Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 232 Not a Simple Businessman

The video was kinda dark, but I could still make out Ethan's face turning red, like he was drunk or something.

Ethan was slouched on the couch, strumming a guitar and singing softly to the camera. He looked super sad, and his eyes were all teary as he stared off into the distance. When he finished the song, he tried to smile at the camera, but it came out all wrong, like a sad, forced smile.

"Honey, I'm sorry! I love you!"

Then the video cut off, and he was gone.

I reached out, but there was nothing to grab, nothing to hold onto.

I collapsed onto the table, sobbing uncontrollably.

I heard Faris's footsteps at the door. He paused for a second, then turned and headed downstairs.

In my overwhelming sorrow, everything started to blur.

Looking around the familiar room, I felt I had just woken up from a nightmare. Was it all just a bad dream? Yeah, it had to be a dream. Thank goodness it was just a dream. I ran downstairs.

Faris was feeding the kids. When he saw me rushing down, he just stared at me.

I went straight to the kitchen and opened the fridge. There wasn't much in there; he probably hadn't cooked in a while.

I remembered the first meal I made for him in this kitchen was spaghetti. The night we moved in, I made spaghetti too.

Ethan had joked, "Can you only make spaghetti?"

It felt like it was just yesterday.

I grabbed the spaghetti, ready to start cooking.

Faris came to the door and said, "I've already made dinner."

I kept washing the pot, not looking back, and said, "Ethan likes the spaghetti I make."

After cooking the spaghetti, I set it on the table, but he still hadn't come back.

I didn't check the time. I figured Ethan was probably busy. I waited for him. If the spaghetti got cold, I'd just cook it again.

I tried to keep myself busy. I ran upstairs, washed the shirt Ethan left in the bathroom, and hung it on the balcony to dry.

The sky outside was dark, and it was still raining, a constant drizzle.

I stood on the balcony, staring at the rain, lost in thought. The wind blew, and I shivered, realizing my clothes were soaked.

I couldn't remember why my clothes were wet, but why were they wet?

So, the heavy rain I got caught in wasn't a dream.

So, everything that happened in the dream wasn't a dream.

So, after the rain, the sky would clear, the earth would keep turning, and the sun would rise again tomorrow. But Ethan would never come back.

Realizing this, I clutched the shirt hanging in front of me, my heart aching intensely again. Ethan would come back, right? I so wanted to hear his car pull up, to hear him open the door and call me Honey.

I clung to that shirt, crying until I passed out. As I fainted, it felt like someone caught me just in time.

had this long dream, filled with

used to worry

more important than him being

up, I saw a blurry figure by the

and threw myself into his

warm, so warm that it made me

dream, it couldn't

you, really, I know you had your reasons. I just want you back. Let's live well from

sigh by my

just hold

I

and Harper

pushed him away in anger, crying, "Do you have

me, his eyes full of helplessness and

Death is a part of life that everyone has to go through. Please, try to be

my

you stop it? Why do you have to be so cruel, why do you have to keep saying he's

Jason sighed helplessly.

you, it's hard for me too, I didn't expect this either. But you have to understand, Ethan wasn't just yours, he was also the father of two kids. When you lost Ethan, the kids lost their dad, and at the same time, they lost their mom's love. They're even more

looking at

"Where are they?"

asleep,"

to get up to see

yet, you have a

stayed with me until a few hours after I took the anti-inflammatory medicine. After

the next room, where the two little ones were

gently wiped their tears with a tissue and tucked them

nearby, carefully working on the

"Dakato helped

pajamas, the wet clothes had long been changed. I went downstairs, and the bowl of spaghetti I had cooked was still

matter how long

He said that with Ethan gone, there was

who hurt Ethan; it

of Starlight City because

mountains. The cops had the area surrounded, making it impossible for him to escape, but he had

move.

Ethan's deal?"

time before

businessman, but no matter how complex or mysterious he was, he was the man I loved most in my

out the diamond ring he left

hand, I felt a moment of

gave me a sense of strength. This strength kept me

day, I left the kids with Sophie and Nora, asking them to look after

Faris or Jason. I

of the mountain where Gideon was trapped, there was a police cordon, and

a megaphone to communicate

well hidden; I couldn't see anyone, only hear their

conversation, I learned that Gideon was likely injured, but the police didn't dare to go up

of whom had to be women. The police were discussing sending a female officer disguised as a doctor. "I'll go," I suddenly

officer who had given me Ethan's belongings. He walked over and urged me to