Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 73 Something That Could Ruin Me

The info had a bunch of nudes, and guess what? The star of the show was yours truly.

So, this was what Arthur meant by something that could totally wreck me.

From the looks of the background, it was definitely Arthur's bathroom. No wonder the door was half-open after my shower that day. Finding out Arthur took those pics without me knowing really creeped me out.

And Arthur wasn't just using this to blackmail Ethan into dropping the whole reputation thing; now he wanted a cool $7 million.

I glanced at the bathroom door; the water was still running. After a quick think, I shot back a reply: [10 AM tomorrow, at Romance Restaurant.]

Then I screenshotted all the messages and sent them to my phone, wiping everything from Ethan's phone. As soon as I heard the water stop, I put the phone back where it was. Ethan walked out, towel-drying his hair.

My heart was still racing, and my palms were sweaty from what just went down.

"I'm gonna take a shower," I said, heading to the bathroom to dodge him.

Once inside, I splashed some cold water on my face.

Those pics were probably what Arthur wanted me to go to his hometown for. Even after he hurt me once, I was still too naive and let him trick me again.

I used to think Arthur was just a hypocrite and a jerk, but I didn't know he could be this shameless and greedy. He thought he could get $7 million with those pics? Not a chance.

After my shower, Ethan was already in bed, messing with his phone. Seeing him on his phone made me almost instinctively nervous.

Luckily, Ethan seemed chill, like he didn't suspect a thing. He looked at me and teased, "What? Scared of me? Too chicken to come up?"

I got into bed, and he quickly put down his phone and turned over to hug me, making me tense up immediately.

The night was super quiet, just the sound of the waves outside.

Ethan propped himself up on one hand, the other hand wandering over my body. "I answered all your questions earlier, now it's my turn, right?"

For some reason, I got really nervous, thinking his questions wouldn't be easy.

"Why'd you go back with him? Did he hurt you? How'd you hurt your foot?" He kept firing questions at me.

I could've answered calmly, but those pics made me feel guilty.

I was concerned about the possibility of these photos ever getting to Ethan and whether he would still think I'm innocent.

panic and dodge his questions, I suddenly hugged his neck and kissed him. He seemed stunned and didn't

probably gave away how freaked out I was. Luckily, just when I was about to lose it, his big hand slid through my hair and held my head.

the sound of waves was something else. My body reacted naturally, but

Ethan said, "Focus."

blank, and

afterward; he just held me quietly

of visiting

out of the car, Ethan told me to call him.

a pretty fancy place, fitting for Ethan's status, and Arthur probably wouldn't think it was me

I quickly spotted Arthur, checking his watch and looking all

took a deep breath, walked straight over, and sat down across from him. He

asking the waiter for a glass of orange juice, I looked at Arthur and smiled faintly. "He's

drinking." Arthur stood up,

calmly, "Seven

Arthur

sip of the orange juice through the straw, then looked at him seriously. "Sure, Ethan can come up with $7 million, but you gotta delete the photos

You're a smart guy; and you should know what you've

done it, I'm ready for

not completely heartless. How about this: you sleep with me, and I'll knock off $1,500 each time. How about that? It's a high price; I could get a small celebrity for that." He smiled shamelessly, and I couldn't keep my cool. "Despicable!"

closer and lowering his voice, "Don't worry, I'm still good in bed despite

Ethan will make sure you can't

lazily twisted his neck

to go all out against me and Ethan this time. I stood up

off the recording on my phone. With the screenshots from last night and this recording, the evidence

it, my reputation would be toast too. I doubted, 'Can Ethan handle the nude

feeling super hesitant. After weighing the options, I felt it was necessary to report it. I couldn't

to answer, but I wanted to hear what he had

was lazy on the other end. "If you're set on telling the cops, I won't stand in your way, but don't be surprised if those photos hit the web before I hit the jail cell. You might be fine

I could curse, the call ended. I gripped my phone tightly, a strong wave of hatred surging in

in the bustling city center surrounded by tall buildings, I felt like I had walked into a dead end,

saying he was coming to pick me

a hand suddenly patted my shoulder. I turned around and saw a familiar face. "Emily,

distanced themselves. Mary, afraid we would drag her down, even secretly moved away and hadn't contacted me for years. During that time, I truly experienced the coldness of

so much, and you've changed a lot." Mary looked me up and down, exclaiming excitedly. When my dad was still alive, Mary wasn't even this

he had changed

relatives for so many years, I

up, but I felt extremely uncomfortable and just wanted to

A voice came from behind, and