Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 105

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.

young nurse's face turned beet red. When she spoke again, her tone was

I shouldn't have snapped. Please don't hold it against me."

to stir the pot, I jumped

apologized. Besides, fractures hurt. You're making a mountain

chimed in, "It's okay. He's just got a short

apologized

"Didn't expect dropping Jason's name would be so handy." Because of last night's drama, I was a bit out

head home? It's boring

you guys bored

"Am I not supposed to

at my joke

said you shouldn't be here? Stay and be the most graceful

I laughed.

walk in, Bella and I both

walked in, eyes

intense stare. Worried he might blow up, I quickly stood up and

hearing me call him that, looked surprised

back on Oliver. "Bella, did

rumors were getting

snorted. "Dad, do you really believe

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

had already made up his mind to believe the rumors and wasn't about to listen to anything else. "Believe

Leonard had always had a rocky

it's not

must've realized his future father-in-law was ticked off. He

I'm talking to my daughter." Leonard made his decision clear. "I'm gonna talk to the doctor and get you moved to

I care about if not you?" Bella seemed to catch on. "Oh, it's because the

was heading into awkward

break the tension. "Belle's fine here. I'm looking after her, so no need

bluntly told Oliver, "You're not right for

shot back, "Not right? I've already slept with him,

me speechless for a

a loss

Leonard bought it or not, he

they were hitting roadblocks from

his head, totally baffled. "Why doesn't your dad like me?

You're not

I asked Bella if what she said about being with

smiled, glanced at the bathroom, and whispered shyly, "It's

a bit embarrassed and said softly, "We almost crossed the line

Bella who put

any guy would go nuts if a woman stopped at the

bit early today and saw Leonard standing in

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