Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 68 Overnight Fame

In the dim light, Ethan's eyes were blazing with anger. He let go of my chin, pulled out a neatly folded piece of paper from his clothes, and slapped it onto the sofa next to my head. Then he got up and flopped down on the other side of the

couch.

As I sat up, the small lamp in the living room flicked on.

Ethan lay there, holding a remote, his drunken eyes locked on me.

A bad feeling gripped my heart, making the paper feel like it weighed a ton when I picked it up.

Slowly unfolding it, the first three words hit me like a truck. 'Contract of Sale?' I laughed, tears streaming down my face uncontrollably.

I always wondered how Arthur managed to cover a million-dollar loss at the casino. So this was how he did it.

Arthur had pawned me to Ethan for a million bucks. Arthur's signature and handprint were right there.

No wonder Ethan said what I owed him couldn't be settled with just a drink; no wonder Arthur was wary of Ethan when he saw him; no wonder Ethan said that in Arthur's mind, I had already betrayed him.

I knew Arthur wasn't a good guy. What broke my heart wasn't being sold by Arthur without my knowledge, but...

The document slipped from my trembling hands. I looked at Ethan, tears streaming down my face, my voice hoarse. "So, to you, I'm just a million-dollar contract of sale?"

Ethan climbed back up and pinned me down on the sofa, his strong smell of alcohol overwhelming me. "Not just a contract of sale. I like sleeping with you, I'm addicted to it."

I didn't struggle, staring hopelessly at the ceiling, crying uncontrollably. "So, to you, this is just a transaction."

The living room echoed with Ethan's heavy breathing and my desperate sobs.

Suddenly, the weight on me disappeared, and I was pulled up by another hand.

Jason looked at the drunken Ethan lying on the side, his voice cold. "You've had too much to drink."

With that, Jason picked me up and walked out of the villa.

Behind me, I heard Ethan's drunken voice. "Where are you taking Emily? She's my wife."

Back in Jason's car, I still couldn't calm down. The bad things kept coming, not giving me a chance to breathe.

Jason got in and looked at me apologetically. "I'm sorry, Ethan was drunk. I shouldn't have brought you back here."

I just shook my head, letting the tears flow, too exhausted to say another word.

speak again, nor did he start the car. He half-opened the

quiet for a long time, just my sobs

to Jason and said, "I wanna

glanced at me, a hint

AM. It was still pitch black, with the sound

sleep. I'll wake you when the

his car. No clue how long I slept, but I had this exhausting dream. I was in a huge forest,

to Jason gently shaking me. "What's

I'd been running for real, totally wiped out. I

"Didn't you wanna

the horizon, where the sky was

of the car and handed it back to him. He took it but draped it

and he

gaze melted a lot

as we walked toward the beach. "You're lucky. The

felt a surge of emotion. "I feel like I've been cursed, constantly toyed with by fate, over and over, endlessly." Jason turned to look at me, the sea breeze lifting the soft hair on

quietly watched the

until it broke free from the horizon, I didn't know why, but my eyes suddenly stung, and I couldn't hold

a friend of

miss him, go see him," Jason

wasn't. It's a pity I never got to see him." Jason looked towards the sunrise, his eyes reflecting the light, adding

at him. "We're seeing the same sun, but not at the same time because of the

taken aback, and then, for some reason, I suddenly burst

quite a bit. The

anymore. "He said, no matter how hard tomorrow is, we have to keep moving forward. I've always remembered that, and

"Emily, cheer up. I think maybe there's some

my ear. "It doesn't matter anymore. Someone who has nothing to

your dream?" Jason

reminded me that I did have dreams

air, I began to recall my earliest dreams. "I used to want to be a doctor, probably because my mom

was lower. At that time, I relied entirely on the help of a kind person to study, the friend I mentioned earlier, Seagull. Although I always owed him, I

this, I realized Jason knew nothing about my situation, and he must be

regret. "I don't know if I'll ever

long while, Jason said softly, "If there's a chance,

the sun was high, and the sea and beach were bathed in golden light. The scene was so beautiful that it could make

were interrupted by a phone call. The HR director, Alice Garcia, asked me to return to

go to work, so I went

wanted to help me inside, but I was afraid of gossip and insisted

was off. Everyone was sneaking glances at me