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."

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

as Nicholas snorted. This matter is under my control. You don't need

uncontrollably, and I eventually switched to speaker mode. I frantically turned

emotions of anger and anxiety

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

suddenly

But Nick, are you really planning to have children with

call was

woman? My hand, resting on my

Nicholas's side. I had been taking birth control pills every time we were together. But I

I quivered, "Dad, Mom, it looks like

to fall in love with their destined partners over and over again. My relationship with him had caused

genuinely considered having a child with him under the influence of hormones. Thankfully, that didn't

being a devoted son. He would never

head, I smiled wryly and muttered to

If he wants to have children with someone else, he can

needed to deal with was forgetting him, and

stiff, zombie-like figure as tood up. Someone shouted at me from across, "Oh my God, you scared