Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 271 Lovers Who Cannot Be Together

Oliver crossed his legs, acting like he didn't notice her cold shoulder. He flicked his hair back and flashed a charming smile, "Hey, I'm your new neighbor. Just moved in today."

Bella didn't see that coming.

The place next door had been empty for a while. The landlord was thrilled to finally have a tenant, so why not make some money?

Bella ignored him, parked her car, and headed straight to her room.

Oliver watched her go inside and shut the door, a slight smile on his face.

He thought, 'No rush, there's plenty of time.'

The next morning, Bella came back from grocery shopping and saw Oliver stepping

out in casual sportswear.

Oliver waved, "Morning!"

She figured he was going for a run, but he started working out right there in the yard.

Bella still ignored him, grabbed a basin to wash her veggies, only to find the water was off.

Since moving in, she had never had a water outage, so she hadn't stored any water. The neighbor next door came over to get water and asked, "Why's there no water?" Oliver glanced over and saw Bella standing by the sink, looking troubled, holding a basin.

Just then, the landlady came out in her pajamas.

"Just a heads up, the area's water pipes are being repaired, so no water for the day. There's a well at the end of the street; if you need water, you can get it from there."

Bella quickly went back to her room, grabbed a bucket, and headed to the well the landlady mentioned.

The well was easy to find; lots of people were already heading that way with buckets. She just followed them.

When she was about to draw water, her bucket was snatched away.

Oliver pointed to the basin beside her. "I'll draw the water, you wash the veggies."

Turns out he had quietly followed her and brought her veggies and basin to the well. Bella asked, "What are you doing?"

She didn't want to accept Oliver's help so easily.

Oliver bent down, lowering the bucket into the well. "You need several buckets of water to wash the veggies, right? If you wash them here, you save the hassle of carrying water back and forth."

He had a point. She was in a hurry and hadn't thought of that.

Oliver had already drawn a bucket of water and poured it into the basin, squinting at her with a smile.

"Don't feel embarrassed. It's only right for neighbors to help each other," he said with a faint smile.

So, he drew the water while she washed the veggies, and soon enough, they were all clean.

Back home, as Bella was loading the veggies onto her cart, Oliver, now in a different outfit, walked up to her.

hand?"

paused for a second before continuing to load the cart. "I can't afford such an expensive helper

her hand. Bella tried to pull away but couldn't. He stared at her hand for a moment,

but now they're doing all these rough tasks. What can't I do? I was always

out. "With my small business, I can barely support myself, let

followed her. "I don't care about the pay. Just feed me three

the harsh words she said in the rain that day would have driven him back to Starlight City,

knew no matter how much she tried to drive him away, he wouldn't leave, so she stopped trying.

changed. No matter how cold Bella

busy, he would help her with the

countless customers daily, and no one knew that the two people serving

go home to cook, pack the food in a thermal container, and bring it to Bella, also

persuaded her with a smile, "You might not want to eat, but maybe your baby does. You don't owe

pretend you never knew me. I don't expect anything else. Just treat me like a

evening, Oliver would go home a bit early to cook, so by

from Google

determined to stick with

became much easier for

improved, and she felt much

gave him the cold shoulder all the time; it

Oliver to hold onto

was no hope left

advantage of not having to set up

She didn't tell him the truth about her situation, only

she always wore around her neck broke, and

distracted all the way

home, Oliver had already prepared

food with her utensils, having no appetite, and finally

conversations with Oliver, let alone mentioned people

a few seconds before saying, "Emily left

She had always thought Emily and Ethan were a blissful couple. She envied them, even felt a bit jealous, but she never expected them to

saying, "I don't

love each other be together?" Bella spoke from the heart, and after she said

lowered her eyes and continued eating, but there was a slight bitterness in her

of fate's tricks," Oliver finally replied after a long

dinner, Oliver took the dishes to wash. When he came out,

back to her room. He didn't know if she was

room, closed the door,

bed,

love each other be together?" Oliver had always wanted to ask that

high building together, he kissed Bella hard, and she called him a fool but held him tightly. At that moment, he felt Bella

married someone else, had someone else's child, and now

to say

for her had not been extinguished by her indifference; instead, it

least she would be in his sight, and he could help her a bit, so she wouldn't have to struggle so much. Oliver might still hold a bit of hope that maybe she would be moved

they set up the stall together