Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0442

As the police car cruised toward the suburbs, I felt increasingly desolate. Claudia's words lingered in my

mind.

"Ariana, you have no idea how much pain you've caused Nick," she said.

Fear was no longer evident in her eyes. Instead, she eyed me curiously, as if the more tragic she made. Nicholas sound, the guiltier I would feel.

She showed me a video on her phone. The surveillance footage was somewhat blurry, but it was still possible to discern what Nicholas was doing.

He was writing, but he suddenly froze, looking like a lagging character in a virtual world after receiving too many commands all at once. Once his mind sorted through the commands, the pen's function was no longer to write.

A few people rushed into his room. They took the pen from his arm and injected an unknown substance into his body.

form of dignity. From that moment

with Claudia about something. His fury startled her,

the entire afternoon. Yet, he seemed unaffected when his phone was taken away

1 shook my head.

said, "Because Nick said, 'She never called

asked,

wrist, she began coquettishly, "How would I know?

sensitive."

I scrolled through Claudia's album. There were more photos and videos of Nicholas than of herself-she had indeed put

there's no

pretending to be knowledgeable. "At least I

that mere companionship

it was clear that besides injecting Nicholas with tranquilizers, he hadn't received

meeting with Nicholas yesterday, he was fully conscious and capable of living independently. Why would he willingly shut himself away?