Trouble in Paradise

Jasmine's lips twitched as she forced a smile. She sneered as she asked, "Ms Jones, how can you be so harsh with your words? Are you upset?"

I smiled and looked at Jasmine. "I'm just feeling worried about you. He's raising you as a pet. No matter what, it sounds a bit cheap."

Jasmine paled as her hand that had been wrapped around Nicholas' arm immediately clenched tightly

into a fist

But she was much more mature than Claudia and did not make a fuss. She just turned to Nicholas and said, "Nick, let's hurry up and get this over with. Your parents are still waiting for us." Undoubtedly, Jasmine was just trying to tell me that she had already received Nicholas' parents' approval.

Very well. I would wait and see then. I wanted to see if Nicholas could marry Jasmine while Daniel was

still alive.

Nicholas did not explain or deny anything. He just glanced at me with a cold and heavy gaze

Let's go."

Nicholas felt like a familiar stranger. His words were also probably directed at Jasmine.

as

he said, "

I turned around to catch up with them. However, I forgot that I had been standing still for too long and my legs had already gone numb. I quickly lost my balance as I fell forward. Nicholas seemed to have a pair of eyes behind his head. I didn't even have time to shout when he had already held my wrist and steadied me.

My wrists were thin, and they looked particularly fragile in his big hands. It also felt like my wrist would snap at any given moment.

He was standing very close to me. His breath and hands were extremely hot, yet his voice was as cold as ice. "Why are you still using the same old trick from decades ago?"

I felt enraged by the mockery in his tone. My feelings had been very simple when I was young. I never thought about money, power, or all those other social factors.

I fell for someone solely because I liked them. So, how could he use such degrading words to mock my feelings for him back then? Mocking someone came at no cost.

I looked Nicholas in the eye without fear and said, "But if so many years had passed, why are you still falling for my tricks? Isn't that a bit pathetic?"

Clenching my hand tightly into a fist, I twisted my arm, trying to break free from Nicholas' grasp. But it was futile.

Ms. Jones, how can you say such a

rude thing?" Jasmine stood by

Nicholas' side and shook hisContent rights by NôvelDr//ama.Org.

shoulders. "Nicholas, ignore her. She probably just couldn't see very

clearly due to her sunglasseste

Nicholas looked down at me with a dark gaze. He was holding me so tightly that it felt like I couldn't breathe. It hurt a lot!

My eyes became teary as I choked back my sobs and said, "Let go of me."

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There was a finch of pain in

Nicholas eyes as he grabbed my sunglasses and threw them down on the ground. The glasses shattered into pieces, resembling my feelings for Nicholas

Multiple emotions flashed across his eyes as he looked at me-darkness, coldness, and something I could not quite decipher.

The sudden brightness caused my eyes to feel a sharp pain. So, my eyes watered as I quickly lowered my

hend.

Suddenly, he held my chin up with his fingers and looked at my face calmly. There weren't any emotions on his face, and he was abnormally calm.

His grip on my chin tightened, making me feel as if he was about to crush my bones.

Just as I was about to break and slap him, he let go of me and flung my hand away. He smiled, but it was twisted and filled with pain.

"I am pathetic. I was pathetic enough to feel my heart break for you when I saw how skinny you had

become!

"But 1 can't continue being pathetic anymore. This ends here. You are nothing to me! Don't think that you'll always be special in my eyes!"