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?

of love? Daniel? Claudia? These names all connected somehow, but I couldn't

arrested, and now, at such a sensitive time, he had said something that would

Should I buy a ticket to return home,

my mind in chaos, I clicked on a video

the lighting above reflecting off the fabric of

sounds around him were the constant clicking of cameras. He removed his sunglasses and calmly surveyed the room. The relentless flashes

reaching every corner of the room. "First of all, I would

announce that both I and my group of companies will have no further ties with Ms. Claudia Quirk. Effective immediately,

surrounding my father's death four years ago. From today onward,

finished speaking, the room

had been sentenced to life imprisonment due to his father': death, a case

to

will be shared privately with the police and will not be elaborated here today." He paused briefly before

camera in front of him. My heart clenched tightly. Seeing his face on the