Trouble in Paradise by Three Way

After hanging up the call, I immediately searched online.

Screenshots of Nicholas being taken away were plastered across numerous articles by the tabloids. And the top four trending topics were all about him.

"Hawk Corporation CEO Publicly Confesses Love"

"Hawk Corporation CEO Taken Away for Investigation"

"Mystery Surrounds Death of Hawk Corporation's Daniel Hawk"

"Hawk Corporation CEO Unilaterally Declares Estrangement from Ms. Claudia Quirk"

My hands, holding the phone, were trembling.

I couldn't tell if it was from the cold or the shock and unexpectedness of this news. What was Nicholas doing? Why did he feel the need to hold a press conference?

Daniel? Claudia? These names all connected somehow, but I

had no idea what Nicholas was thinking. Claudia had just been arrested, and now, at such a sensitive time, he had said something that would stir even more controversy. What about Tabitha

do. Should I buy a ticket to return home, call

on a video showing the scene

above reflecting off the fabric of his black

always been one of aloofness and understated authority. When he appeared at the press conference, the only sounds around

of all, I would like to thank

my group of companies will have no further ties with Ms. Claudia Quirk. Effective immediately, we sever all

suspicious circumstances surrounding my father's death four years ago. From today

he finished speaking, the room erupted into an

recalled that years ago, Nicholas' mother, Frances, had been sentenced to life imprisonment due to his father': death, a case that had

him to

I recently learned that Claudia was also involved. The specific details will be shared privately with the police and will not be elaborated here today." He paused briefly

directly into a camera in front of him. My heart clenched tightly.