now you're telling me you want to get married again? How ignorant am I to be played by you like this?"
Who is he to divorce her and restore the marriage whenever he wanted to? What did he take her for?
"Am I supposed to cooperate with you and file a divorce again the next time you ask me to?"
At that moment, Ariah's gaze darkened, "I'm sorry, I don't want to restore the marriage."
When Jimmy heard that, he was stunned.
Originally, he thought that everything was under his control. Before the divorce, he planned to get rid of Kevin, then tell her about his plan to remarry her. In fact, he was confident that Ariah would definitely get back together with him... But now, everything was out of hand.
With a frown, Jimmy asked, "Why don't you want to go restore our marriage? I've already told you that nothing happened between Anna and me. I didn't touch her back then, nor now."
"You didn't touch her before...?"
"Yes! Two years ago, when she went to look for you with that photo of us in bed, it was a plan of mine." Slowly, Jimmy said uttered, "Two years ago, Anna told me that she saw Kevin. At that time, I didn't believe it, but I still felt uneasy in my heart, so in order not to implicate you, I had already planned to divorce you two years ago, so I asked Anna to take the photo and look for you. However, two years later, Kevin didn't appear, so I've been procrastinating and reluctant to divorce you. I even felt lucky and thought that maybe Anna made a mistake two years ago..."
So he was the one who was behind all the entanglements, the on and off throughout these two years?
In fact, if Jimmy really wanted to divorce Ariah, he would be able to divorce her in less than two hours.
It was impossible for him not to get it done even after two years!
It was only now that Ariah came to her senses. Everything was part of his plans, and it was him who was unwilling to divorce, and not that he couldn't leave her.
Which also meant that the pain she had suffered in the past two years was just a joke.
In a daze, Ariah looked at the man in front of her, "Why didn't you tell me what happened two years ago?"
With a frown, Jimmy answered, "That's because here's no need for you to know about these things."
So he was saying that because she didn't have to know about it, so he had been keeping it from her?
Then, Ariah stared at him and suddenly asked, "Jimmy, do you love me?"
Dumbfounded, Jimmy didn't expect that his request to restore the marriage would turn out to be such a complicated problem.
After a long while, Jimmy felt that his head was spinning due to the question, so he massaged his temples and asked, "Ariah, what does this have to do with the restoration of our marriage?"
"Don't change the subject. Tell me, do you love me?"
For a moment, Jimmy pursed his lips into a tight line and looked at her.
When Ariah noticed his expression, she took a deep breath and nodded, "Alright, you don't have to answer. I get it."
After that, she got out of the car and headed off.
Immediately, Seamus' face flushed when he heard the word "wife" because he knew what it meant, and he was too shy to say a word.
"Aunt Ariah, when we left the house, we saw Uncle Jimmy came to find Father. Since Mother told us that you were ill, why didn't Uncle Jimmy come to take care of you? Usually, when Seamus and I fall sick, our parents would take care of us..."
Embarrassed, Sharon immedaitely covered Sadie's mouth.
However, Ariah waved her hand to show that she did not care. Meanwhile, Sadie did not notice the interaction between the two adults, and as soon as she finished speaking, she threw herself at Ariah as usual. Subconsciously, Ariah reached out to catch her, but Sadie's knee happened to bump into the spot where Kevin had kicked her when the two forces met, and Ariah's expression paled from the pain.
In an instant, Sharon reacted and pulled Sadie out of Ariah's embrace. Startled, she asked, "Ariah, what's wrong?"
As Ariah endured the pain, she smiled and answered, "I'm fine. It was just that I felt a little uncomfortable in my stomach just now. Don't worry. I'm feeling better now."
That answer left Sharon half-doubted...
In the meantime, Anthony had just told Stanley that Sharon had sent him back when he heard Howard's voice from the living room, "Anthony, come out quickly. I have something to discuss with you!"
When Anthony went out to look, he met with Dr.
Perkins, who was smiling harmlessly as he placed the wallet in his hand. "Charles, I need you to help me with something. Jimmy is in a bad mood, and he wants to drink, so I need you to go get some beer for us."
It was definitely not what Anthony expected to be.
Nonetheless, Anthony had to resign himself to his fate and went out to buy some beer for them.
"Charles, this is so nice of you." Since Howard ordered him to do it for free, he was still a little embarrassed about it, so he promised Anthony without hesitation, "Charles, I think you seem quite lonely without a partner. I promise, someday I will be your matchmaker and find you a girlfriend."
At that moment, Howard the matchmaker, said with a serious face, "Hey, what kind of girl do you like? Do you like women who are innocent and lovely, or sexy and glamorous? Come on, don't be shy. Tell me your type, and I will pay attention to it for you next time."
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