Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 105 Be the Most Graceful Third Wheel

"Yeah, right! No way!"

I gawked at him, totally floored. "Wait, so you just went along with his terms to stall for time?"

Ethan flashed a sly grin. "Emily, chill. It's not rocket science. I got this."

How could I not freak out? Faris seemed like bad news.

"So, what did you actually agree to in the contract? What if you can't get his brother out?"

Ethan, looking a bit cramped, rolled down the window halfway to let some air in.

"If I can't pull it off, I'll owe him $150,000," he said.

My eyes nearly popped out. "Why? He asked for your help knowing it was a long shot. If you can't do it, how's that on you?"

Ethan saw my freak-out and just laughed. "Emily, if money can fix it, it's not a real problem."

Back then, I totally bought that the contract was just about the $150,000. I really thought that was the end of it with Faris.

That night, it was just between Ethan and me. I didn't spill the beans to anyone.

The next day, I went to the hospital to check on Bella and kept my mouth shut.

The duty nurse came around, doing her usual check-up on the patients.

Bella's leg had a metal plate in it. When the nurse lifted her foot, it must've pulled on the fracture site 'cause Bella winced, but she toughed it out without a peep. "Can you be a bit more careful?"

Bella was the one hurting, but Oliver was the one yelling.

The nurse, a young woman with a typical fiery temper, wasn't having it and shot him a glare. "With a fracture, it's gonna hurt. If you knew that, why didn't you talk it out instead of heading to the rooftop?"

The story of their fall had probably been twisted all out of shape.

Oliver, ticked off by her comeback, pointed at her and said, "Is this how Grace Hospital treats patients? Get your head nurse here, I wanna file a complaint."

The nurse, just as feisty, didn't back down.

"Go ahead, complain all you want."

Oliver probably didn't expect the young nurse to be so fiery and was momentarily stumped. After a beat, he said, "Skip the head nurse; get Jason. He's my buddy, and I wanna ask him if this fancy hospital hires any ol' nurse off the street. Do they just take anyone?"

At the mention of Jason, a look of surprise flashed across the young nurse's face, followed by a blush.

I totally caught her subtle reaction.

Having worked at this hospital, I knew Jason was the hospital's heartthrob. Every woman had a crush on him, and no one wanted to mess up their image in front of him.

face turned beet red. When she spoke again, her tone was

bad. I shouldn't have snapped. Please don't hold

to stir the pot,

it go. She already apologized. Besides, fractures hurt. You're making

He's just got a short fuse.

nodded, apologized again, and

He leaned back, hands behind his head, swinging his leg and grinning. "Didn't expect dropping Jason's name would be so handy."

you head home? It's boring here," Bella

"Aren't you guys bored too? I can

it hit me. "Am I not supposed to be here? Am I the third

my joke

be here? Stay and

I laughed.

walk in, Bella and

walked in, eyes

looked annoyed under the intense stare. Worried he might blow up, I quickly stood up

me call him that, looked surprised and then a

sharp gaze back on Oliver. "Bella, did you jump off

rumors were getting crazier

"Dad, do you really believe

about your condition. If it's just a rumor, then how

believe the rumors and wasn't about to

had a rocky

not what

ticked off. He wanted to explain but got shut

clear. "I'm gonna talk to the doctor and get you moved to

"You're my daughter. Of course, I care about you. Who else would I care about if not you?" Bella seemed to catch on. "Oh, it's because the mistress left. Now you

convo was heading

here.

told Oliver, "You're

"Not right? I've already slept with him, so you don't get

speechless for

a loss for

Leonard bought it or not, he was clearly pissed and

was clear they were hitting roadblocks from the

head, totally baffled. "Why doesn't your

You're not dating

to the bathroom, I asked Bella if what she said about being with Oliver was

at the bathroom, and whispered

bit embarrassed and said softly, "We almost crossed the line in several times, but nothing happened

Bella who put the brakes on

thought Oliver must really love Bella because any guy

early today and saw Leonard standing in the courtyard as I exited the hospital.