Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0271

Tparted my lips but couldn't find my voice Just then, the door to the

private dining room was hung open, and before he even walked in, I could aready smell his familiar scent

Nicholas gaze lingered on me for a few seconds

ore he turned to Marcus and sneered. "What exactly are you implying, Mare? That I am somehow beneath the standards of your family?"

I was his ex-wife, after all. So, when Marcus insulted me, he was basically

insulting him as well.

He kicked the chair aside, adjusted his trousers, and sat down. He wrapped his arms around my waist and forced me to sit on his lap while he looked at Marcus with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes. Marcus stiffened, his expression growing solemn. "Nick, you know I didn't mean it like that. But this is about my family, and he's my younger brother. I just can't-"

"Marc!" Nicholas cut him off. "What you're worried about won't happen. Some things are set in stone, do you understand?"

nodded. "In any case, I have my limits. I don't want to see my

what if I'm divorced?" I retorted, my outward composure belying the tempest within. It wasn't as if being

Nicholas' eyes. "Ariana is and always will be

you on about?" I struggled with all my might, but he just held

brother's future over this." With that, The stormed off. "See? No one else wants you but me. Everyone else avoids you

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Nicholas hands suddenly slipped

placing me on his He then leaned in, trapping me between

much together, Claudia was always a

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waist, spun me around to

voice was husky as