Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0623

"Check-up." Nicholas bit the words, glaring at me with frustration. "Do you even know what the check-up is?"

I was stunned. 'Are you asking me? Let the doctor come in and explain it to you, I'm not sure!"

I stood up and headed toward the door, but he caught my wrist before I could reach it. His eyes were slightly red, and there was an intensity in them I couldn't decipher.

I thought he was angry about my refusal to remarry, so I tried to soothe him.

"Getting a check-up isn't a bad thing. Even if you don't have children with me, you'll have them with someone else. It's all for the health of the child, so just bear with it, alright? After all..."

After all, raising Tabitha these past few years had been tough. If we could, we should try to avoid any health risks for the child.

"Forget it. Never mind."

I had intended to comfort Nicholas, but it hurt as if I had bitten my own tongue. The more I said, the more realized that continuing would only hurt me, him, and Tabitha.

still not believe that I just want to marry you, just want to have children with you? What

In my eyes, there

grasped my chin, lifting my face to make me

pushed his hand away, feeling drained. "You'll remarry eventually. You're in your 30's,

come back fine, I'll have the baby and consider it borrowing your

if needed. We'll settle the accounts, and from then on, we'll have nothing to do

to do with each other? Your heart must be

with you now? Didn't you

different this time. It

"I can't accept another man' in this context,

accept it, I could consider trying someone else. After all, in today's world, there's nothing money

Nicholas sneered.

anyone else. "If I find out, I won't hesitate to ensure he can't have children, ever. Try me-I'll deal with one after another

words conjured sent a chill through me. Was he some kind of butler in a past life, obsessed with controlling every aspect

seriously, how could he possibly go after every man out there? If he could stop them all from having children,

spoke up for the