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.

replied, "No

to leave when his voice drifted down from above. "Your

down on my shoulder and asked, "Now that time has stopped,

tightly that no matter how hard I tried to lift my arm, I couldn't break

the past, but

on his hand. "There is no

more. He closed his eyes briefly. When he opened them again, they

the end of the hallway, spitting

turn around. He hurried into Jasmine's ward as if the one who had been stalling outside the door wasn't him at

there for

to the spot. I

in the

I expected to hear crying or Nicholas's angry voice

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

for his