NovelEnglishChapter 0554
| wasn't sure if Nicholas had ever studied parenting, but he was doing a great job.
He gently patted Tabitha's back, waiting for her to fall completely asleep in her crib before setting the storybook
down. Then, he quietly slipped out of the room.
| followed him downstairs and saw him off at the door, silently urging him to leave quickly.
Standing at the door, Nicholas hesitated, letting out a soft sigh. "Did you get hurt today?"
| looked up at him. "Who are you worried about getting hurt?"
| hadn't kept everything about the incident that happened earlier under wraps. | had asked Douglas to upload
part of the footage online.
I'd kept the part where | slapped Claudia and the words | said while hitting her. That slap was repayment, and the
second one was interest.
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If anyone wanted to search for the truth, they could easily find traces of it. So, was Nicholas going to search for
it? Or perhaps, by standing here in front ofand saying these things, he had already done so?
In the video, | cacross as the dominant one, no matter who watched it. How could | possibly be hurt?
"Don't worry. When she was carried away from my office building, | had someone buy her smedicine, the
kind that costs 20 bucks."
"I'm not worried about her. I'm worried about you. You're the mother of my child, the woman | care about. She is
nothing!"
Nicholas reached for my hand but hesitated, remembering my outburst the night before when we had been too
close. He raised his hand before lowering it again, unsure whether to touch me.
Nicholas' eyes filled with a stinging bitterness as he blinked hard, suppressing the emotion.
"If you need anything, you can cto me. You can do whatever you want. | don't want you caught in the
spotlight."
| almost laughed. Was he worried | would get caught in the spotlight, or was he more afraid | would push
someone else into it?
His words didn't stand up to much scrutiny. If Claudia really was nothing, she wouldn't be known as the heiress of
the Hawk family. She wouldn't have the power to rally the media.
It was Nicholas who gave her the ability to hurt me. Yet, here he was, saying she was nothing.
Clearly, he had forgotten about the 20-dollar medicine he had bought forthat day.
That day, after someone slappedacross the face, he took Claudia to the hospital and leftwith nothing
but that medicine. He didn't even remember.
| asked coldly, "Would you go beat Claudia up just for no reason if | asked you to?"
"I don't usually hit women." Nicholas frowned, thinking it over. "She's already limping. Do you want her to be in a
wheelchair for the rest of her life?"
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I knew it. When | needed him, | couldn't rely on him at all. His response didn't disappointbecause | had never
expected anything from him.
"Leave now." | had nothing else to say to him. Once, | was the woman who had him in my eyes, the one who
relied on him.
Suddenly, my vision blurred. That man, who didn't wantin the spotlight, was the sone who had caused
Not once had he stood in front of me. Not even now.
Nicholas felt a sharp pain in his heart as if someone had stabbed him with a dagger. "Did you see my trending
topic? Don't you have any questions for me? Don't you want to know why | did that?"
| walked past him, brushing close enough to catch the faint scent of tobacco clinging to him. The open door let in
a breeze, dispersing it slightly.
Standing by the door, | glanced at him and said in a calm tone, "I know."
Nicholas' dark eyes grew even deeper, his voice hoarse. "You know?"
"Yes. Claudia said you did it for her, that you stripped down to accompany her."
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