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.

start the car. He half-opened the window and smoked in

car was dead quiet for a long

Jason and

hint

we got to the beach, the car's clock read 3 AM. It

some sleep. I'll wake you

slept, but I had this

up to Jason gently

been running for real, totally wiped out.

"Didn't you

at the horizon, where the sky

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

he looked at me. "I

gaze melted a lot of the gloom

toward the beach. "You're lucky. The weather looks good today, so the sunrise should

at the shimmering sea, with waves constantly rolling in, I felt a surge of emotion. "I feel like I've been cursed, constantly toyed with by fate,

then quietly watched the

slowly rise until it broke free from the horizon, I didn't know why, but

a friend of mine," I

go see him,"

shook my head. "Seagull is on the other side of the world. He said he was coming back a few days ago, but then suddenly said he wasn't. It's a

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

some reason, I suddenly burst into laughter through my

bit. The sea

felt like I wasn't as sad anymore. "He said, no matter how hard tomorrow is, we have to keep moving forward. I've always remembered that,

cheer up. I think maybe

behind my ear. "It doesn't matter anymore.

what's your dream?"

His question reminded me that I did have dreams

my earliest dreams. "I used to want to be a doctor, probably because

earlier, and the tuition was lower. At that time, I relied entirely on

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

"I don't know if

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

were bathed in golden light. The scene was

to return to the hospital immediately,

to work, so I

but I was afraid of gossip and insisted he

off. Everyone was sneaking glances at me and whispering in