Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 66 Are You Crazy?

So, when Ethan chucked the phone, he also accidentally answered the call. Arthur, on the other end, never hung up. So, yeah, Arthur heard everything. Every. Single. Thing.

Ethan got off me, plopped down on my lap, and gave me this lazy, smug look while speaking on the phone, "I'm with my wife, so what? Got a problem? Too bad, you can't do squat." After the call ended, I reached for the phone, but Ethan tossed it aside and jumped on me again.

Realizing Arthur heard all that noise, I yelled, embarrassed and pissed, "Ethan!"

"Yeah, I'm here." Ethan touched my cheek, looking at my freaked-out face.

I shoved him, and he slid back into the driver's seat. I sat up, trying to fix my messy clothes.

One of his hands was tangled in my hair, playing with it, while the other, wrapped in a bandage, rested on the steering wheel.

"Emily, stop making a scene. Can we just get along?" His tone suddenly got all serious.

I looked at him, dead serious. "I'm not making a scene."

A few seconds of eye contact, maybe my stare was too intense, made Ethan's smile fade.

In a staring contest with him, I'd totally lose. I turned my face away, stubbornly looking elsewhere.

"I said, everyone has their past. You have yours, I have mine. Why let the past mess with the present?" Ethan said softly.

When Ethan said this, I remembered that I didn't know if his past was boring or wild, happy or painful. I thought we could both forget the past, live in the now, and look forward to the future together.

But I was wrong. Not only did he not forget his past, but he also had this revenge thing going on. Now, thinking back to every moment with him, it felt like it was all planned.

Plus, Victor looked down on me so much. I couldn't shamelessly stay with Ethan.

Ethan reached out to cup my face, but I shook his hand off and said, "It's impossible between us."

"What did my dad say to you?" His voice suddenly got deeper.

I wouldn't tell him how Victor insulted me that day. Their father-son relationship was already bad; I didn't want to make it worse.

I held my phone tightly and said, "Nothing, I just feel we're not right for each other. After all, we've been together for so long, we know each other well enough. We both know if we're right or not." Ethan suddenly asked, "Are you really gonna get back with Arthur?"

I was stunned, then smiled and went along with it, "Of course, isn't it said that first loves are unforgettable? Don't you get that?"

Ethan raised his voice,

sadly. "Maybe, otherwise, why would I rush to marry you without knowing

irritably lit a cigarette and went

bitterness. Even if we couldn't

me was never as simple as it seemed,"

opened the car window, resting his hand holding the cigarette on the window, a wisp of white smoke

days had passed,

still ended up having sex in the car, like we were going further down the wrong path. It felt like a heavy stone was pressing on

door, but it was locked. "I want to get

he intend to

and started banging on the door, even using my head

He grabbed me, a hint

him calmly and repeated in a low voice, "I

a while, finally unlocked the door, and I immediately opened it and got

of the car, I didn't think about what to do in the middle of the night on this mountain. I just felt that I couldn't stay

decisive and firm. Some things were better to give up sooner rather than later. I walked down the asphalt road, not considering how long it would take to walk back to the city.

in the car,"

him and

the way back?" His voice got

the endless darkness around me, I felt a bit shaken. In the end, I opened the car

another, the pack was empty. Frustrated, he crushed the pack and tossed it out the window. Both windows were open, and I felt a bit cold but didn't say anything.

the way to the entrance of Broadway Alley. As I got out of the car, he suddenly grabbed

get out. This is the last time I'm asking you." He looked fierce. I hesitated for

nodded. "Fine, if I come looking for you again, I'm just

a sharp pain in my heart. But long-term pain was better than short-term pain.

a man of his word. I thought this was really the end between

walked to the stairway, I was startled. There was a small flame on the steps-it

are

the phone earlier, and now he was here

face was hidden in the darkness, so I

you come back to

stunned. Arthur seemed very calm. I couldn't know his emotions, but the calmer he was, the more cautious I became. This wasn't like him. Or maybe he had become

know what happened earlier was Ethan forcing you. I won't blame you," he

me?' I sneered internally. 'What right does he have to