Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 194 Blood Ties Are Innate

Ethan gently stroked the back of my hand, his eyes red and tired, looking at me with a mix of helplessness and exhaustion.

"Babe, I miss you so much! I can't believe you don't miss me at all."

I thought to myself, 'Of course, I do!'

Every time I thought of Ethan, it broke my heart and kept me up at night. So, I buried those feelings deep down. I threw myself into work, pretending I didn't need love.

Then, he showed up when I was at my lowest. This reunion felt like our first meeting all over again. He pulled me out of my despair, giving me warmth and hope.

When Ethan appeared, all my buried feelings came rushing back. I thought I had trained myself to act indifferent, but I was wrong. One simple sentence from him had me in tears. Ethan gently wiped them away, his eyes full of pain.

"Babe, don't cry! I've heard crying is bad for postpartum women's eyes. Let go of the knots in your heart for now. You're still very weak; let's talk about everything after you recover."

His deep, loving gaze was like a whirlpool, shaking my resolve.

It felt like if I looked any longer, I'd willingly fall into it.

I quickly looked away and shook my head gently. "I don't want to talk anymore. I don't want to go back to the way things were. The emotional entanglements between the three of us are too exhausting. I'm stepping out; please let me go." Ethan sighed softly, glancing at the two kids in the small bed beside us.

"So, do you want the kids to have no dad or mom?"

His words hit me hard. Reality was so cruel. I wanted to cut ties quickly, but I couldn't because we had kids together.

I didn't know if the kids sensed my sadness and conflict, but they suddenly started crying. One cried, and the other immediately followed.

Maybe it was a mother's instinct, but as soon as they cried, I got nervous and tried to get up. A sharp pain in my abdomen made me gasp, and Ethan pressed my shoulder down.

"Don't move. You had a C-section; there's a wound on your belly."

I reached for my abdomen. The once swollen belly was now flat, wrapped in thick bandages.

Weren't they only able to save one? Was all that talk just a dream? Was his worry, his warm touch, all just a dream?

Ethan got up and went over, his tall frame bending as he gently patted them. The look in his eyes as he gazed at the children was full of fatherly love.

Only when they stopped crying and slowly fell asleep did he sit back down.

"You were on the brink of life and death. Later, the top obstetricians in all of Seabreeze Harbor came together. They discussed a plan and performed a C-section on you." At this point, he seemed to choke up, his eyes turning red again. "Babe, I was so scared you wouldn't wake up. It's such a relief to be able to talk to you now." His voice was hoarse, and my heart was already aching terribly.

I admitted I had always been a sentimental person. It was just who I was, and no matter how much I changed, that part of me stayed the same.

I also admitted that I loved him, no matter how much pain he had caused me, no matter how long we had been apart; that love had never faded.

me again and sighed deeply. "Babe, let me take care of

receiving his goodness felt like

from the doorway. "Faris,

woman's hair, pushing her in while closing the door, shutting out

wine-red hair was a mess, covering her face as she kept

my bed, Faris kicked her, and she

hair back, forcing her to lift her head

face, I

my bed a bit,

wrong. Please ask Faris

always touching up her makeup. But now her makeup was smeared, her hair stuck messily

known she was behind this. I hadn't offended anyone in Seabreeze Harbor. Although my career's rise probably displeased some peers, only she showed her displeasure openly. Only she

you have a knife?" I asked

at me, slightly

looked at Melissa and said coldly, "Get me a knife. I want to kill

incoherently begging me. "Emily, please spare me this

hair with a fierce look on his face. "Normally, I don't hit women, but I don't mind dealing with

slapped her face hard and

slaps, Melissa's face

her hands. "Faris, stop hitting me.

anger. If I had a knife, I might really

Ethan hadn't arrived in time, the kids, Dakato, and

"Fine, no more hitting. Now tell me, how did you bribe them?

I just

"Why? Just because we're competitors? You think you can lose your humanity over

at Faris, then lowered her head and whispered, "Because I couldn't stand that Faris would be interested in you, and that you were carrying his child. I couldn't stand it." Instinctively, I

didn't believe it, or maybe

know that I've confessed to you many times. I can't understand what does she have that

on her knees

to go to jail.

not

they raise the knife. Melissa, you're an adult, young and successful. You ruined yourself with your own hands. You can't blame anyone else. When you do something wrong, you have to pay

and opened it. Several police officers stood at the

Melissa, showing a police

intentional

no room to argue. As she left with the officers, she gave Faris one

I thought of

and beautiful, both acted impulsively without considering

remaining officers took my statement before

commotion, the

then, a nurse came in to say it was