Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 251 Announcing the Relationship

I never thought Emily would actually follow Arthur back to his hometown.

When Jason brought her back in the middle of the night, she was already out cold, but there were tear stains on her face and her feet were blistered. I was so pissed at Emily then; she knew Arthur was a total jerk.

But I couldn't sleep, thinking about how he treated her again just made my blood boil. I ended up getting drunk alone in the living room.

She came down for water in the middle of the night, and I, pretending to be drunk, kissed her and pulled out that million-dollar contract.

I was such an idiot back then. I knew she'd be heartbroken and desperate after seeing it, and she'd doubt my feelings for her even more. Jason came over and took her away, and I just collapsed on the sofa, unable to move.

When I woke up at dawn, my head was pounding.

When I saw the floor littered with empty bottles and the contract lying there, everything from last night came rushing back.

I went upstairs and took a cold shower, letting the water shock my senses. Suddenly, I punched the wall.

The things I did made me no better than a jerk like Arthur. I was even worse.

I put on my suit and drove to the office.

As soon as I walked in, the people who were chatting in groups suddenly went quiet, sneaking glances at me.

Back in my office, I made an internal call, and my assistant came quickly. She seemed more cautious than usual.

"Good morning, Mr. Windsor. Did you need me?" she asked.

"What's everyone talking about?" I asked, looking at her.

She bit her lip, looking a bit troubled.

"Tell me the truth," I said.

She finally handed me her phone after scrolling through it.

It was a photo of Emily and me. She was wrapped in a towel, and I was shirtless. The picture was pretty suggestive. But my face was pixelated, and hers wasn't.

After looking at it, I handed the phone back to her and told her to call the lawyer.

During this time, I tried calling Emily, but I couldn't get through.

From the moment I decided to marry her, I wanted her to stay low-key by my side, but it seemed that this time, staying low-key wasn't an option.

I immediately drove home to get the marriage certificate and returned to the office, asking the lawyer to issue an official statement on Skyline International Corporation's Twitter account to clear Emily's name. It was the only way. The lawyer got the message and started working on it right away.

chaos at the entrance of Skyline International Corporation reached me. When I got there, I saw Emily sitting on the ground, her hair a mess, while Skye was going off on her, and people were just standing

looked completely defenseless and

stepped in, picked Emily up from the ground, and ignored

statement had already made it

last night and didn't

myself and brought a basin of water to wash her feet and put some medicine

woman's feet, but at that moment, I did it without feeling embarrassed or anything. I just felt heartbroken

at me "If I come on to you again, it would be degrading"-to mock me. Right then,

as expected, found my number in

I removed my number from the blacklist and added the note "Honey," hoping it would ease the tension between

exactly who was behind the smear campaign against Emily. I reported it to the police, planning to settle the

but since it involved Emily, I couldn't take the risk, so I announced that I would no longer

give her a proper explanation. Except for

I took Emily

the beach for a few days, leaving everything else

of questions, so eagerly. I told her everything I could, including the contract, the photos, Arthur's threats, the mess between Arthur and me, and even my past

eye because she reminded me of

out in the

back. I was worried she still had

answer directly but kissed me

else mattered.

and asked me to come home for dinner. I was about to say I

he

recognize his past mistakes and genuinely accept Emily, that

I totally got it and was touched that she was willing to make some compromises for

Lacey to

times during summer and winter breaks. Lacey seemed more mature and polite than other girls her age, more

Victor was more amiable and didn't make

knew it was Victor's birthday, but I didn't prepare a gift. I still

conversation, I quickly caught on to Victor and Linda's intentions. They

I liked fish and had cooked it for me before,

care about me, that he even hated me for how I treated him to quit his

Emily was silent the whole time, looking very tired, so

and we couldn't go out, so we stayed in

that something was wrong with Emily. She barely

I would take her there. It was at this moment that I received a call from Arthur. He once again mentioned that he had something that could ruin Emily,

very confident. I didn't know what he had, so I

the beach house, I did so quietly, not wanting to worry

company, I had my

the company until 9

airport was huge, but it had been left to rot for years, so it was