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.

it seriously' when it comes to you. I'll take every word

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

my face, emphasizing again,

"You... You already know?"

"I do."

such extreme measures yourself...' I trailed off suddenly, my words catching in my throat as realization

punishment would

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

made my whole body ache. Tears welled up in my eyes as I choked out,

empty as if he'd lost all direction in life. "Ariana, what do you want me to do? What would make you happy? Everything I've done was to make you

feelings, but now I

man. I'd learned that lesson long ago, but today he made sure I

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