Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0515

The night breeze tousled my hair, but I didn't bother to fix it. As soon as Nicholas asked that question, my heart started racing.

His dark eyes seemed to deepen, fixated on me with an intensity that left me trapped.

"Yes. She's the daughter you didn't want!" I retorted, my voice rising.

Tabitha was my precious child. After I waited hours for him, he still didn't want her.

"Explain yourself!" Nicholas tightened his grip on my wrist, so much so that he was losing control.

I gritted my teeth against the pain as I looked into his eyes, which had turned into a deep, turbulent sea. "What do you mean I didn't want her?"

I looked at him in confusion. I couldn't help but feel a flicker of disappointment. Was he really going to defend himself now? Wasn't it a bit too late for that?

wrist wasn't as unbearable as the ache in my heart. 'Nicholas,

wrist even harder, the pain forcing me to

muttered through gritted teeth, "To you, everyone else always comes before

he felt as if he was utterly defeated in front of me. Faced with

on my cheeks growing cooler in the wind. Thinking

let go of my wrist. For a moment, he stood there, visibly taken aback. Time seemed to rewind 30 years. He was a child in a big house, staring at his mother's door and wishing desperately for it to open, but all that greeted him was the sight of that dark brown,

never once offered to stay with him at night, nor had she ever defended him in front of his

a hint of moisture in Nicholas's

before me, his height forcing me to tilt my head back

I knew he wasn't a child

turned away and hurried back home. As soon as I stepped inside, Wendy was waiting for me. Her voice grew lower as

trying to get Tabitha to look at the stars. She saw you two standing outside and screamed to come down. I had no choice but to

I'll check

Nicholas-once in a video call, once when he waited outside for me, and now today. Perhaps there was a bond between father and daughter. She had never shown such curiosity