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

to choose between her

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

family. He believed he had fallen in love

was all slipping further and further away. His mother was gone. His father was gone. The child he never got to

on another man. He was left constantly guarding

it. Was he not deserving of

pounded his temples in pain. When he opened his eyes again, they

you feel even the slightest bit of sympathy

form, feeling nothing but

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feel their pain," I replied coldly. "I've lost my parents too. They

forever. There's always a day when they'll

stronger than me? I felt no sympathy for

was there to

me?

Wabout my child?<

Where one