Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 51 His Identity

Prison was full of stories.

Sophie's back in her white dress still looked young, but she seemed heavier, and her hands hung awkwardly, showing her nerves.

I looked away from her and turned to Ethan. I was calmer now. "What's the truth?"

Ethan took a drag of his cigarette and reached for my hand. I tried to pull away, but he held on tight. "Let's talk in the car. I've been standing all night. I'm beat!" 'Standing all night?' I realized I couldn't ignore Ethan's issues anymore. His tired voice worried me.

We got in the back seat, and I leaned against the car door, keeping some distance between us.

"Why are you sitting so far away?" Ethan leaned back, giving me a tired smile.

I didn't answer, showing my stubbornness with silence and distance.

The car windows rolled down. Ethan took out a cigarette, lit it, and rested his hand on the window. "What do you want to know?"

"She's only nineteen. What's going on with you two? What's the deal with her baby? Why did you bring me here? Who did she visit?" I kept asking.

Ethan chuckled. "Emily, you care a lot. Have you fallen for me?"

My breath caught, meeting his calm, smiling eyes, and my heart raced.

I wondered, 'Why do I care so much? Have I really fallen for him?'

Ethan reached for my hand, pulling me closer. I didn't move.

"Come closer, it's hard to talk from so far away." He sounded amused.

After a moment, I moved a bit closer.

He suddenly tossed the cigarette, turned to face me, and straightened my shoulders. "What did you mean by that text?"

I tried to stay calm. "Exactly what it says."

"Emily, you're not playing fair," he said.

I looked at him, confused. He continued, "You're judging without a trial. Is that how you handle cases?"

I thought, 'Is he claiming to be wronged?'

me closer. "Emily, I can tell you the truth, but I have

chest, keeping my distance, and stared at him warily.

a mischievous smile and lowered his voice. "If I've done something wrong, you can do whatever you want

had really wronged him. I knew his "comfort" had another meaning, but I was more eager to

released me and leaned back, pulling out another cigarette, playing with the lighter. "The person she visited is my half-brother, Richard Windsor. She's carrying his child." My eyes widened. "You're really a

he tugged at his lips helplessly. "I figured you saw us at the hospital.

tell the truth when you were clearly

to cause unnecessary misunderstandings. I

your sister-in-law. It's not

really my sister-in-law,"

I was confused.

him even if he's in prison, and doesn't want to abort the baby. She's

it. I really misunderstood him. He wasn't unfaithful; he was

then, Sophie came out. Her eyes were

already driven away earlier. Ethan and I moved to the front seats, and she got in the car with

I'm sorry for causing the misunderstanding. There's really nothing between

more she said that, the more embarrassed I felt, especially remembering how I had followed them like a private detective yesterday, wasting a lot of money

glanced at me, his faint smile showing he fully understood

head. "What I told you yesterday, it was all real

moment I saw you yesterday, I knew you were

was still childlike and innocent. Thinking about her situation, I felt even more

neighborhood, she waved goodbye as she got out of

feel that insecure being with me?"

eyes locking. After a moment, I looked away and said, "You're always

me with a faint smile. "There are some things I don't tell you because I don't want you to

embarrassed to look at him and mumbled, "Following someone as smart as you, I have

my hair. "Since you're so eager to know, I'll

thought such a

he took me directly to

parking lot at Skyline International Corporation was enormous.

my hand and led me out of the garage, entering

glared at me like their eyes were knives. I was so intimidated that I didn't dare to breathe loudly. I wanted to let go of his

think those women want to kill me," I said as we entered

Once the elevator doors closed, cutting off the outside stares, he finally looked at me. "Do you remember? On the first day you became my wife, I told you that you should

thinking, I suddenly asked, "Are you particularly popular with women in your

cursed in my mind, 'Damn! Why does that sound