Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0096

Chapter

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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?"

was taken aback by my words. His stern expression was tinged with a hint

"Claudia said you're planning to use my naked photos to blackmail me. I want to check your phone to see if there are any photos

a brief moment, 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 photos

instinctively defended himself. "Ariana, how can you accuse Claudia of such things? This is not a

straight to the point, but now you don't believe

sneered. "I

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

Our relationship was indeed a thing of the past, and my affection for him was something

decided not to focus on this issue. "Nicholas, I promise not to pursue Claudia any

you stop

eyes were filled with a storm of emotions. As he pulled me into his embrace, he gripped my chin to

you lower yourself to beg me not to target Neal and claim our relationship is

what if you target Claudia? Has she lost a hair because of you? Mrs. Hawk, are you

his hand away. The pain in my heart made my voice tremble. "Nicholas, don't

think using your status to target Neal is