Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0263

"Enough!" Everything Nicholas said made me sick to my stomach. "Stop trying to make yourself the victim!"

His questioning stung even more than when he agreed to let Jasmine replace me. I hung up the phone, my hand shaking uncontrollably. At that moment, all my hopes for the future were shattered.

I had gone out of my way to doll myself up for the camera that day, ' . I looked in the mirror, I felt like such a clown.

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I couldn't help but think about what my mother had said before. Maybe she was right. Maybe I was too hardheaded. Maybe I shouldn't always try to do everything myself. I needed to learn to bend a little.

In actuality, most of these marriages were based on convenience rather than love. The wives used their husbands' money to do their own things and chose to look the other way when it came to their husbands' affairs. Could true love genuinely not exist in the world of the rich? Was I doomed to become one of them?

My vision blurred, and all I could see was Nicholas's face staring back at me in the mirror. He smiled at me and asked why I hadn't gone home yet...

I hurled my phone at the mirror, and it shattered into a million pieces. At last, the voices in my head went silent.

kick a person when they were down. I was kicked out of the TV station for "causing a scene", and the

Ms. Jones, but I had no choice. I hope

into my hand and took off before I could even

me out, so I took the "travel expense" and went to a café

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I heard the bell above the café door chime. Pete walked in and scanned the room. When his eyes landed on me, his face lit up with a bright smile. For a split second, it felt as if a small part of my wounded heart had been

His smile was just like it

as if I owed him something, so I offered to place the order. I forced a smile and waved the banknotes in my hand. "Look, I made some money today! Aren't

never had to walk on eggshells or attempt to please him. At

support me? I don't eat a lot, you know." Pete was about to ruffle my hair when he abruptly grabbed my

eyes narrowed

"Who did this?"

so I hastily dropped my head and lied to him. "It was

a first-aid kit..

a klutz. I can't leave you

antiseptic made me wince, so he brought my hand to his lips, blowing on it

hit the side of his face,

someone who was usually so arrogant and

He snapped his fingers, bringing me back to