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.

the car. He half-opened the window and

for a long time, just my sobs

turned to Jason and said, "I

hint of relief in his

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

some sleep. I'll wake you when the sun's up," Jason

this exhausting dream. I was in a huge forest, chased

to Jason gently shaking

running for real, totally wiped out. I

smiled. "Didn't you

the window at the horizon, where the sky was starting to

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

I wasn't cold, and he looked at me.

a lot of the gloom in my

hurt, he supported me as we walked toward the beach. "You're lucky. The weather looks good today,

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 sea breeze lifting the

then quietly watched the

rise until it broke free from the horizon, I didn't

a friend of

go

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 pity I never got to see him." Jason looked towards the sunrise, his eyes reflecting the light, adding a touch of softness. "Maybe

sun, but not at the same time because of the time

and then, for some reason, I suddenly burst into

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

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

"Emily, cheer up. I think maybe there's some misunderstanding between you and

behind my ear. "It doesn't matter anymore. Someone who has

dream?" Jason suddenly

His question reminded me that I did

gentle sea 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 my mom was sick for so many years. I really wanted to cure her one day." "Then why didn't you study medicine?" Jason

time, I relied entirely on

my situation, and he

"I don't know if I'll ever get the chance to thank

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

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 the hospital immediately, her tone quite serious, as if something had

so I went back to the

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

was off. Everyone was sneaking glances at me and whispering