Rift in the perfect picture

Chapter 0177

Suddenly, I lost all desire to explain myself. In his eyes, an

explanation would only turn into me admitting my mistakes.

Nicholas sounded somewhat hurt as he said, “Ariana, do you know what the cruelest thing about you is?”

I glanced at him calmly without an ounce of emotion. If I could truly be fuel toward him, I wouldn’t end up in such a pathetic state and be forced to argue with him in such a small space.

Nicholas smiled. “The most cruel thing about you is that you returned to my side and made me fall in love with you.”

Love? I thought I had misheard him as I turned my head up to look at him in confusion. At that moment, I almost forgot that we were arguing because he had calmly brought up the word “love“.

He wanted to lift his hand to touch me, but the injury on his waist had begun to hurt, so he could only put his hand down.

The next second, he said cruelly, “But it’s a shame because I will never love you.”

Oh-

Nicholas had countless women trying to win his heart from a young age. He was used to navigating through their pursuits and had formed a tolerance against his feelings toward women. So how could he possibly fall in love with me?

Nicholas and I both fell into silence in the speeding car. His breaths. were labored, and the emotional rollercoaster we had just been through had drained him of his energy while his chest heaved heavily.

Seemingly unsatisfied, he decided to attack me more cruelly. “I

won’t let you off the hook if anything happens to my dad! You better. start praying that he’ll be fine.”

But how could he possibly keep me by his side? As long as he wanted children, a divorce between us would be inevitable.

I looked out of the window and quietly took a few deep breaths. Then, I reminded him calmly, “It’s illegal for one to hire a surrogate mother in our country.”

Nicholas moved his body. “What do you mean?”

you want Jasmine to bear your children, then we will need to get a divorce.”

Nicholas‘ gaze was filled with rage as he said, “Someone who truly wants a divorce wouldn’t keep mentioning it. Stop using divorce as an excuse for you to emphasize that you’re my wife. Wouldn’t you be sad if you were to lose me?”

Then, he grabbed my arm and forced me to look at him.

“You’ve been enjoying your time with me, haven’t you? You love me emotionally, and you love my body. That look of complete pleasure when you’re underneath me won’t fool me.

“Ariana, unless I grow tired of you, even if you feel like I’m torturing you, you’ll have no choice but to stay while we keep torturing each other!”

My heart dropped as my entire body began to tremble. “If a person has no emotions and only knows how to have sex, how are they any different from an animal?

“Nicholas, if you want to be an animal, then go and be whatever you

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like. I swear to you now that I will never sleep with you again.”

I closed my eyes in pain, refusing to answer no matter what he said next. Luckily, he was too injured to do anything to me.

By the time we arrived at the hospital, Nicholas had fainted and was in bad shape. I sat in front of the surgery room and saw Frances angrily walking up toward me once again.

But unlike last time, Jasmine was no longer by her side, and she could finally slap me without hindrance. Her slap was powerful, and it immediately left me in a daze.

Frances held her arm and looked at me coldly. “Ariana, I will make you pay if anything from that group chat gets leaked to the press!”