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.

sister, but you're sending

now, but who knows if you'll shift your interest to

a close female friend? I wasn't even

many years.

longer

that not

was even worse than Pete, who had bullied me

was an asshole, but he would never

the facade was ripped away. Laughter and chatter reverberated across the ward, and I found myself losing the courage to listen to their

at my dress, I accidentally. ripped apart its exquisitely crafted hem. The abrupt sound of fabric. ripping echoed in the

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