Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0021

The beeping sounds of someone entering the password suddenly stopped. A voice laced with anger came through from the other side faintly. "Open the door."

I had been huddled on the floor in fear. My fingers that I'd been clenching stiffened. As I breathed a sigh of relief, a hint of resentment arose in my heart simultaneously. I denied the person outside entry. "Go away, Nicholas." "Ariana, it's me. Your mother is very worried about you. She asked Nick and me to come and check on you." Claudia's cheerful voice came from outside the door.

I lay on the floor and bumped my head against the cool tiles gently in exasperation. I could feel a splitting headache coming on. Nicholas knew exactly what was bothering me, yet he brought Claudia along just to annoy me! Nicholas knocked again. He was confident that I would let him in. "Ariana, let's talk inside."

He must have tried many passwords while I was asleep earlier. Was it really that hard to guess? If he had spent a little more time on me, he would have figured it out.

Soon, I heard a phone call outside. Nicholas was calling Beth and asking her to arrange for someone to come over and open the lock.

J didn't want my home to be broken into, so I raised my voice and said, "Claudia, let me talk to your brother alone, okay?"

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"Do you not like me anymore, Ariana? Tell me what I'm doing wrong. I'll change my ways," Claudia said while sobbing.

In the past, if she had cried in front of me whenever she felt wronged, I would have dropped everything to comfort her. But now, I realized she didn't need me at all. When she cried in front of me, she probably did it to get Nicholas' attention. I struggled to stand up. Then, I looked through the peephole to see Nicholas persuading Claudia patiently. "Wait for me in the car, please."

Of course, Claudia didn't want to Nicholas had to put his arm around her shoulders to steer her to the elevator.

They moved out of my line of sight, but my eyes still reddened as sadness washed over me. Some people would cry and call their exes when they were drunk. But the more intoxicated I was, the more clear-headed I became.

fall back on if I clung

leaned against the shoe cabinet and slowly slid to the floor. I hugged myself as misery

I wait for my secretary to bring someone to open it?" Nicholas' voice rang out again

sighed and responded in a barely audible

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beeps,

no choice but to open the door a crack

on the floor. He looked

inviting him in. Finally, as the hallway's motion-sensor light went out, he grabbed my wrist through the

as he said, "Brenda called my mom and asked me to

my mom's call? Stop joking, Mr. Hawk. You and your dear sister can

going dark before my stomach churned due to being pulled up suddenly without warning. Ignoring my discomfort, Nicholas held my chin and forced me. to look up. "Whether you feel wronged or not doesn't matter to me. Don't affect me and my family. The Hawk family doesn't need an unruly daughter-in-law." He gave me a rational reminder. "You

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between us."

said that, he was silent for a few seconds. He then reached out to brush the wet hair off my face and study

I must have looked utterly terrible. Therefore, I turned on the light by the door to let him see me

me right away. He glanced at his hand and the floor. Then, he took two steps back and shook

door when I came in. But

violently, so I turned and ran to the bathroom. The next thing

was mostly dark and only partially lit while watching me coldly. He had no intention of coming

were, I wouldn't acknowledge a bastard

there anything else you wish to say to me, Mr. Hawk? If not, you can leave." I looked at