Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Nicholas scowled at Claudia. "Get out!"

Tears streamed down her face. How could a doll like her shed tears?

I got up in silence and headed out, leaving some personal space for the siblings. It must've pained Nicholas to see his sister cry, and I didn't want to see him coax her.

And here I was, thinking about how there was no going back for us. But in the next instant, it felt like I had returned to the beginning.

The same pampered sister, the same doting brother-even the scene remained the same.

As I brushed past Claudia, she grabbed my arm and hollered, "I'm talking to you, Ariana! Why did you come back? You've already divorced my brother. How dare you be so shameless and sleep with him?"

I wasn't sure if she had stopped pretending or if she believed that Nicholas wouldn't mind her true colors, but she didn't even bother to put up a pretense now.

I stared at her for a few seconds, and my gaze fell on her hand gripping my arm.

"W-What are you looking at?" Seemingly diffident, she continued, "I wasn't wrong! Nick is going to be with Jasmine. You're a homewrecker!"

I shoved her away. One wouldn't even feel cold walking on the carpet by the bed, and falling on it wouldn't hurt as well.

to let his dear sister fall.

at them. "It's only right for trash to be

Nicholas had brought me back just to have me entangled with those bitches

his frustrated, yet clearly

you to

"Give it to

next as his words were muffled by Claudia's

this was

Villa is yours," he

was

Pete and my flopping fish on the wooden floor. It might be for the best that those fish didn't come back with me. This place might be even worse than a sewer. Wendy had arrived early. The moment she saw me, she threw her arms

lamenting the fact that I might not

for breakfast that day, seemingly wanting to cook all the dishes she

remarked sarcastically, "While some people still reminisce, she has

all my clothes onto the floor. Those clothes were

Ariana. I don't want your