Trouble in Paradise (Arianna and Nicholas) novel Chapter 630

As soon as the words fell, the room was enveloped in a deathly silence.

"W-What did you just say?"

Nicholas gripped my shoulders and spun me around. I felt as if my body was about to fall apart.

His voice was hoarse as he let out a painful growl. "Say it again! How could this happen? I drank those tonics too!"

The expression on his face mirrored mine from back then.

When I first learned the truth, I was just as shocked, stunned to the point of disbelief. I even began to question the world itself. Why was everything a lie?

As I watched Nicholas's face shift from shock to confusion, my face turned pale. My breathing grew shallow as if I might disappear at any moment.

Would he believe me? Would he trust the woman who had once filled his childhood with warmth, or would he believe me instead?

"Say something!" After a brief daze, Nicholas seemed to grasp at a lifeline, shaking my shoulders desperately.

I choked on my words, "What do you want me to say?"

"You were unwell! How could you have given birth to Tabitha?"

My lips trembled a few times before pressing together tightly.

He was the one asking me to tell him. Yet, he refused to believe me after I told him.

I looked at him and let out a soft, self-deprecating laugh. Closing my eyes, a single tear slid down my cheek, cooling one side of my face.

"Don't cry." A warm, damp kiss landed on my eyelid. His lips softly lingered, absorbing my tears. "I can't bear to see you cry!“

Nicholas' voice was filled with a sense of resolve.

"No wonder you had such a difficult labor. No wonder you said you were on the brink of death! You endured so much, and you never told me!"

I slowly opened my eyes, the tears fighting to spill over.