Trouble in Paradise (Arianna and Nicholas) novel Chapter 571

"Nicholas! What exactly do you want? Just make it clear already!"

Rain mixed with tears streamed down my face as I shouted. I could barely hold myself together.

Nicholas clenched his fists with a fierce expression. But the redness at the corners of his eyes betrayed him.

"I don't want to see your back anymore. I don't want to watch you walk away before I can say anything. I want you to feel pain because of me, even if it means you hate me! At least that's something—because no matter what I do, you never give me a chance."

Nicholas was hurting too when he said those words.

As a proud man who wielded power effortlessly in Radiant City, it wasn't easy for him to lower himself to care for someone or humble himself to please a woman.

But my heart felt like a sheet of crumpled paper. The pain in my heart was colder than the rain soaking my body. But how would he know I'd never given him a chance?

It was just that time and again, reason had worn it all away. No matter how much compromise, it wouldn't work with someone who wasn't right for me. Now, he and I were living proof of that.

He focused on the consequences, not the root of it all. He was feeling hurt now. But how did that justify using Tabitha to threaten me?

"Nicholas, I'll never forgive you after what you did today."

I raised my eyes, meeting his dark, stormy gaze. They seemed drained of all life.

He seemed to deflate, his energy draining away. "Who cares."

I agreed and nodded firmly.

At that moment, I lost. With Tabitha involved, I didn't stand a chance. As he said, none of it mattered anymore.