Chapter 0169
A gasp suddenly escaped Claudia’s lips. Then, a series of muffled noises echoed on the other end of the phone.
“Nick!” It sounded like the phone was being hiddr making the voice. come through indistinctly.
Sternly, Nicholas began, “The doctor says they can’t find your anywhere. What are you doing?”
Claudia quivered, “I… I made a call.
“To whom?”
“I called Ariana…”
There was a brief silence on the other end at the mention of my name. His voice grew colder as he pressed, “What do you have to talk to her about?”
“I want her to expose me, so the people online will criticize me and not Ariana. I saw that Zachary was crying outside his ex–wife’s house, and it blew up on the internet again.
“I don’t want Ariana to be bullied because of her work. She just won a lawsuit.”
I blinked in disbelief, feeling absurd. Was she really trying to manipulate the online discourse just for me?
Multiple footsteps were simultaneously heard as Nicholas snorted. This matter is under my control. You don’t need to interfere any further.”
My hand holding the phone trembled uncontrollably, and I eventually switched to speaker mode. I frantically turned the volume up, trying
to manage the complex emotions of anger and anxiety swirling inside me.
“It’s fine if I’m wronged for your sake, but Ariana seems to have a big issue with Jasmine…
“She wouldn’t bother,” Nicholas suddenly said, his voice resolute.
“That’s true, but I didn’t mention you and Jasmine to her. But Nick, are you really planning to have children with Jasmine? I heard from Morn that Dad is getting a bit impatient.
A series of beeping noises indicated that the call was suddenly disconnected My heart sank along with it
Nicholas wanted to have a child with another woman? My hand, resting on my lower abdomen, trembled.
Since returning to Nicholas’s side. I had been taking birth control pills every time we were together. But I hadn’t prepared any during our honeymoon
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