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

long time, just

Jason and said,

glanced at me, a hint of

car's clock read 3 AM. It was still

some sleep. I'll wake you when

had this exhausting dream. I was in a huge

to Jason gently shaking me. "What's

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

you

out the window at the horizon, where the

slipped off me. I got out of the car and handed it back

and he looked

a lot of the gloom

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

with waves constantly rolling in, I 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

then quietly watched

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

friend of mine,"

you miss him, go

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

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

taken aback, and then, for some reason,

to the horizon; the sun had climbed quite a bit. The sea breeze was refreshing, and the golden sunlight spread

I 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,

maybe there's some misunderstanding between you

wind-blown hair behind my ear. "It doesn't matter anymore. Someone who has nothing to lose

your dream?" Jason suddenly

reminded me that I did have dreams

breeze blew, and in the slightly moist air, I began to recall my earliest dreams. "I used to want to be a doctor, probably because

the tuition was lower. At that time,

Jason knew nothing about my situation, and he must be

still filled me with regret. "I don't know if I'll ever get the chance

Jason said softly, "If

bathed in golden light. The scene was so beautiful that it could make one temporarily forget my

Alice Garcia, asked me to return to the hospital immediately, her tone quite serious,

had to go to work, so I went back

me inside, but I was afraid of gossip and insisted he go ahead while I hobbled in on

something was off.