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.

there, I saw Emily sitting on the ground, her hair a mess, while Skye was going off on her, and people

looked completely

up from the ground, and ignored all the

had already made it clear that

what happened last night and didn't want

and brought a basin of water

but at that moment, I did it without feeling embarrassed or

me "If I come on to you again, it would be degrading"-to

and, as expected, found my number in the

removed my number from the blacklist and added the note "Honey," hoping it would

behind the smear campaign against Emily. I reported it to the police, planning to settle the score

threatened, but since it involved Emily, I couldn't take the risk, so I announced

knew the conflict between Emily and me was still there, so I decided to give her a proper explanation. Except for that one thing I couldn't tell her, I laid

took Emily to the

the beach

I could, including the contract, the photos,

I didn't tell her that Fiona caught my eye because she reminded me of

in the

why she followed Arthur back. I was worried she still

didn't answer directly but

it felt like nothing else mattered. The wall

to come home for dinner. I was about to say I was busy when he added, "Bring

knew he meant

could recognize his past mistakes and genuinely accept Emily, that would

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

didn't expect Lacey to be there

Lacey seemed more mature and polite than other girls her age, more likable than Richard, so I

there, Victor was more amiable and didn't make things

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

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

felt a bit emotional. Victor knew I liked fish and had cooked it for me

hated me for how I treated him to quit his addiction. How could he

Victor's place, Emily was silent the

couldn't go out, so

Emily. She barely spoke and seemed

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, threatening me to prepare eight million dollars in cash and

didn't know what he had,

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

the company, I had my assistant prepare eight

at the company until 9 PM before driving to the

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