Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0441

Chapter 0441

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A series of questions flooded my mind. At that moment, I felt like my breathing had gone erratic.

Doubt and confusion washed over me as I pondered. Should I act indifferent, or should I at least seek out the truth?

Frances immediately noticed the shift in my expression. She knew about Nicholas' illness, but Claudia was far from the noble figure she portrayed herself to be. She only took care of him for her own selfish motives. Frances had casually suggested taking advantage of Nicholas' absence to end Daniel's life, intending to claim the inheritance sooner. Little did she expect that Daniel hadn't left even a single penny for them.

But Claudia had acted on it, hoping to strip away Nicholas' concern for others so that her significance to him would increase. Her possessiveness over Nicholas was pathological.

As Claudia's mother, Frances naturally caught on to her intention. But she chose to remain silent, thinking that perhaps Claudia could really find a way out of this

of disappointment washed over her. Frances had always thought that despite her constant arguments with Claudia, they were still close as

in such dire circumstances and was even prepared to

plopped to the ground

her cheek as she murmured, "Ariana, take Claudia to visit Nicholas. Honestly, he's really very ill. And I admit that I was responsible for

I was taken aback by Frances' sudden shift of stance, she nodded solemnly, as if she'd

to her feet and beamed at me. "See, Ariana? I

a hard look before I left. "Why did you give me the medicine that harmed my body when I first

suicide when you married Nicholas. Do you think I'd allow

gaze drifted to Claudia,

completely unaware that she'd

the topic

was

of potentially being freed.

back of Claudia's head, Frances ultimately sighed and hung her head low. 'I can trade my life for the child you