Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0403

Since the start of the new year, Nicholas and I had been living in the manor.

Daniel's study had a much sterner atmosphere than Nicholas's. The dark, wooden interior made the

person sitting in the main seat appear all the more imposing and oppressh

Nicholas had lost quite a bit of weight, and his cheeks were sunken in as he furrowed his brow. The cigarette, which he hadn't touched in ages, was unlit and hung awkwardly from his lips.

He looked at me and gave a faint smile.

"You've funneled every penny of available funds from Jones Corporation to Pete under the guise of a partnership. Do you even realize that, if this gets out, I won't even have to lift a finger? You'll be the one in trouble first." Nicholas never quite understood how to create a family of his own.

At first, he thought having Claudia was enough. He doted on her endlessly, hoping to fill the void of the family he never had through her. But things didn't turn out as he expected.

After getting married, the idea of family started clashing in his mind. Should he prioritize his sister or his wife and child?

In the early days of his marriage, his bond with Claudia was undeniably stronger. He almost lost her because of the wedding. He blamed everything on me.

Luckily, I played my part well. I molded myself into the right" shape, slipping into the gap between Nicholas and his version of "family", creating a fragile equilibrium.

was content with that for a few years. But last year, I began to change. I started pulling away, a shift Nicholas couldn't accept. My departure shattered his illusion of

was forcing him to choose between her and Claudia. It was a nearly

the end of the day, Claudia was just his sister. She had her own life to live; her own relationships to

he wanted a normal marriage, a wife, and children. He wanted a real, complete family. He believed he had fallen

and further away. His mother was gone. His father was gone. The

another man. He was left constantly guarding against this

couldn't understand it. Was he not deserving

he opened his eyes again, they

dad. Do you

Nicholas's defeated form, feeling nothing

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to feel their pain," I replied coldly.

a day when they'll

be stronger than me? I felt no sympathy for

there to

me?

Wabout my child?<

Where one