Chapter 0096
Chapter 0096
I found Nicholas‘ advice quite reasonable because that was exactly what I was experiencing. However, his presence felt oppressive.
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I hand toward him, and he just raised an eyebrow and smirked. “What are you doing, Mrs. Hawk?”
His dark expression now was a far cry from the man who had asked me to take him home under the streetlight two nights ago.
I awkwardly withdrew my hand and stood up. If he had glanced down, he would have seen the hideous state of my newly grown thumbnail. Despite our many intimate encounters, he had never noticed these details.
I took a deep breath to push aside my turmoil before asking him, “Nicholas, can I see your phone?”
He was taken aback by my words. His stern expression was tinged with a hint of contempt as he said, ” Get straight to the point, Ariana.”
I nodded. “Claudia said you’re planning to use my naked photos to blackmail me. I want to check your -phone to see if there are any photos of me.”
For a brief moment, Nicholas‘ face showed an unsettling flicker of unease. It was so fleeting that I almost missed it, but my lawyer’s instinct told me that he might not have deleted those photos after all.
Nicholas instinctively defended himself. “Ariana, how can you accuse Claudia of such things? This is not a pleasant subject. You’re talking about naked photos like it’s an everyday topic.”
I laughed. “You asked me to get straight to the point, but now you don’t believe what I’m saying.”
Nicholas sneered. “I don’t entertain lies.”
I met his gaze calmly. “Nicholas, if you plan to use those photos to threaten me, I’m not afraid of you. I just hope you’ll reconsider because I don’t want someone like you to taint my past.”
“Past?” Nicholas’s expression darkened, and a flicker of confusion crossed his face.
I decided not to focus on this issue. “Nicholas, I promise not to pursue Claudia any further. Can targeting Neal?”
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