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.

went limp, and he was carried to the bed without any form of dignity. From that moment on, pens would

next frame, Nicholas was clearly arguing with Claudia about something. His fury startled her, but he calmed down after she handed

remained silent for the entire afternoon. Yet, he seemed unaffected when his phone was

1 shook my head.

Nick said,

in a deep breath, I asked, "Why

the handcuffs on her wrist, she began coquettishly, "How

sensitive."

through Claudia's album. There were more photos and videos of Nicholas than of herself-she had indeed put a lot of effort into Nicholas. "What did the

but there's

be with him," she replied pretending to be knowledgeable. "At least I think it's fine now. He'll only need mean the

that mere companionship

From the videos on Claudia's phone, it was clear that besides injecting Nicholas with tranquilizers, he hadn't received

my meeting with Nicholas yesterday, he was fully conscious and capable