Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0225

"Ariana!"

Claudia's eyes flared with fury as if she wanted to burn me to ashes in an

instant.

Infuriated, she shrieked, "Do you think you're safe just because you're pregnant?"

She was so enraged by me that she was practically hopping mad, but she couldn't do anything else aside from clenching her fists and glowering at me.

"A bastard! It must be a bastard! There's no way you could be pregnant. You clearly-"

"Claudia!" I interrupted, feigning a heartbroken expression. "I treat you like a sister. How could you curse my child like that?"

My heart pounded. It felt as if it might leap out of my throat at any time.

The door opened slowly, and the staff was gesturing for us to go on stage. Thinking about what was about to happen, I couldn't maintain my composure. I almost couldn't suppress the urge to cry. "Aspen... my dear Aspen... would you blame me?" I thought to myself.

Standing in the center of the stage, he

of their cameras, all directing

Claudia and I ascended the stage, the cameras would capture

one hand against my temple, I swayed slightly as if I was about to lose my balance. I sucked in a deep breath and feigned a pained expression as I said, "Claudia, can you forget whatever grudge you have against me for now? Let's get through this press conferer

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time to ascend the stairs. Knowing how hot-tempered Claudia was, I

deliberately bumping into my shoulder as she squeezed past me. As she ran toward Nicholas,

over me.

happened In the next instant played out just

times in my mind. Claudia would rush past me, and I would lose my balance and

collapse to the ground...

felt as if someone had pressed a slow-motion button while I was in the air for one brief second. Everything that came into my view became exceptionally clear. Nicholas, who always carried himself with a refined air, actually ignored Claudia for the first time and scrambled

way he frantically shouted seemed quite

pooling on

"Ariana!"

up, but then, he saw the blood gushing from beneath me. His hands clasping my shoulders trembled as he tried to comfort me. "It's going to be okay. Everything

lights were