Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 235

Chapter 235 It's All Fate

I slowly lifted my head, and when I finally saw the woman's face, my eyes filled with tears. Bella grabbed the wine glass from the waiter, glanced at my shocked expression, and grinned, "Emily, you look so different now. Even the way you hold a wine glass screams 'successful woman.""

I was shaking as I put down the wine glass, my vision all blurry. I couldn't hold back my emotions and just threw myself into Bella's arms, hugging her tight.

"Bella! I've missed you so much!" I blurted out.

I could hear Bella's soft laughter right by my ear.

"Don't cry," she said with a faint smile, "People might think we're having an affair, that I'm the heartbreaker, and you're the wronged one."

Bella was still the same as ever.

I pulled back from her embrace, looking at her with tear-filled eyes. She had lost a lot of weight and looked a bit worn out, with faint crow's feet at the corners of her eyes. But at least her personality hadn't changed. "Bella."

I hadn't said her name in so long, thinking I'd never get the chance again. But here she was, right in front of me, and just saying her name made my heart ache, tears streaming down my face.

Bella pinched my cheek, saying, "I'm happy to see you here."

We grabbed our drinks and found a quiet booth to sit down.

"Bella, how have you been?" I asked.

She took a sip of her drink, put down the glass, and said lightly, "I've been fine."

Just three simple words, clearly she didn't want to say more.

In two years, it seemed like we had both been through a lot, and we couldn't just chat and laugh like we used to.

"Emily, I admire you for achieving such success today, and I'm really happy for you," Bella said.

I looked at her sadly, "Bella, why didn't you want to contact me?"

Bella didn't speak for a long time. After a while, she took out a necklace from her pocket, the one I had given her, but it was missing the pendant.

"Emily," she said seriously, "I wore this necklace you gave me all the time, even when bathing and sleeping, because it was a gift from you. One day last year, while walking on the street, the chain broke, and the pendant got damaged. Even though it was broken, I wanted to keep it as a cherished memento. But I found something inside the pendant."

Bella took out a small bag containing something that looked like a chip.

"What's this?" I asked, my voice shaky.

someone who knows about these

I was floored.

"A tracking chip?"

my shocked expression

was Ethan. That's why, even though we hid in such a secluded place, and even Zachary said it was hard for others

to Bella. I never thought of anything else, really believing

about any of this. You must hate me, right? It's my fault Zachary got caught. I'm so

up her drink, and

be delayed, but it is never denied. He may have wronged many people, but he never wronged me. He treated me well with his life, and I

caught, Bella's days have

that why you didn't want to

shook her head, snapped her fingers, and ordered more drinks from the

you, I just didn't know how to face you. If I were still mad at you, I wouldn't have

and I hugged her arm, leaning on

you come specifically to see

poked my forehead

must be heartbroken. I couldn't

leaned on her shoulder, my

you ignored me and didn't

gently, a

each other, we're just making it worse for ourselves,

and I was already crying too hard to speak. That night, we drank a lot, getting

was just the two of us, and it felt like we had gone back in time. Back when we were both single, still innocent, and hadn't been through

staggering out of the bar, hailed a cab, and I took her back home. I had moved back to Ethan's villa, leaving the house I bought to Sophie. When we got back, Bella said she

up, reaching to turn on the light,

watched for a while before

the room, we snuggled into one bed,

an empty room, often suffering from insomnia. Tonight, with Bella here, I

bag,

just happy you came to see me;

into my hand, lay down, and wrapped herself

is just a small token from

I of course accepted without

the blanket, I hugged

"Bella, where's your child?"

inconvenient to travel with a

care of him

She's great with kids, and my child likes her a lot. So while I'm away, I left him with her, and I'm very at ease." She took out her phone and showed

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