Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0103

I smiled softly and called out, "Honey, let's go back."

As I walked past Nicholas, his hidden emotions felt like a massive vortex. A gust of wind stirred, lifting the hem of my dress and ruffling his suit.

Just as I was about to pass him, he stepped forward and blocked my path. Having spent four years with him, I had come to understand him a bit.

With his lips tightly pressed together, he extended his leg to block my path. He was demanding an explanation.

In the past, I might have forced my way through. Although the chances of escaping were slim, it would at least show my determination. But now, I walked up to him and gently caressed his cheek. I began to understand that some struggles were meaningless.

His skin was cold. My touch seemed to make him slightly uncomfortable. He withdrew the leg that was blocking my way and stepped back.

Frowning, he looked at me coldly. "What are you doing?"

I looked up at him and smiled. "A capable man and a woman who wants to depend on him are not mutually exclusive."

I needed him to know that I depended on him, so he would let his

my ear. "It's not mutually exclusive, but

up at him. For a

was something I had once dreamed of. But now, in this setting and at this time, any more intimacy felt like a grave transgression. Yet,

on tiptoe, and gently

looked at him with adoration. He seemed

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hand and prepared to leave. I still needed to

for the last time.

stepping away, he pulled me back by my waist. His fingers wandered slowly and suggestively across my side, as if toying with a favorite plaything, or perhaps he was

my blood boil. After realizing Pete's feelings for me, Nicholas' past warnings took on

help but wonder if

pain in my waist brought me back to reality. I noticed the

woke up from my hopeful thoughts. He didn't care

in both of mine as