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 you and be the husband and father I

felt like greed and sin, and God wanted to punish me with more pain. Just

woman's pleading voice came from the doorway. "Faris, it hurts. Please spare

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

a mess, covering her face as

bed, Faris kicked her, and she fell to her knees with a

her to lift her head

seeing her face, I knew it was

the head of my bed a bit, lifting my upper body so I was

wrong. Please ask Faris to spare me. I'm

usually cared a lot about her appearance, always touching up her makeup. But now her makeup was smeared, her hair stuck messily to her tear-streaked face, looking as wretched as possible. She kept begging me,

in Seabreeze Harbor. Although my career's rise probably displeased some peers, only she showed her displeasure openly. Only she was young and impulsive enough

have a knife?" I

looked at me,

"Get me a knife. I want to

me.

yanked her hair with a fierce look on his face. "Normally, I don't

he slapped her face

few slaps, Melissa's face was

her hands. "Faris, stop hitting me. I

anger. If I had a knife, I might really stab

time, the kids, Dakato, and

hitting. Now tell me, how did you bribe them? What did you tell them? To kill me and

quickly shook her head, guiltily saying, "No, I just wanted them to teach

we're competitors? You think you can lose your

"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 glanced at Ethan standing by the window. He showed no obvious reaction to

he didn't believe it, or

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

looked up in horror, crawling on her knees to my bedside, grabbing

go to jail, Emily. I really don't want to go to jail. I'm still so young, and I can't go to jail. Please, spare

shook off her hand, not wanting to look

hands. You can't blame anyone else. When

over and opened it. Several police officers stood at

walked straight to Melissa, showing

of intentional harm. Please come

As she left with the officers, she gave Faris one last regretful

Melissa, I thought of

beautiful, both acted impulsively without considering the consequences. This was probably a detour

remaining officers took

the commotion, the two kids had woken

in to say it was time for the kids to get