Chapter 0417

By the time Claudia had returned to the villa located on the outskirts of Radiant City, Nicholas was already curled up in the corner of the room.

A plastic spoon had been broken into two, and the sharp edge of one end was pierced into Nicholas' arm.

He watched calmly as blood began to flow from his wounds. He was beginning to think that perhaps he did not need any treatment as it seemed that no other treatment would work as effectively as hurting himself. "Nick! You promised me you wouldn't hurt yourself anymore!" Claudia cried as she knelt before him. Nicholas thought that she looked very much like that little girl who had relied on him when they were young.

"Yes, I did promise you that," he answered impassively as he pulled out the broken spoon and threw it to the ground. Blood immediately sprayed out of his wound.

Nicholas began to question when he realized he had such a side to him.

Perhaps he had always been this way since he was young, but he just did not understand what was happening due to his age. He just felt that all of his emotions were crashing violently within him.

He would always seclude himself from other people and locked himself in his room, suppressing all of his

emotions.

Back then, he had always been able to control himself and hid his condition well. He had even gotten used to strangers complimenting him for his controlled and mature demeanor. So, why couldn't he control himself now?

had been plagued with nightmares for those past few days, dreaming of me laying in

much earlier than that. Perhaps on the day when I wanted to divorce him, or on

smiled weakly, and his expression was filled with bitterness as he continued,

Since when

go back and fight for what I want. Otherwise, my condition

"Nick, are you tired? Why don't

grow numb. He just

he looked around the clean

than a bed,

no other furniture there. "How can I continue to allow myself to stay in such a place? This place is

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of the Hawk family since my

fists. He used so much force that the veins around his arms bulged. At the same time, it also revealed a mix of old and new scars around

hand and cried out in pain. "Nick, are you planning to go back like this? What if your business partners see

there won't be any new scars on

up scaring her.

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