Chapter 0008
If the entire family knew about Nicholas and Claudia’s affair, then I was merely used as a shield to maintain the Hawk family’s reputation!
I accepted the gift quietly and exchanged a few pleasantries. before seeing her out. With my trust in Nicholas broken, I could no longer trust anyone else wholeheartedly.
When Nicholas returned to the room, he scoffed after seeing the gift box on the table. “Do you lack anything? Why do you have to compete with her over everything? Why couldn’t you just let her have the pair of worthless earrings?”
I looked up at him through the mirror and ignored the mockery in his eyes. “This isn’t from you. Frances gave me another pair.”
I replied to him in a tone that was as cold as his. I had no intention of pleasing him when he was putting on such a nasty
attitude.
I wished to ask him what he thought I was fighting with Claudia over. Was I supposed to willingly hand over my
husband?
Nicholas seemed a little embarrassed. He had a chilling expression on his handsome face. Our gazes met in the mirror.
“Go and get me some pajamas,” Nicholas ordered through gritted teeth. His gaze was fixated on me.
“Why don’t you say, ‘Princess, please get me some pajamas?“” | replied nonchalantly. I smiled as I continued applying my
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skincare products in front of the mirror. Inside, I felt a pang of sadness. I was certain he would never say those words.
Nicholas stood behind me with his hands on his hips. He was clearly annoyed by my insolence. I glared at him through the mirror. “Why can you humor her but not me?”
Back then, I would be clinging to him from the moment he walked through the door. I cherished every moment when we could be alone as a couple. But now, I no longer wanted to revolve my life around him.
“It’s not that I can’t humor you; I don’t have to!” Nicholas tore off his tie with one hand and threw it to the ground. The next second, he picked me up and tossed me onto the bed. ” Instead, I don’t have to wear any pajamas!”
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