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?"

the nurse said with a smile as she

couldn't sleep and got a message from Seagull: [Emmy,

saying he was coming

took a while for him to reply. [Emmy, I 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. Decided to stay for now.] I felt a bit bummed and didn't know what to say, so

replied: [Emmy, no matter what, I hope you're happy every

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

next morning, Jason came to check on me

How

I said, "I'm fine."

and suddenly smiled. "Heard this morning that someone smashed a window downstairs with his bare hands last night. Wondered who'd do something so dramatic. Checked the records and found out it was Ethan. He said he'd come back in a few days, but he showed up early. Did you

why would Ethan do that? Even if he heard my convo with Arthur, it shouldn't have come to this. Doesn't Ethan want to marry me to get back at them?' Seeing I wasn't speaking,

a minor injury. This kind of thing is nothing to Ethan. He's often impulsive and gets hurt

violent side, but his impulsiveness was never for

after Jason left, Arthur came in with breakfast. "Emily, have something

stranger. I mean,

and gave a faint smile. "What's up? Surprised? Emily, I wanna start over

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.

mention him,"

that, and Arthur continued, "Emily, think

intentions, but 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 even "Cat Who Loves Fish" hadn't

that marriage certificate, Ethan and I were like strangers. But Jason, since we worked at the same hospital, I often ran into him. When

and during that time, I was envied by a lot of girls. Once, without a word, Jason helped pick

don't like cilantro?"

said, "Most girls

right,"

with a bunch of jealous glances. If this kept up, I really wouldn't be able

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

whatever you want, it's on me," a familiar voice suddenly

around to see Arthur standing beside me with a tray. With him saying that, I ended

placed in front of me, and Arthur sat down across from

next table had just finished eating and were leaving with their trays. As one passed by me,

mean to,"

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

already stood up and was in front of me, taking out a napkin

do it myself," I said,