Chapter 0300
“Nicholas, you’re absolutely unreasonable!”
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My teeth were chattering as I spoke. “It’s only a matter of time be up with someone else. Even if it’s not Pete, there’ll be another ma… Are you going to kill someone every time I start a new relationship?
“Why is it that you can have all the women you want, but I can’t have my own happiness? You should not take a life because of me-
Before I could finish, he cut me off with a faint laugh, as if he had just heard the most ridiculous joke.
“Is this how a lawyer speaks? What do you mean by ‘kill someone‘? Should I pull up the surveillance footage from my office as my alibi? I’m a law–abiding citizen.”
“You’re absolutely out of your mind!”
There was a hint of disappointment in Nicholas’s eyes. “It has nothing to do with you. Go ahead and enjoy your relationship.”
He added, “I hope you never have to call me again.”
I would never call him again. There was no way I could be with someone so ruthless. Absolutely impossible!
After hanging up, I still felt uneasy. Even when Douglas took me to the hospital, my mind was elsewhere.
By the afternoon, there was no trace of the incident at the building. The ground had been scrubbed clean as if nothing had ever happened.
If it weren’t for the workers clanging away, I’d have thought it a dream. They were replacing the top–floor sign with Brilliant Group’s logo.
Brilliant Group’s representatives came to the hotel. They invited Douglas and me to their banquet, saying I was their key to success.
I shook my head and glanced at Douglas, worried. “I didn’t do anything.”
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