Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0096

Chapter

0096

I found Nicholas' advice quite reasonable because that was exactly what I was experiencing. However, his presence felt oppressive.

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I hand toward him, and he just raised an eyebrow and smirked. "What are you doing, Mrs. Hawk?"

His dark expression now was a far cry from the man who had asked me to take him home under the streetlight two nights ago.

I awkwardly withdrew my hand and stood up. If he had glanced down, he would have seen the hideous state of my newly grown thumbnail. Despite our many intimate encounters, he had never noticed these details.

I took a deep breath to push aside my turmoil before asking him, "Nicholas, can I see your phone?"

words. His stern expression was tinged with a hint of contempt as he said, " Get

photos to blackmail me. I want to check your phone to see if there are

Nicholas' face showed an unsettling flicker of unease. It was so fleeting that I almost missed it, but my lawyer's instinct told me that he might not have deleted those

"Ariana, how can you accuse Claudia of such things? This is not a pleasant subject. You're talking about

me to get straight to the point, but

sneered. "I don't entertain

if you plan to use those photos to threaten me, I'm not afraid of you. I just hope you'll reconsider because I

of the past, and my affection for him was something from a long time

"Nicholas, I promise not to pursue Claudia any further.

you stop

into his

you lower yourself to beg me not to target Neal and

target Claudia? Has she lost a hair because of

pain in my heart

mindset. And don't you think using your status to target Neal is crossing the