Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 274 Departure

Oliver had lost track of how many times Bella had pushed him away.

He always smiled at her indifference, but every time she did it, it hurt him deep down. "You're drunk!" Oliver said.

He looked at Bella's face, hidden behind her messy hair, feeling sorry for her.

When she heard him, Bella forced herself to lift her head. Her face and eyes were red, but she smiled and insisted she wasn't drunk. Yet, when she tried to pour more wine, most of it missed the glass.

Oliver grabbed her hand as she poured. She tried to pull away, but he held on tight, feeling the sweat on his palm.

"Bella, give me one year, okay?" Oliver said seriously. "Everything I've given, all my love for you, in exchange for one year of your company. For this year, don't be so cold to me, please? I just need one year. If after a year, you want to be with me, I'll treat you well for the rest of my life, and I'll treat Finn as my own child."

He paused, then continued sadly, "If after a year, you still haven't changed your mind, I'll leave. But at least give me a chance for one year, okay? Otherwise, I'll regret it for the rest of my life."

Bella couldn't meet his intense gaze. She could imagine how much he must have struggled before saying this.

Oliver had already humbled himself so much in front of her.

For some reason, her heart suddenly ached with a sharp pain.

She pulled her hand back and used drinking to hide her emotions, but tears still slipped down from behind the wine glass, one after another, like a flood that couldn't be stopped.

She drank several more glasses in a row and was completely drunk, finally collapsing on the table.

Bella suppressed her sobs so well that only her occasionally trembling shoulders gave away her sadness.

In Oliver's memory, she had always been strong. He had even hoped to see her vulnerable side, but it was very difficult. Now that he saw it, it pained him.

He got up, walked over, and helped her up. She was so drunk that her limbs were limp, her consciousness unclear, unable to move a step. He had no choice but to carry her to the bedroom.

He was also a bit drunk, but his mind was clear, and he had the strength to carry her.

In the bedroom, Finn was sleeping soundly.

He placed her on the bed, his hand not leaving her waist.

At this moment, they were very close. Her face was still streaked with tears, her breath falling on his face, the scent of alcohol mixed with her own fragrance making him a bit intoxicated.

"Bella, what am I gonna do with you?" Oliver muttered, looking at her with a mix of helplessness and affection.

Bella, who seemed to be asleep, turned her head slightly and, in a daze, reached out to hook her arm around his neck.

Oliver's whole body went stiff, his willpower draining away like air from a punctured balloon.

He suddenly lowered his head and kissed her.

He had loved her for so long, but he had never had her. God knows how much he wanted her.

She must have been really drunk because she responded to his kiss, which only encouraged him more, and the last bit of his rationality vanished instantly.

was at that moment, nor did he care if she would blame or hate him when she sobered up. He couldn't care

He desperately wanted her.

started crying,

like a bucket of cold water, snapping Oliver

awareness by the child's cry. She slowly opened her eyes, looking at him so close, her intoxicated

to push him away,

with a blanket, and then went

months of care, he had completely figured out Finn's patterns, so when Finn cried just now,

Bella seemed

control didn't

New Year's morning, Oliver smiled and

at him seriously and said, "I hope after a year, you can keep

he understood her stubbornness. There was a high chance that he wouldn't be able to

promised a one-year

were out, and there was no room for regret. "Okay." Oliver

go back to school,

about her situation or give her

late spring and early summer, Bella saw Emily on the TV

now established her own brand and become a

and speech were so different from

changed, becoming braver and more

be back together;

lives, and now Bella was experiencing

flew by. During that time, Oliver did everything he could to win her over. But as

brought back the past they

died in the line of duty and was buried in the Heroes' Cemetery. This confirmed Bella's suspicion that Ethan's

fallen out with Ethan before, but upon hearing the news of his death, Oliver sat alone at the table, drinking in silence all

the entire

countdown to the

about Ethan's death, Bella had been

decided to return to Starlight City to take a

a few days left until the

on staying to take care of Finn until

first time returning

went to

couldn't blame Emily, and Ethan wasn't at fault either. The one

or two, they both

lives. Though the friendship remained, it was never quite

the man

rest of her life, but he was her

she owed him

stay long, just two

family. Staying a few more days won't make a difference," Bella said to

back to her, playing with Finn. He didn't respond when

long known that staying a few more days, even a year, wouldn't

Oliver braved the wind and snow to buy a bunch of things: food, clothes for Bella,