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?

did I turn back to

get, the less you value it. Zachary's stunt must've made Oliver feel like

get here. I hoped things would be smooth sailing for them from

booth stood up, and Lacey looked

ended. Being kissed in front of so many people made the

more drama, the crowd started to thin out. Oliver and Bella came over, and everyone insisted

and

and shrugged it off,

quietly, looking kinda

sat down next to her and asked, "What's up?

me and said,

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

I reached the corner, I heard Lacey's voice

on, how could I forget

I'm letting you pay. I should be the one treating you. Work's been nuts lately, but as soon as I get some free time, I'll definitely set it up. Mark, you gotta let me do this." Lacey leaned lazily against

was grinning ear to ear on the phone, a total 180 from her

headed back to the booth,

face was a bit damp, and her sleeve looked wet too. I pretended not to notice and handed her

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

at Oliver. "Oliver kept this under wraps the whole time. Who knew he had a

proposal, Oliver was on

"Of course."

actually have something to announce

serious tone made

turned her gaze to Jason, who had been

had a hunch about what she was

"Jason, I like you!"

confessing her

exploded with

deep breath, like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders, and smiled

do anything about it. I just got inspired by what happened earlier and wanted to get it off my chest." Honestly, I admired Lacey's

and Frank led the teasing, pounding the table and drawing everyone's

finally looked up and gave a faint smile. "Lacey,

looked at him

a bit flustered, and gave a bitter smile. "What did I do to deserve

our eyes locked. In those few seconds, his gaze was so intense it made my heart

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

his sudden show of

Jason had

his glass had been full earlier, but in the

many years, but I missed the right moment. So

at Jason's indirect

and I like who I like. Like I said, my feelings for you have nothing to do with you. I'm just happy today, and keeping this bottled up was driving me nuts. Saying it out loud makes me feel better. Jason, don't sweat it. I just needed to say