Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0164

Refreshing? Indeed, Nicholas had finally turned passionate after being indifferent for so many years, Surely the tim

me felt unique and refreshing to him. spent with

A self-deprecating smile crossed my face. Every time I forced myself to not be overwhelmed by my feelings, Nicholas set up traps. he considered to be "quite good" and "refreshing" to lure me in.

If I were to be lured in, so be it. We were adults, after all. I could just treat everything as a game, but I couldn't accept that it was all for Claudia's sake.

Nicholas toyed with me for Claudia's sake, simply finding me to be quite refreshing in the process. It turned out that he could be even more pretentious than I was.

I thought I had orchestrated a meticulous scheme. I got together with Nicholas to provoke Claudia as I wanted to bring her to justice, but his scheme outsmarted mine. His chivalry, gentleness, and confession toward me were all part of his scheme. Since I didn't have genuine feelings for him either, I figured I should be unfazed. It was only fair. But why were waves of anguish crashing down on me now? It was as if I could hear my flesh and veins being torn apart within my body.

out. "Claudia is your sister, but you're sending

but who knows if you'll shift your interest to

I wasn't even aware

many years.

longer

mattered. What mattered was that not only did he

was even worse than Pete, who had bullied me

an asshole, but he would

battered and bruised after the facade was ripped away. Laughter and chatter reverberated across the ward, and I found myself losing the

my dress, I accidentally. ripped apart its exquisitely crafted hem. The

corridor was so quiet at dawn that even the smallest. noise couldn't be hidden. Silence enveloped the corridor, and the