Trouble in Paradise

"I'm not obligated to inform you about who I like. I'm neither your employee nor your wife, Mr. Hawk, so mind your own business!" No matter how much I tried to avoid him, he always found a way to show up in my life.

I stared at him defiantly. "Weren't you supposed to be sick? I'm sure it' be exhausting to keep up the act. Since when did you start lying to me?

"From the moment you called me to when you brought his brother here-it all happened way too fast. Even if you're close to the Shelmans, there's no way Marcus could have-"

My words were cut short when his strikingly handsome face closed in on me, and the next thing I knew, he had me pinned against the car door.

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Nicholas cupped the back of my head with one hand, his fingers tangling in my hair, sending shivers through my entire body.

His scent, a strange yet comforting blend, enveloped me. He was overbearing and controlling. His body was hard against mine, leaving me no room to put up a fight. His scorching tongue forced its way into my mouth, silencing me. Then, the kiss deepened, consuming me. In an instant, my blood ran cold.

Right then, I heard a loud banging sound. I glanced over Nicholas' shoulder and noticed Pete, trapped in the passenger seat, hammering on the window. His eyes were wide with disbelief.

His gaze was a tempest of anger, yet it couldn't conceal the deep, aching hurt beneath. Pete looked like a forsaken puppy, and it broke my heart.

I struggled against Nicholas with all my might, but my resistance only seemed to fuel his desire. He restrained my writhing hands above my head with one hand and continued to kiss me with reckless abandon.

My ex-husband was forcefully pinning me down near the TV station in broad. daylight... The situation was almost too much to bear. With my eyes closed, I bit down hard on the soft flesh in my mouth, which wasn't even mine.

Nicholas hissed in pain, wiping away the blood that had trickled down from the comer of his lips with his thumb. His gaze was cold and hard as he questioned, "What's the big deal? It's just a kiss. We've done much more in front of him before."

A playful smirk tugged at his lips as he pressed down on my shoulders, forcing me to kneel. "Do you need me to jog your memory?" Even the finest tailoring couldn't conceal the obvious bulge below the zipper of his suit pants. He looked down at me, using his actions to remind me of everything that had happened.

Tears welled up in my eyes as I shoved him away with all my might and yelled, "Get away from me!"

Nicholas stumbled slightly before

recovering his balance. "You used to

beg me to stay. I distinctly

remember you getting a kick out of it

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"Now that I'm out of the picture, you're going to settle for that pathetic excuse for a man? Is he really that important to you?"

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As soon as his words fell, his expression hardened. With a flick of his wrist, he signaled for the car carrying Pete to slowly pull away, right before my eyes.

Pete's forehead was pressed up against the car window, and though he looked like he was shouting at the top of his lungs, I couldn't hear a thing. All I could see was the man crouching down before me, and I collapsed to the ground. "This is all your fault! You did this on purpose!"This is property © NôvelDrama.Org.

Nicholas slid his arms under mine to lift me up and shove me into his car before taking the seat next to me.

"Well, you witnessed it with your own eyes. He's worthless. I didn't even have to lift a finger against him."

With my back pressed firmly against the car door, I eyed him cautiously. "He has his own merits. Don't belittle him just because you can't see them!"

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