Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 73

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.

dodge his questions, I suddenly hugged his neck and kissed him. He seemed stunned

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. I went from being in control to totally passive, and everything

waves was something else. My

Ethan said, "Focus."

my mind went blank, and

he didn't bring up those questions afterward; he just held

I used the excuse of visiting Bella, and Ethan drove me to

call him. After

for Ethan's status, and Arthur probably wouldn't think it was me who

checking his watch and looking

down across from him. He looked stunned.

the waiter for a glass of orange juice, I looked at

take your time drinking." Arthur stood up,

up the orange juice and said calmly,

that, Arthur sat

orange juice through the straw, then looked at him seriously. "Sure, Ethan can come up with $7 million, but you gotta delete the photos first and sign a confidentiality agreement." Arthur laughed. "Don't take

course not. You're a smart guy; and you should know what you've done

ready for

$1,500 each time. How about that? It's

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

anything, Ethan will make

his neck like he wasn't scared

me and Ethan

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

would be toast too. I doubted, 'Can Ethan handle the nude photos? Can he accept that I

After weighing the options, I felt it was necessary to

walking a bit, Arthur called. I didn't want to answer, but I wanted to hear what

photos hit the web before I hit the jail cell. You might be fine with the shame, but I bet

my phone tightly, a strong wave of

by tall buildings, I felt

saying he was coming to pick

suddenly patted my shoulder. I turned around and saw a familiar face. "Emily, it really is you. I'm your

my Aunt Mary Ward, but ever since my dad passed away, all my relatives had distanced themselves. Mary, afraid we would

me up and down, exclaiming

cousin Kyle Ward. Although he had changed a lot over the

seeing my relatives for so many years, I couldn't

I felt extremely uncomfortable and just

from behind, and then Ethan's

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