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.

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

He desperately wanted her.

Finn hadn't suddenly started crying,

Finn's cry was like a bucket of cold water,

slowly opened her eyes, looking at him so close, her intoxicated eyes still holding a

she reached out to push him away, her strength very weak, like pushing

her, covered her disheveled body with a blanket, and then went to

completely figured out Finn's patterns, so when Finn cried just now,

room fell silent again, and Bella seemed to

loss of control didn't change their

smiled and wished her a happy new

"I hope after a year, you can keep

stubbornness. There was a high chance that he

a one-year commitment,

was no room for regret. "Okay." Oliver smiled bitterly at

go back to

about her situation or give her contact

late spring and early summer, Bella saw Emily

her own brand

Emily's every move and speech were so

becoming braver and

be back together;

had swapped lives, and now Bella was experiencing the hardships Emily

he could to win her over. But as time

the news of Ethan's death came, it brought back the past they

of duty and was buried in the Heroes'

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

early here, and the entire city was already

the one-year

Ethan's death, Bella had been suffering from insomnia.

to Starlight City to

the one-year mark, Oliver refused to leave with

on staying to take care of Finn

was Bella's first time returning to Starlight City since she

to

wasn't at fault either. The

year or two, they both

friendship remained, it was never quite

went to see Leonard, the

for the rest of her life, but he was

owed him

long, just

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

sat on the couch with his back to her,

that staying a few more days, even a year,

and snow to buy a bunch of things: food, clothes for