Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0169

A gasp suddenly escaped Claudia's lips. Then, a series of muffled noises echoed on the other end of the phone.

"Nick!" It sounded like the phone was being hiddr making the voice. come through indistinctly.

Sternly, Nicholas began, "The doctor says they can't find your anywhere. What are you doing?"

Claudia quivered, "I... I made a call.

"To whom?"

"I called Ariana..."

There was a brief silence on the other end at the mention of my name. His voice grew colder as he pressed, "What do you have to talk to her about?"

"I want her to expose me, so the people online will criticize me and not Ariana. I saw that Zachary was crying outside his ex-wife's house, and it blew up on the internet again.

"I don't want Ariana to be bullied because of her work. She just won a lawsuit."

in disbelief, feeling absurd. Was she really trying to manipulate the

matter is

hand holding the phone trembled uncontrollably, and I eventually switched to speaker mode.

manage the complex emotions of anger

fine if I'm wronged for your sake, but Ariana seems to have

Nicholas suddenly said,

to her. But Nick, are you really planning to have children with Jasmine? I heard from Morn that Dad is

of beeping noises indicated that the call was suddenly disconnected My heart

wanted to have a child with another woman?

I had been taking birth control pills every time we were together.

against the gravestone with my fingers, I quivered, "Dad,

seemed like people always tended to fall in love with their destined partners over and over again. My relationship with him had

I had genuinely considered having a child with him under

was known for being a devoted son. He would never go against his late father's

smiled wryly and muttered to myself,

to have children with someone

only trouble I needed to deal with was

Someone