Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 181 Why Can't You Stay?

I nervously shoved Faris's hand away and bolted upstairs. "I'm hitting the sack first."

He didn't follow me, but he called out, trying to change the subject. "Not watching TV anymore?"

I ignored him and dashed into a room, shutting the door behind me. Leaning against it, I felt a wave of anxiety.

Looking around, I realized something was off-this was Faris's bedroom, the one he used after his last shower.

I turned to open the door, only to find Faris leaning against the doorway.

I swallowed awkwardly and asked in a low voice, "Which room should I sleep in?"

He propped one hand on the door frame, leaning casually, and said with a cheeky grin, "You're in my room now. If you want to crash here, that's cool. I'll share half of my bed with you." I rolled my eyes at him. "Cut it out!"

He chuckled but didn't push it. He stepped aside and opened the door to the room across the hall. "You can sleep here."

I slipped into the room immediately. Faris seemed like he wanted to follow, but I quickly shut the door.

A knock came soon after.

He said, "I wasn't done talking."

Gritting my teeth, I cracked the door open and glared at him.

He stood there with his arms crossed, giving me a half-smile. "Actually, if you're scared of the dark, ghosts, or nightmares, my door's always open. You can come snuggle anytime." "Get lost!" I slammed the door shut.

Outside, I heard Faris's laughter and his footsteps fading away. I went into the bathroom and took out the pregnancy test.

As the liquid rose on the strip, I felt a mix of nerves, expectation, fear, and sadness.

When the two red lines appeared, I leaned against the cold tiles, feeling desolate. This kid came at the worst possible time.

Lying in bed in the dark, I stared at the ceiling, my hands resting on my abdomen.

If Ethan knew I was carrying his child, would he have made a different choice back then?

Actually, when I first suspected I might be pregnant, I had already made up my mind.

Even if Ethan and I went our separate ways, I would keep this child. This child was my spiritual support and my reason to keep living!

Maybe I had slept too much during the day, or maybe it was the unfamiliar environment and the many things on my mind. But I had a bit of insomnia.

I didn't hear Faris come upstairs again.

In the middle of the night, I wasn't sure what time it was. I still hadn't fallen asleep, but I heard some noise downstairs.

I got out of bed and walked to the window, spotting Faris driving away.

Where could he be heading so late?

I went downstairs to check, only to find the door locked.

Was he worried I'd sneak out while he was gone?

went back to my room and lay

and when I woke up, it was already

got you a new set of toiletries. Didn't want to

the toiletries. After freshening up, I went downstairs. The living room was empty, but

Faris making breakfast. It's not unusual for guys to

Faris was different. He seemed new to it, studying

I read out the title he was searching on his

when he saw it was me.

actually blushing a

knew he was using that

shrugged. "I made noise; you were just too

and stared at me, still looking a bit embarrassed, as if he was thinking

to the pan. "If you don't take it out

and used

him so flustered, I almost wanted to

the not-so-pretty scrambled eggs on the plate, he scratched his head awkwardly.

eggs, I shook my head. "Too

oatmeal. I saw you could eat it the

coffee were all

said he bought the toast and

pushed the scrambled eggs he made in front of me. I felt that if I didn't eat them, it would dampen his enthusiasm for learning

Faris asked me

in my mouth with difficulty and lied. "It's

the compliment and decided to

bite, he spat it out and frowned. "This

help

reached over to take the eggs away from me and handed me a

through the meal, I cleared my

Faris's chewing paused.

"No!" he said firmly.

felt a bit stifled. "You don't have the right to restrict

bite of his bread, chewed for a

in my bowl. "Why should

bread and looked at me, his

and came around to my side. His tall body loomed over me from behind, his hands resting on either side

were close to my ear, and the warmth of his breath made my ear feel

dad once jokingly asked your dad to reserve you as his daughter-in-law

it did bring back a distant memory. But it was

pretended to be calm. "Things said while drinking

then. He said I looked like

me and rolled my eyes at him. "You're just

sat back down, but

up the toast he hadn't finished but didn't eat it for a long

planning to go back to Ethan?" he

understand why he made that decision that

you really care about him that much?" he

a smile. "Yes, I care a lot. Besides, the child needs

looked up at me, a

and said cruelly, "But he doesn't care about you at

smiled lightly. "It's okay, as long as I