NovelEnglishChapter 0597 I pulled Nicholas' hands off my shoulders and turned silently to look out the window.
The reflection in the car window showed his pain. I saw him open his mouth, but in the end, he said nothing. When we arrived at Coral Villa, the driver parked in front of the gate.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAs if eager to please me, Nicholas patted my thigh gently and said, "Ariana, I'll open the door for you." He quickly got out of the car and ran around to my side. But by the the reached me, I was already standing in front of him.
His expression crumbled almost instantly. "Ariana..." I gave him an indifferent look and walked past him.
Nicholas took a large step and stood in front of me. "Ariana, don't be like this..." I paused for a moment, my gaze growing colder and colder. "Get out of the way." Nicholas closed his eyes briefly. He swallowed his bitterness before stepping aside.
I went inside to grab the car keys. When I cback out, he was still standing in the sspot. He was startled when he sawcout.
He then followedlike a tail. I took a step, and he took half a step. I paused and looked at him, and he stopped too. As I moved forward, so did he.
I ignored him until I was about to get into the car. Nicholas pressed my car door shut and asked, "Where are you going? I'll take you." There was still stbefore Tabitha finished school, and I planned to go hand tidy up her things.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmIf Nicholas wanted to be my chauffeur and errand boy, I wasn't about to stop him. Tassing him the keys, I walked around to the passenger seat and sat down.
He leaned in to helpwith my seatbelt, but I raised my hand to stop him. The audible click of the belt was enough to draw the line between us.
Nicholas got into the car, his hands nervously rubbing the steering wheel.
"Ariana, when I'm with you, I feel like I have no confidence left. I'm always afraid I'll do something wrong and upset you. Ariana, can you at least smile at me?" Resting my head on my hand, I gazed out the window. "Takeback to my home." I heard a sigh in the small car. I couldn't tell if it was his or mine. He didn't press further, focusing instead on the road.
Inside, my mind was in turmoil. I wasn't deliberately ignoring him; I just needed to process everything I had learned today.
After hearing what Claudia had said today, I finally had answers to questions that had been troubling me.
Now, whether I blamed him or not felt meaningless. What mattered was how I would handle our relationship moving forward.
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