Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

Chapter 0648

In the darkness, countless white photos were falling over me, like bullets piercing through.

I dreamed that the helpless person seeking rescue was me, lying on the ground, watching as photos floated down from the sky, burying me completely...

I couldn't make a sound, couldn't move a muscle. There was no strength left in my body.

"No!"

I woke up with a jolt, gasping for air, my face drenched in cold sweat.

"Ari!" A pair of worried eyes broke into my sight. "How do you feel?"

My blurred vision gradually became clearer, and I saw Nicholas's slightly haggard face full of anxiety.

"Ari?" He called me again. As he waited for my response, it felt like time stretched infinitely.

I slowly raised my hand and grabbed Nicholas's arm. I wanted to speak, but tears fell first.

"Are you feeling unwell? I'll call the doctor right away!"

Only then did I notice that I was lying in a hospital bed. "Nicholas, how is the person who saved me?"

now, you're the only one who isn't well.

and turned to leave before I could

smile. If not for the subtle twitch in his eyelids and

Closing my eyes, silent tears rolled down

on the table suddenly vibrated. The sound of it resonating against the wooden surface was particularly

skipped two beats, an ominous

number, but I recognized it at a glance. This number belonged to someone I had once truly cherished my sister. "Ariana!" As soon as I answered, Claudia's hysterical voice

shouting made my head spin, and I had to hold the

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words in her sentence

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a cat whose tail had been stepped

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were

sentence and a retrial? A life sentence isn't enough for you? Only the death penalty will satisfy you, is that it? You're

is