Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0142

I couldn't sleep that night. At 3:00 am, I was scrolling through my phone when I saw a post on Claudia's social media

e had sent a response with a photo of Nicholas sleeping peacefully beside her.

His eyes were closed, his face relaxed and calm, a stark contrast to the tense confrontation we had earlier. He looked as handsome as a serene painting.

The corner of Claudia's cartoon pajamas was visible near his shoulder. Though they were both fully clothed, they were sleeping together.

My 22-year-old stepsister and her 29-year-old brother were lying side by side... She had even captioned the photo, saying, 'I'll always be by Nick's side!"

I smiled helplessly, feeling as if every cell in my body had been drained. I lay weakly on the hard bed in the guest room like a corpse that had been dead for a while. My heart was barely beating.

Ever since that night, Nicholas and I hadn't had any interactions. There were no arguments. We had a tacit understanding, a silent agreement. We simply stopped talking to each other.

For the next few days, I would wake up in the morning to find that he had already left for work.

he returned home in the evening, I had long finished dinner and was locked in the

was for the best. At least it

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and

as if even a minute alone with him was something forbidden in the house and would result in a

chose to ignore it. I threw myself into my work with even more dedication. Without him in my life, it was as if I had lost the ability

and soon it was the day of Silas' resignation. I finally attended a social event

simple. He, as the leader, invited a

of regret that our time as colleagues had been so brief it could almost be counted on one hand. Midway through the evening, Silas approached me with a

I've heard from our teacher before that you're an ambitious woman. I don't

too much to drink, as he kept scrutinizing me. "So, what are your plans?" he

step at a time. After all, none of us could have predicted

severe. The entrance of Jay

had been reaching out to