Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 120 Helping You is Helping Myself

I knew exactly who he was talking about.

Faris had a cig hanging from his lips. He slowly pulled out a package from his jacket and handed it over to me.

"Check this out."

I took it, feeling all kinds of suspicious, and inside was a stack of photos.

The first one hit me like a ton of bricks.

In the pic, Faye was getting into a car, and I had made a mental note of the license plate it was the same car that had been tailing me that day. In other words, she got into Victor's car.

My heart started pounding, and I couldn't wait to flip to the next photo-Faye getting out of the car-and the one after that.

I remembered the last text Victor had sent me that day: [Don't worry, the day you leave isn't far off.]

Thinking about Faye's weird behavior these past few days, I felt a chill run down my spine.

"How'd you get these pics?" I asked, trying to keep my cool, though my heart was doing somersaults.

Faris leaned against the railing, tilting his head with a smirk. "Wasn't hard. Just returning a favor."

"Why are you helping me?" I asked.

Faris took the cig out of his mouth, suddenly sounding way more serious.

"Helping you is helping myself."

I didn't get it, and my mind was still buzzing with questions.

After a bit, Faris spoke again, "I heard Richard's case is going to court soon. I trust Ethan hasn't forgotten what he promised me?" What Ethan had promised him was just a stalling tactic. Ethan had said it was impossible to get Yanis out at the same time.

I stared at him, keeping my mouth shut.

Faris was a dangerous dude. He seemed to know everything about Ethan and me, which was seriously creepy.

Seeing I wasn't talking, he suddenly lowered his head, leaned in close, and blew a puff of smoke at me.

Instinctively, I took a couple of steps back, coughing from the smoke, and glared at him while waving my hand to clear the air.

He laughed heartily, showing off two rows of white, neat teeth.

"You can't even handle a little smoke? Silly girl, why are you still so dumb? Getting older but not any wiser?"

His words made my blood boil, and I didn't catch the deeper meaning at the time.

Before I could snap back, he continued.

"I heard from Michael that you've been practicing driving a lot lately and making great progress. So, what's that saying? Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard. Seems true." Faris was still calling me dumb.

By the time I snapped out of it, he had already taken the photos from my hand and walked away with a grin.

"Emily." Jason's voice came from behind me.

I turned around, and Jason was looking at Faris's back. "Do you know him?"

I shook my head and casually replied, "Nah, just a promo guy."

Jason withdrew his gaze, seemingly not suspicious.

"Alright, let's roll."

found some random joint

mind was all over the place, thinking about those photos Faris had shown

on your mind?" Jason noticed

back and

Silent Grove Village have anything

napkin, took a sip

I was curious about his cryptic

pulled out a pack of cigarettes, and lit one

Victor. It used to be his quarry, but after it lost its mining value, Victor turned it into a unique resort because of its cool landscape. Nowadays, a lot of Silent Grove Village has been touched up by humans." So, Silent Grove Village was Victor's turf. No wonder they called Ethan 'Mr. Windsor' instead of

at Silent Grove Village, along with those photos Faris showed me,

out two phones that had been off all

peaceful night, but I had no clue what was going down

worried about me? Did he worry about me as much

phones and chuckled. "I bet our phones will blow up once we turn

on, and sure enough, message notifications started flooding

a call came

answered the call, and gave the

is like sand in your hand. The tighter you grip, the faster it slips away. The easier it is to get,

stared at him, suddenly getting Jason's good intentions from

breakfast spot, a

straight

in the car," he

stood still, maybe not wanting to give in

then sighed and said wearily, "Emily, after looking for Faye and then you, I'm really

his usual handsome profile, but his

the other resting on the car window, and said, "Ethan, be fair. Emily

His words hit home.

was stunned, and Ethan turned his head,

on. I was just more considerate and rational, unable to be as reckless

eyes. I couldn't bear to look at him, so I walked around to the passenger side and got in.

ointment was handed in through the car window. Jason said, "Emily's got a wound on her neck. Make sure to

and then smiled. "If you forget, call me, and

my neck, and then his gaze

turned my face away,

to Jason, "We'll be going

got back to the villa, I walked in and

had just woken up. But the moment she saw me, her eyes

look at her much and just said, "I didn't sleep all night.

I didn't have to go to driving school. So I didn't need to

heard the door open and footsteps

Ethan was already sitting by

held the ointment Jason had given him in his hand and unscrewed the cap, looking like he was going to apply

nothing, just a small

away from him, but he held my shoulder

"Don't move," he said.

voice was a bit hoarse, and it made me feel uneasy, so I didn't

focusing intently on my neck

face that could drive women crazy; one look could make people

wasn't his

and didn't have many expectations, so even a little kindness from him would

hoping that his tenderness would be for me

greed that led

He suddenly looked up, meeting my