Because You Are My Lady novel (Sharon and Stanley)

Just like that, Lorenzo pushed the ladies out of his way and jumped out of the window.

Zoe trembled in fear. "Mom, what should we do? Why is the mafia looking for us? What did you do this time?"

"We didn't do anything!" Her mother comforted, "Calm down. I'll go have a look. Zoe, stay here. Call the police when something's not right." "Okay, Mom."

Instead, her mother tugged Elaine's arm and shouted, "Why are you still standing here? Come down with me, hurry!"

She could make Elaine her shield if the mafia charged towards them.

Shaking off her mother's hand in disgust, Elaine rebuked, "I'm not going with you. You're on your own now."

She was not angry with her family anymore, but full of chagrin and disappointment.

"It's not up to you, useless brat!" Suddenly, her mother pulled her hair and dragged her with her. "Come with me!"

It was painful that Elaine had no choice but to be dragged down the stairs.

As soon as they went downstairs, a stool flew towards them and smashed right beside Mrs. Jacob's feet. If it wasn't for Elaine, she would have collapsed in fright. Elaine looked up, and sure enough, a group of vicious-looking punks were standing in front of their house; some with dyed hair, some bald, and some with tattoos.

Among them, she recognized Frankie and Bob whose notorious reputations preceded them.

They had got bad intentions.

"Hey, what took you so long?"

Frankie sneered, "We've been waiting for so long."

Mrs. Jacob quickly strode towards them with a nervous smile. "Hey, gentlemen. Are you here to buy something? We only have snacks and drinks but nothing fancy. Maybe you've come to the wrong place..." "Shut the f*ck up!" Frankie interrupted, sounding irritated.

"Where's Lorenzo? Lorenzo! Get your *ss out here!"

Mrs. Jacob put up a clueless expression. "Huh? But he didn't come back all night. May I know why do you want to see him?"

"He didn't come back?" Frankie walked up to her and sneered, "Did he not come back, or did you hide him?"

"No! He didn't come home." Taking two steps back, Mrs. Jacob pushed Elaine forward and said, "My daughter came back yesterday, so I was with her the whole day, and I didn't see Lorenzo."

At this moment, Frankie gazed at Elaine's face maliciously. "Is she your daughter?"

"Y-Yes."

"She's quite cute."

A frown formed on Elaine's face.

Her mother smiled sheepishly. "Yes, she is..."

Pulling a stool and sitting down, Frankie urged, "Call Lorenzo and ask him to come back right now."

"He doesn't have a mobile phone..."

"Are you f*cking kidding me?" Frankie cursed agitatedly.

"No, I'm not..."

"I don't care what you do, but bring him here in ten minutes, or else... Humph!" Frankie smiled frivolously as he looked at Elaine. "Your daughter is pretty and cute. If you don't want anything to happen to her, get Lorenzo here right now!"

However, what Mrs. Jacob was about to say proved how cold-hearted and inhuman she was. "I don't know what Lorenzo did to you, but if he owes you money, you can take the girl to cover the debt." "Mom, what are you talking about?!" Elaine shouted in a shrill voice.

"Keep your mouth shut!" Mrs. Jacob slapped her arm and chided, "Stay still!"

Flinging Mrs. Jacob's hand away, Elaine started to run, but her mother pulled her back and shoved her to Frankie.

"Where do you think you're going? Your dad is in trouble, and all you can think of is to run away?!"

She directly bumped into Frankie's arms, to which he chuckled and hugged her with his fat hands. "Are you offering yourself to me? Haha!"

Frantically, she swung her hand and slapped his face directly. "Let me go!"

After he was slapped, Frankie was so agitated that he wanted to slap her back. "B*tch! How dare you!"

When she saw his palm flying towards her, she struggled to free herself from his clutches and bumped right into the cabinet behind her.

With a loud bang, she saw stars in her eyes.

Before she passed out, she heard her mother's shrill scream and Frankie's furious face.

If she passed out like this, she would definitely be assaulted.

However, she felt so dizzy and disoriented that she couldn't get up.

Eventually, she closed her eyes and was clueless as to what happened after that.

The last thing she remembered was before she fainted, so when she woke up, she frantically got up from the bed.

"Oh, you're awake."

A young lady quickly came over to help her up. "Don't move. You have concussion. Lay down and rest."

Looking around, she was surprised when she found herself in the hospital. "Why am I in the hospital?"

"Because you're not feeling well."

"Who sent me here?"

"I don't know. You were already here when I came in."

"Have I been alone all the time?"

"No..." The nurse stuffed a pillow behind her back and said, "There's a man watching over you all the time, but he left before you woke up. He's handsome, and he didn't say a word when he sat beside you."

Elaine frowned. "A man?"

"Yes..."

An uneasy feeling crept up inside her. "What does he look like? What color of clothes does he wear?"

"Uh, he's very handsome, even more handsome than the celebrities. The fellow nurses fall head over heels with him. As for his clothes, I think he wore a black shirt..."

After that, the nurse looked at her suspiciously and asked, "Isn't he your friend?"

Rubbing her temple, Elaine relented apologetically, "I'm sorry, but I have a headache and I want to have a rest."

"All right. Please take a good rest."

The nurse went out.

However, as soon as the nurse left, she immediately got out of bed. She could not stay in the hospital.

She had to go now.

If she was not mistaken, the person the nurse mentioned was Vincent.

Did he follow her all the way here?

She just came back yesterday, and he appeared today...

After circling around the ward twice and figuring out the path, she planned to leave this place immediately.

She was alone in the ward, so she pushed the door open and went out.

"Ah!"

The man who suddenly appeared outside the door gave Elaine a scare.

He stared at her with his dark eyes. "Am I that scary?"

Upon seeing his appearance, Elaine subconsciously wanted to close the door, but he blocked the door with his leg, pushed the door open with his arm, and he slowly squeezed his way into the ward. Shocked, she turned around and ran away.

But she felt a tight grip on her waist and suddenly, she was pulled back and slammed into the man's hot chest.

"Vincent, let me go!" Elaine screamed.

Instead, Vincent pushed her onto the bed and teased, "Where do you think you're going?"

"Let me go!" She struggled fiercely.

"Where do you think you're going?" he repeated.

Then, she shook her head profusely with tears flooded her eyes. "Okay! I'm not going anywhere!"

Sensing her surrender, Vincent chuckled as he let go of her but frowned when he saw her red eyes. "Don't cry."

Elaine froze, and she didn't dare to cry or move.

Vincent hummed, seemingly satisfied of her compliance, and pulled her onto the bed. "Lie down."

With that, she instantly hid under the quilt and stared at him alertly.