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?"

not too bad," the nurse said with a smile as she left. "Lucky it wasn't his face. That would've

sleep and got a message from Seagull:

he was coming back, so I sent: [When

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

I hope you're happy every

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

to check on me before work and took my

sleep okay? How you feeling?"

I said, "I'm fine."

this morning that someone smashed a window downstairs with his bare hands last night. Wondered who'd

come to this. Doesn't Ethan 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 about your situation, and I really did hear him say he'd come back

worry. I checked the records. It's nothing serious, just a minor injury. This

seen Ethan's impulsive and violent side, but his impulsiveness was

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

Arthur like he was a total stranger. I mean, Arthur had never

thinking from my expression and gave a faint smile. "What's up?

me like this earlier, we wouldn't be in this mess. Now, the

him,"

that, and Arthur continued, "Emily, think it over. I'll

he left, I couldn't calm down, thinking, 'Arthur says Ethan has bad 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 been

since we worked at the same hospital, I often ran into him. When I went to the hospital

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 natural

don't like cilantro?" I

and said, "Most girls don't like

guessed right,"

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

the next day, I deliberately went to the cafeteria a bit later, and there weren't many people

on me," a familiar voice suddenly came in

beside me with a tray. With him saying that, I ended up

bottle of Coke was placed in front of me, and Arthur

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

mean to," the nurse

and even though I suspected she did it on purpose, I couldn't blame her and

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

can do it myself," I said, not