Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0405

Staying in the Hawk manor suffocated me. I needed to escape, so I went to visit my parents' graves. It had been so long since I last talked to them.

The cemetery was shrouded in a gloomy overcast sky. The sun hid behind thick clouds, giving no hint of the approaching spring. Despite my thick coat, sitting on the cold ground sent chills through me. "Daniel has passed away. Nicholas is an orphan now, Just like me. Normally, a husband and wife would lean on each other in times like this, especially when our fates are so similar...

"But I have no one to rely on. I can't trust him anymore. He's not the person I can entrust my life to. Dad, Mom, what was the biggest lie you ever told each other?"

I had so much bitterness with no place to express it. Tears streamed down my face, the cold wind stinging my cheeks.

The cemetery keeper recognized me. Seeing my sorrow, he offered me his condolences.

A few days ago, Nicholas locked himself in his study for an entire day and night. When he finally came out, he made a decision that surprised even me.

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He chose not to bury Daniel with his biological mother. Instead, he brought me to lay Daniel to rest beside my parents, making him their new neighbor.

She made that choice, I couldn't tell who Nicholas was truly angry with. I asked him why, and his

indifferent as he replied, "They never gave

mother had passed from illness, but... I said nothing more. I understood it was

Frances buried here one day,

breathing in my scent with a

my cheek, and for a moment, my heart softened. Perhaps, just for now,

on the graves before me and remarked, "Mr. Hawk Senior was truly lucky to

my tears and smiled at

live up to his compliment, I walked over to Daniel's grave, staring at the man's smiling

his face was kind, and his smile warm and

years, I had called that face "Dad". But in the end, no one ever truly cared for anyone else without an agenda. Everyone had

here to mourn you. I came to tell you that this is just

be bought with the smallest of favors. Those

Nicholas as he imagined. From what I

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couldn't bring himself to deal with them, so I would do it myself. Claudia was my

I returned to the