Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 124 I Like You, It's None of Your Business

As soon as they spotted the weapon, someone let out a terrified scream, and the crowd scattered like roaches.

Oliver jumped in front of Bella. "Got beef? Bring it to me. Leave her out of this."

Zachary twirled the knife in his hand, not even giving Oliver a glance. Instead, he smirked at Bella with a creepy grin.

"Of course, I won't touch her. She's too precious for that."

His moves were so slick that the knife spun effortlessly. It wasn't until I saw his blue cocktail turn red that I realized he had cut himself.

Zachary swirled the glass and strolled forward, ignoring Oliver's death stare. He grabbed Bella's injured hand and let a drop of her blood fall into the glass too. The blood mixed with the drink, and in the next second, Zachary downed the cocktail, now spiked with both their blood, in one gulp.

He wiped his mouth, flashed a wicked grin, and tossed the empty glass behind him. One of his goons caught it with a smooth arc. Zachary had made his point loud and clear.

For a moment, everyone was stunned into silence. Even Oliver was breathing hard, lost for words.

"Aren't you gonna put the ring on me? Hurry up, stop dragging your feet."

Bella broke the silence, sounding super annoyed.

Oliver snapped out of it, grinning like an idiot, and nervously pulled out the ring, almost dropping it.

With shaky hands, he slipped it onto Bella's finger, knowing she had made her choice. Ignoring the rival nearby, he smiled like a fool and pulled Bella into his arms. Frank shouted, "Hell yeah!"

He started clapping, and a few others joined in, though most were too scared of Zachary to do more than stand there quietly.

Zachary seemed to have expected this and stayed cool, his smile never fading.

He brought his cut finger to his mouth and licked it, his eyes locked on Bella.

Bella stepped out of Oliver's embrace and glanced at Zachary, a flicker of something complicated crossing her face.

Zachary wasn't the typical pretty boy, but he had a rugged charm. From what I knew about Bella, Zachary was her type. If Oliver hadn't swooped in first, Zachary might've had a shot. "If Oliver ever messes with you, come find me."

Zachary's tone was calm but firm, showing he wasn't giving up.

"Can you quit the crap? Can't you read the room?" Oliver shouted, barely holding it together.

Zachary just smirked at him, gave Bella one last look, and then turned to leave.

His buddies seemed pissed and called out, "Zachary,"

"Let's bounce."

Zachary said coldly, and no one dared to say another word.

As he walked away, his smile faded, and he looked kinda bummed. I figured he really did like Bella, but with guys like them, how long could real feelings last?

when I heard everyone cheering did I turn

Like Jason always says, the easier something is to get, the less you value it. Zachary's stunt must've made Oliver feel like he barely won, so he was all in with that

been through a lot to get here. I hoped things would be smooth sailing for them from now

up, and Lacey looked towards the stage,

finally ended. Being kissed in front of so many people made the usually carefree Bella a bit shy, and she kept her head buried

the crowd started to thin out. Oliver and Bella came over, and

and asked, "Do you want to get

down and shrugged it off, "It's

sitting quietly, looking kinda down.

sat down next to her and asked, "What's up? You don't seem

at me and said,

got up to go to the restroom, but she didn't come back for a while. I started to worry and went to look

I reached the corner, I heard Lacey's voice and

could I

soon as I get some free time, I'll definitely set it up. Mark, you gotta let me do this." Lacey leaned lazily

grinning ear to ear on the

the booth, and after a

bit damp, and her sleeve looked wet too. I pretended not to notice and

thanks but didn't touch it. Instead, she clapped her hands twice and

this under wraps the whole

the proposal, Oliver was on cloud nine and grinning like a

"Of course."

something to

tone made

gaze to Jason, who had been chilling quietly in a

had a hunch about what she was gonna

"Jason, I like you!"

straight-up, confessing her feelings without

booth exploded with teasing and

weight had been lifted

do anything about it. I just got inspired by what happened earlier and wanted to get it off my chest."

the teasing, pounding

Jason finally looked up and gave a faint smile. "Lacey, don't joke

at him seriously.

a bitter smile. "What did I

suddenly looked at me, and our eyes locked. In those few seconds,

I turned to see Ethan bringing my hand to his lips and gently

sudden show

thud, I snapped back to reality. Jason had slammed his empty glass on the

in the brief moment I was

liked for many years, but I missed the right moment. So now I can only regret it

smiled nonchalantly at

you. I'm just happy today, and keeping