Trouble in Paradise (Arianna and Nicholas) novel Chapter 515

The night breeze tousled my hair, but I didn't bother to fix it. As soon as Nicholas asked that question, my heart started racing.

His dark eyes seemed to deepen, fixated on me with an intensity that left me trapped.

"Yes. She's the daughter you didn't want!" I retorted, my voice rising.

Tabitha was my precious child. After I waited hours for him, he still didn't want her.

"Explain yourself!" Nicholas tightened his grip on my wrist, so much so that he was losing control.

I gritted my teeth against the pain as I looked into his eyes, which had turned into a deep, turbulent sea.

"What do you mean I didn't want her?"

I looked at him in confusion. I couldn't help but feel a flicker of disappointment. Was he really going to defend himself now? Wasn't it a bit too late for that?

The pain in my wrist wasn't as unbearable as the ache in my heart. "Nicholas, let's discuss this later. Tabitha needs me now."

Suddenly, he squeezed my wrist even harder, the pain forcing me to clench my jaw.

Nicholas was consumed with frustration. He muttered through gritted teeth, "To you, everyone else always comes before me."

The moment he voiced that thought, he felt as if he was utterly defeated in front of me. Faced with the sudden surge of resentment radiating from him, I felt completely at a loss.

As I gathered my thoughts, I noticed the tears on my cheeks growing cooler in the wind. Thinking about Tabitha, I couldn't suppress my sadness. My emotions spiraled out of control.

"Nicholas, you don't know anything! Tabitha isn't like other kids! She needs me by her side to fall asleep!"

Startled by my sudden outburst, Nicholas let go of my wrist. For a moment, he stood there, visibly taken aback.

Time seemed to rewind 30 years. He was a child in a big house, staring at his mother's door and wishing desperately for it to open, but all that greeted him was the sight of that dark brown, tightly closed door.