Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Nicholas's tall figure cast a shadow over the hallway, dimming the overhead lights and fueling the anger in my heart.

Of course. If Nicholas wasn't backing Jasmine up, how could she have the means to locate them and devise such a manipulative scheme?

It didn't matter who was the mastermind behind this. In some way, Nicholas and Jasmine were one and the same.

I looked at the man before me, a calm smile tugging at my lips. The constant running around had left my clothes so wrinkled that no amount of smoothing would help.

In contrast, he looked immaculate in his tailored black suit without a single crease in sight. He held his head high, not even bothering to glance at me.

If he wanted to pretend I didn't exist, I wasn't going to waste my time trying to get his attention.

I stopped looking at him and lowered my head as I walked past, although I felt a sharp pain throughout my entire body.

Eventually, Nicholas and I had reached this point of being at odds. Suddenly, he grabbed my arm. From the moment his hand touched me, my hair stood on end. It felt like an electric shock, and I shook off his hand. He spoke abruptly. "Don't you have anything you want to say to me?"

For a brief moment, I considered saying something. However, I knew a few simple words wouldn't change the situation.

turning back, I replied, "No time

had just lifted my foot to leave when his voice drifted down

shoulder and asked, "Now that time has stopped, do you want to go back to

matter how hard I tried

hold your hand in the past, but now it just makes me want

gaze fell mockingly on his hand. "There is no past between

lifted his hand and grasped at empty air, and time seemed to freeze once more. He closed his eyes briefly.

end of the hallway,

leave, but he was the first to turn around. He hurried into Jasmine's ward

there for a

to the

the

crying or Nicholas's angry

came to my senses soon and quickly left. I couldn't care less about what they were doing. If Nicholas decided to come out and

his