Trouble in Paradise



Chapter 0547

I was a bit lost. What did Nicholas mean by saying all of this? But no matter what, I just wanted to leave. Staying here felt suffocating.

I turned to leave, only to hear the hurried, bare footsteps behind me. Each step was urgent, closing in fast. The night felt too emotional, not the right time for suggestive words. Who knew how much physical desire was mixed in with those supposed expressions of love?

We were both adults. In moments like these, we would know that words like those couldn't be trusted.

When he pinned me against the door, I looked up and glared at him, but Nicholas seemed even more aggrieved.

He'd moved too fast, his pale face trying to mask his frustration. "Am I so unattractive to you?'

Looking at him, I sneered. "Nicholas, I don't get it. When did I become so important to you?"

"You've always been important!" he replied, firm and unwavering.

I smiled dryly. Since he said so, I just listened as it was. 'Fine. I get it. Can you let me go now?"

He was like a massive black hole, so forceful that it felt like he wanted to swallow everything about me. I instinctively resisted. But I was too tired to fight back, my gaze blurring.

Suddenly, his hands cupped my face. "Ariana, look at me. Isn't my love obvious?"

Love? It was pitiful to say, but I hadn't felt love for a long time.

Pete said he loved me, but he'd once abandoned me for someone else. He said he loved me, but he also deceived

me.

Nicholas said he loved me, but he'd made me suffer so much. He said he loved me, but he brought so much pain. "Nicholas, what is love? I don't understand it anymore."

I once loved Nicholas deeply. But in the end, I chose to divorce him, to leave him forever. Was that love? Was love a constant action, a noun, or something else? I really didn't understand anymore.

I peeled his fingers off my face one by one, my voice hoarse when I spoke again. "Nicholas, being with you is exhausting. Every time I see you, all I want is to run away. To leave everything behind and disappear from your life forever."

"Run... Away..." Nicholas staggered, standing there frozen.Original content from NôvelDrama.Org.

"Ariana..." Nicholas' expression faltered, his smile twisted as his words shifted. "Ariana... That's a cruel thing to say. What you said just now-it's like digging my heart out and throwing it on the ground. Do you know that?" Pain surged through him. He clutched me tightly, his voice growing harsh. "Love is wanting you at every moment." And then his lips came crashing down. The kiss was harsh and cold, nothing like love-no warmth, no emotion. I felt nothing but emptiness.

I didn't resist or struggle, nor did I offer any response. The painful sound of the slap rang out as he tore at my clothes, deafening in the suffocating silence.

Nicholas' head jerked to the side from the force of the slap. He tilted his head, and he was sad like a child who had done something wrong.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong. Please forgive me, Ariana."

He tried to reach for my hand, but I yanked it away.

"I'm the one who's wrong. I made you think I was easy. Now, get out of my house, immediately, right now!"