Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 561

Chapter 0561

"Nicholas, how could you do something like that?" I looked at him with utter disappointment.

"She's not dead, is she? Or were you expecting me to beat her up?" Nicholas laughed lightly as he stepped closer, raising a hand to touch me.

"Don't tell me you feel sorry for her."

"Don't touch me!" I slapped his hand away, still unable to believe it. "S-She's your sister! And I didn't mean it seriously...

I had to admit that leaving Jay Caldwell & Co. was partly to avoid being bound by my profession or my moral compass when making tough decisions. But the words Nicholas said next shattered my worldview completely. *For what she did to me, even letting her die a hundred times wouldn't be enough."

Nicholas knelt before me, gripping my hands tightly. "Why are your hands so cold?"

He rubbed them hard before pressing them gently against his face.

care of it for you. There's no such thing as 'didn't mean it seriously' when it comes to you.

solemnly, "I've never had any improper feelings for

cupped my face,

"You... You already know?"

"I do."

let her face legal consequences instead of taking such extreme measures yourself...'

would undoubtedly be the death penalty.

touch me!" I mustered all my strength to push him away and bolted

my whole body ache. Tears welled up in my eyes as I choked out, "I said, don't

looked lost, his eyes empty as if he'd lost all direction in life. "Ariana, what do you

about feelings, but

had never been a virtuous man. I'd learned that lesson long ago, but today he made sure I remembered it vividly.

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