"I thought the first thing you would ask me is about how Yasmine is doing," Nicholas slowly turned around, stepping closer to me with each word.

"Since when did Pete become more important to you than Yasmine?"

Even Nicholas's shadow seemed to carry weight. For a moment, I felt like I could barely breathe.

As he closed in on me, I felt my body trembling. Trapped between the wall and his chest, I had no strength left to resist.

"You're shameless! How could you go through my phone!"

He raised an eyebrow, completely indifferent. "I can only save one-Yasmine or Pete. Who do you choose?"

When Nicholas asked this question, his heart was pounding just as hard. He could handle arguing with me or our relationship being strained, but he also couldn't accept me falling for someone else during this time.

He had overestimated human nature. Pete had liked me for so many years. Now that he had the chance, there was no way he would let me go.

he wouldn't

coldly at Nicholas. "So, are you admitting

Maybe he should push her to

as

I

had all the patience in the

hands fall before slowly adjusting his jacket. "It depends on your

want her and her parents

be

he said with a mocking tone, "Ms. Jones, you should count how many

hinting at. Was he accusing me of pushing my luck, or was it just a casual tease? The dim lighting in the room made it

would be nearly impossible to get Yasmine out of this mess on my own, let alone help with her parents' situation. No one understood the

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