Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0528

Nicholas lifted his gaze, shock and wonder filling his eyes.

"Tabitha... She really is my child. My child... Tabitha... Tabitha Hawk..."

Suddenly, I was enveloped in a powerful embrace, his body trembling against mine. His heart thudded in rhythm with his shaking voice.

"My child... I really have a child..."

I felt warm tears against my neck, quickly losing their heat to the coldness surrounding me.

Each drop slipped down, landing closer to my heart. A steady ache reminded me that Nicholas's soft, unsteady sobs were painfully real

He seemed drained, his weight pressing against me as if he could barely stand. The two of us swayed slightly, unsteady together.

my sides. Watching him bent over

said, "Nicholas, I'll ask you one more time. Where is

shatter something in him, and his knees buckled. Nicholas sank before me. He wrapped his arms tightly around my waist and

She is eating downstairs..." His words were fragmented, choked with sobs.

overwhelmed me, stinging my eyes. I tilted my

I understood. A heavy weight settled in my heart, pressing down with a dull ache. I felt a pang of grievance-how could Nicholas use our child to deceive me like

you..." I wanted to accuse him, but my words faltered as he looked up. "Ariana, thank you. Really... Thank you. I'm sorry.

nearly six feet tall look up at me with tear-filled

his quiet sobs and shaking were impossible to ignore. This man before me felt as fragile as glass, on the verge of breaking with a single

rimmed with tears, locked onto mine as he held me tight, repeating my name, over

Thank you... Thank

his head before finally letting it rest