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.

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

He desperately wanted her.

Finn hadn't suddenly started crying, things might have gone

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

opened her

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

a blanket, and then

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

Bella seemed to have

of control didn't

smiled and wished her a

him seriously and said, "I hope after a year,

his one-year proposal because he understood her stubbornness. There was a high chance that he wouldn't be

promised a one-year commitment,

but the words were out, and there was

go back to school, and Bella specifically told

her situation or give

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

established her own brand and become a successful

move and speech were so different from

changed, becoming braver and

and Ethan seemed to be back together; fate was finally

like they had swapped lives, and now Bella was

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

news of Ethan's death came, it brought back

the line of duty and was

hearing the news of his death, Oliver sat alone at the table, drinking in silence all night. She knew that the brotherly bond had

the entire city was already

the

hearing about Ethan's death, Bella had

to return to Starlight City to take a

left until the one-year mark, Oliver refused to leave

care of

returning to Starlight

to

Ethan wasn't at fault either.

just a year or two, they both seemed to have experienced the

their lives. Though the friendship remained, it was never quite as carefree and easygoing as it used to

also went to see Leonard, the man responsible for

him for the rest of her life, but he was

him

just two or three

this New Year with your family. Staying a few more days won't make a difference," Bella

to her, playing with Finn.

few

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