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 her abroad for a woman

knows if you'll shift your interest to me afterward? You're such

did Nicholas have such a close female friend? I wasn't even

many years.

longer

mattered. What mattered was that not only

even worse than Pete, who had

but

was ruthless indeed. What seemed to be sweet and heartwarming moments from our time together left me battered and bruised after the facade was ripped away. Laughter and chatter reverberated across the ward, and I found myself

ripped apart its exquisitely crafted hem. The abrupt

noise couldn't be hidden. Silence enveloped the corridor, and the laughter in Nicholas's ward ceased)