Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

When I heard that, all I felt was disgust. However, I didn't let my anger get the best of me and simply looked at Claudia and calmly told her the truth.

I said, "I am here to get the marriage certificate. Go retrieve it so that we can get divorced as soon as possible."

I knew that everyone in the family wanted Nicholas to break up more than even he and I did.

Claudia's expression shifted from shock to glee. She turned to Nicholas to confirm everything by asking, "Is that true? I'll go look for it right now, Nick."

Claudia was so eager that she was going to rush out of there right away. However, a huge palm suddenly landed on her head. Claudia turned around and stared at Nicholas in confusion. "After the divorce, I will have a baby with Jasmine."

Nicholas was talking to Claudia, but his gaze was fixated on me. It seemed he wasn't satisfied with how calm I was. In fact, he uttered those words through gritted teeth.

"Oh," replied Claudia. She shifted her gaze down in disappointment and requested, "Ariana, please leave the room. I need to sleep now. I have a class tomorrow morning."

I was furious about Nicholas throwing a wrench into my plan. I couldn't resist saying, "What's wrong? Your brother is about to have a baby. Aren't you happy?" "Of course I'm happy," answered Claudia instinctively.

sniffled. Tears immediately gathered in her eyes as she opened her arms to hug Nicholas and rested

that, she said, "Nick, you used to say that I was your precious baby when we were kids.

had his palm on Claudia and was gently stroking her back as he

a huge chunk of cotton into my heart. Even my

they weren't related by blood. Only then was I able to suppress the disgust welling inside of me. I couldn't stay in

now. The basement rarely had anyone there, and we would store things we didn't often use in there.

darker it got. The place was virtually untouched, so it was

a small corner in the closet. I thought that was

I'd believe it if someone were to tell me that Claudia had used them

to that extent, so something like that couldn't affect me

brought me to it. That was

was a mess at the time, the box still contained all

diamonds had been carved out of the box, and a bad feeling crept up on me right away. I opened the box and saw that the contents had turned to trash. Everything had been ripped into uneven pieces, including my marriage certificate. It