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."

to smile at him, but my heart ached so

not feeling sorry for Claudia. What she did deserves punishment, but you just

a lump in my throat, and

ways he could have punished Claudia, the only thing I saw in his actions was cruelty and

how the man who once smiled with the warmth of

off weakly, unwilling

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

tell me. Whatever it is, I'll change. But

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

the way you handle things.

into his arms and whispered in my ear, "I'll change, I

to myself, hadn't I

solemnly,

came back, you've been the one telling me you love me, but you're also the one who