Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0596

The drive back was silent and suffocating. Nicholas and I were separated by an invisible barrier, and neither of us dared to say another word to each other.

His phone rang, breaking the oppressive quiet. After a few brief responses, he hung up and turned to me.

'The police said her injuries are too severe. She needs treatment before they can detain her. For now, they'll station guards outside her room."

"Got it."

Claudia was indeed gravely injured. Earlier, when the officers tried to help her off the bed, blood had gushed from her freshly amputated leg.

The memory of that scene left me dizzy. I closed my eyes and leaned against the car door, unwilling to say anything more to Nicholas.

Nicholas sighed. He grabbed my arm, turned my shoulder, and looked at me deeply with his dark eyes. "I got revenge for you. Aren't you happy? I thought you would be."

but my heart ached so much that I

deserves punishment, but you just don't understand me.

a lump in my throat, and I couldn't say anything

me was that of all the ways he could have punished Claudia, the only thing I saw in

with the warmth of spring breezes had become so

him off weakly, unwilling to

Let's take a few days to cool off. I want to take Tabitha home. Please don't

something wrong, just tell me. Whatever it is, I'll change. But don't shut me out like this. It

But I felt weak all over, as if his hands couldn't provide the

way you handle things.

in my ear, "I'll change, I swear I

myself, hadn't I heard this

solemnly,

love me, but you're also the one who locked me up in Coral Villa. How am I