Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 63 I Want to Start Over with You

My hand, already tense, finally relaxed a bit, even though Arthur's grip was still tight.

"Emily, come on, you still love me, right? You're just with Ethan to get back at me, aren't you?" Arthur's grip tightened, and he leaned in closer, his breath reeking of booze.

The stench made me wanna hurl, but I kept my eyes on the shadow on the floor. After what felt like forever, I finally managed to say, "Yeah, I did it to spite you. You and Vivian are always rubbing your relationship in my face. I can't stand you two. I hate how you treat me."

Every word felt like a knife to my heart, cutting deeper and deeper.

Arthur suddenly plopped down on the bed and hugged me, all excited. "Emily, I was such an idiot. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have hurt you. Forgive me. You miss me too, right?"

I kept staring at the shadow, swallowed the bitter taste in my mouth, and whispered, "Yes."

The next second, the shadow vanished, and I heard footsteps echoing down the hallway, getting fainter.

Arthur, drunk as a skunk, pulled me into a tight hug, one hand on the back of my head, leaning in like he was gonna kiss me.

I felt like I was gonna puke and couldn't fake it anymore. I shoved him away hard.

Arthur, wobbling, steadied himself and gave me this cold smirk. "What's the deal? Didn't you say you missed me? Or are you just messing with me?"

I didn't dare make a sound, scared I'd piss him off.

After a bit, Arthur grabbed my hand again. "Emily, let's start over, okay?"

I turned my face away, feeling sick just looking at him. "You're drunk. Let's talk when you're sober."

I was really scared he'd do something crazy in his drunken state. Luckily, he seemed to get it, stood there for a moment, then nodded. "Okay, you rest up. I'll come see you tomorrow." Arthur finally left, and the room went dead quiet.

I collapsed back onto the bed, feeling totally drained, trying hard not to cry. I had always been such a wimp. This time, I hoped I could be braver and more decisive.

After a while, the hallway outside got noisy, with footsteps running back and forth like something had happened. For some reason, I felt a bit uneasy.

When the nurse on duty came to check on me, I asked her and found out that someone had smashed a window downstairs and hurt his hand.

The nurse said, "Man, that hand was bleeding like crazy. Pretty scary. But the dude was kinda hot. Wonder what got him so riled up."

I couldn't speak for a bit. Finally, I asked, "Is he seriously hurt?"

with a smile as she left. "Lucky it wasn't his face. That

I couldn't sleep and got a message from Seagull:

he was coming back, so

might not be coming back for now. Got some stuff to handle here. They don't wanna let me go and even gave me a raise.

what, I hope you're happy

chatting with Seagull always chills me out. I sent: [Thanks, you

morning, Jason came to check on me before work and

How you feeling?" he

I said, "I'm fine."

with his bare hands last night. Wondered who'd do something so dramatic. Checked the records and

want to marry me to get back at them?' Seeing I wasn't speaking, Jason quickly explained, "Don't get the wrong idea. I didn't tell him

said, "Don't worry. I checked the records. It's nothing serious, just a minor injury. This kind

violent side, but his impulsiveness was

Jason left, Arthur came in with breakfast. "Emily, have something to eat," Arthur said, placing

at Arthur like he was a total stranger. I

seemed to get what I was thinking from my expression and gave a faint smile.

all kinds of conflicted inside. If he had treated me like this earlier, we wouldn't be in this mess. Now, the damage was done. My love for him had turned into hate, and there was no going back. "You should know, Ethan has bad intentions,"

mention him," I

Arthur continued, "Emily, think it over. I'll wait for

isn't everything Arthur's doing now also a form of revenge? Caught in the middle of their back-and-forth, what am I? I'm nothing.' After getting discharged, I moved back to my old place from Bella's. Ethan didn't come looking for me, and

strangers. But Jason, since we worked at the same hospital, I often ran into him. When I went to the hospital cafeteria, I always seemed to bump into

always sat with me, and during that time, I was envied by a lot of girls. Once, without a word, Jason helped pick the cilantro out of my dish, a gesture that seemed

know I don't like

"Most girls don't like

guessed right," I

I looked up, I was met with a bunch of jealous glances. If this kept up, I really

to the cafeteria a bit later, and there weren't many people left. After getting my food, I went to the drink counter to

me," a

Arthur standing beside me with a tray. With him saying that, I

in front of me, and Arthur sat down

and were leaving with

I didn't mean to,"

she did it on purpose, I couldn't blame her and just said it

of me, taking out a napkin to help me wipe it

it myself," I said, not