Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 152 I'm Not Afraid of Rumors

"What?" I stared at him, eyes wide in shock.

Benjamin would never say something like that without a reason.

He turned to look at me and sighed softly.

"Trust me. I would never harm you. I just think you should find an ordinary person and live a stable life."

I always knew there was a huge gap between Ethan and me. So, I tried to bridge the discrepancy.

But my gut told me Benjamin's words meant more than just Ethan not being an ordinary person. It felt like there was another reason, something Benjamin was hesitant to say, maybe because it was inconvenient or had serious consequences. When I got back to the classroom, there were a bunch more Christmas cards on the desk.

Ethan was clearly more comfortable with the task now, jotting down his holiday wishes at lightning speed.

The kids laminated all the wish cards, but I was a bit distracted, replaying Benjamin's words in my head.

I had asked him in the hallway, "Are you still alone?"

Benjamin nodded with a smile. "Yeah, I am. But I don't think it's a bad thing. I'm not lonely; I have so many kids with me."

At that moment, I watched the kids calling him "Mr. Thomas" one after another, surrounded by a group of them. It was a really heartwarming scene.

When Ethan and I left, the kids were still making noise.

Walking through the familiar campus, I slowed down and stopped under a snow-covered fig tree.

It was Christmas Eve. Except for Benjamin's classroom, all the lights around were off, leaving everything in darkness.

I turned to look at Ethan. He was very close to me, but through the falling snowflakes, he seemed very distant.

"Ethan, who are you really? Why does it feel like you're miles away even though you're right in front of me? Why do I always feel like being with you is against some higher power, like God disapproves? Why?" Ethan lifted the hand that was on my shoulder and gently tapped my forehead.

"You're overthinking."

He wrapped his arm around my waist and slowly lowered his head.

At that moment, we were very close. I could only see his eyes, a pair of deep eyes that could easily make someone fall deeply.

"Look, the handsome guy in front of you is your husband, not someone else. We're together, and God can't do anything about it. If it's unhappy, it can make the snowfall harder to show its protest."

I was easily moved by Ethan's slightly domineering yet somewhat childish demeanor.

and when he let

which had become a bit messy from Ethan's ruffling, and the sweetness that

leave, the snow indeed started

opened my mouth in surprise and pointed

arm around my shoulder domineeringly and snorted. "This isn't heavy. If God has the guts,

his

me cover his mouth. His eyes were smiling, and a muffled voice came through

doubt it can actually

Broadway Alley suddenly broke the day before; it was a sign. Others said they heard crying the night before, and some agreed, saying they heard it too, making it sound so real. Although these things sounded absurd, I still felt regretful at the time, thinking I was too slow to understand God's hints. If I had known these were signs, I wouldn't have let my dad

stopped, and

for a moment, then suddenly pulled me into his

past keep haunting you and

it seemed like the world was filled only with the sound of

Christmas Eve, on Christmas Day,

was private; it focused on training talent. Many of the makeup artists

learn there with medical skills would be a right track. It would

led me inside, and I

infectious, with each member

them, I felt a bit out of

smiled and said, "A beautician's

blushed and mumbled, "I

nervous. Stay calm when facing problems, and your poise will show. There's nothing wrong with you; in fact, you're great. Just a few tweaks, and you'll be even better." When people start doing

excited every day, and as my understanding of beauty grew, so

at Aurora's beauty center; she

and pulled me aside during a break, and

weren't close back in school, but seeing an

weren't as carefree and beautiful as

up and suggested going out to eat, I

school, he knew about my family's situation and let me work there during summer breaks.

many students came into the shop

with my chosen ingredients, I noticed the female students around us whispering and occasionally sneaking glances

looks, it was hard not

but with so many people watching, I felt uncomfortable. Ethan, however, remained calm, as if those gazes had nothing to

observing us for a

of The Thorn Birds Band? I

handed over a pen and a

still remembered The Thorn Birds Band