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.

a hand?"

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

Bella tried to pull away but couldn't. He stared at her hand

doing all these rough tasks. What can't I do? I was always just a

the cart out. "With my small business, I can barely

hands in his pockets, and followed her. "I don't care about the

the rain that day would have driven him back to Starlight City,

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

day, Oliver seemed to have changed. No matter how cold Bella was to

would help her with the grilling, packing, and collecting

daily, and no one knew that the two people serving them were once a

home to cook, pack the food in a thermal container, and

not want to eat, but maybe your baby

anything else. Just treat me like a neighbor. Also, I'm your helper. If you're unhappy,

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

from Google or asking neighbors for help. Eventually, his

determined to stick with her to the

became much easier for

and she

the cold shoulder all the time; it felt too harsh.

not wanting Oliver to hold onto any

was no hope left

of not having to set

and told her not to overwork herself. She didn't tell

her neck broke, and the

distracted all the way home,

she got home, Oliver had already prepared

no appetite, and finally couldn't help

initiated conversations with Oliver, let alone mentioned people or things from the past. This was the first

silent for a few seconds before saying,

and Ethan were a blissful couple. She envied them, even felt a bit jealous, but she never expected

saying, "I don't

other be together?" Bella spoke from the heart, and after she said it, the air suddenly became very quiet. She looked

her eyes and continued eating, but

Oliver finally replied after a

wash.

her room. He

left her room, closed the door, and returned to his own

the bed, wide awake, unable to

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

Bella hard, and she called him a

tricks. Bella married someone else, had someone else's child, and now she lived such a hard life,

longer dared to say she loved

been extinguished by her

to live next door to her, he even had an impulsive thought. Oliver felt that even if he had to watch over her for fifteen years, at 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 by

next day, they set up the stall together