Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0514

Seeing Nicholas appear out of nowhere, my mind went blank.

Pete's heart-wrenching expression as he pushed me out of the car was still fresh in my memory. One was suppressing his heartbreak, while the other's voice trembled, barely able to question me.

Caught between them, I felt like an invisible hand was gripping my chest. The lump in my throat made it hard to hold back my tears.

My thoughts drifted back to three years ago, when I walked into the airport alone, ready to leave the land that had raised me for 20 years. Did Nicholas have his own reasons back then?

We had come so far together, step by step. Was there something I didn't know? Could this secret be so significant that even Pete was willing to back down?

Suddenly, a strong grip on my shoulder snapped me out of my thoughts. The slight pain brought me back to reality, and when I saw the cold expression on Nicholas's face. Any lingering feelings of "love" seemed to fade away.

"Does being apart from him hurt you that much?" Nicholas let out a wry smile. "When you left me, did you even shed a single tear?"

my head and tried to push away the hand causing me pain, but

heavy. I had this unrealistic thought that, if time stopped right here, it wouldn't get better or worse between

imagination, but when Nicholas spoke again, his body seemed to

answer. Did you two argue, or did

courage I had. "Nicholas, is there something you're hiding from me? Is there something between us that I don't know

was true, and Nicholas really had his reasons, why shouldn't

a misunderstanding between us, wouldn't resolving it give me closure for

me for two full seconds before his

"Mommy Daddy!"

voice interrupted him, and whatever he was about to

us, she didn't know whether to call

Nicholas' eyes, I quickly tried to shake my arm

skin. The heat spread through my body, but it was the tension that overwhelmed me. Tabitha's eyes looked just