Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

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Pete wore a well-tailored black suit. He pulled out a chair and sat across from me with his back straight. It was evident that he and Silas were good friends. They chatted with each other amiably for quite a while. Only after they finished did they seem to notice me.

Pete crossed his arms, and his expression was full of

mockery. "Well, if it isn't Ariana Jones. What brought you here?"

The last time I saw Pete was at the beginning of the year when he visited Hawk Manor on New Year's Day.

The Hawk and Shelman families were old family friends. The Jones were good friends of the Shelmans too. When we were young, our elders tried to match us up. So, we were practically childhood sweethearts.

However, my relationship with Pete lacked the innocent affection childhood friends usually had for each other. It was more like a twisted love-

hate relationship born out of jealousy. Or rather, there was never any love but only constant conflict. It wasn't an exaggeration to say that he was my nemesis.

In first grade, because I scored 20 points higher than him in a test, his dad berated him for not doing well. The next day, he yanked my hair hard. When I went home and told on him, this earned him another round of punishment from his dad. After that, he ran to my house and stood outside the garden. He pointed at my window and swore that he and I would be

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lifelong enemies.

I had my period, which made me the laughingstock in front of all the boys in

letter that he had written for the campus belle and read it aloud in front of his entire family. Unsurprisingly, his father punished him once

always went to extremes in tormenting each other, and neither of us ever won. I looked down and dispelled those bitter memories. But at

my talent. Yasmine had constantly persuaded me to rejoin the workforce

these

I had

orchestrated by Pete.

played the long game well!" Instead of feeling angry,

who would have hired me immediately when I decided to work again? After all, as Silas mentioned,

commented. He was dissatisfied that

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I glared at him.

in hand. That day, he said he wouldn't give me his blessing and that I was making the worst mistake by getting married right after graduating. We had

that truth needed time to reveal itself. He hadn't changed