The Love From Vengeance

your wish.”

“You could have said no; you could have just ignored the document I handed over to you.”

He chuckled sarcastically. “Like you wanted that.”

“Say what now?” I asked, growing more frustrated with his dismissiveness.

“Enough with the pretense!” He snapped. “You never loved me; you were just doing that because of the money, and since your family finally got what they wanted, you decided to divorce me.”

“Okay, that is so not true,” I countered, my voice rising. “I only wanted what was best for you. I did everything I could, just to make sure you changed. But in the end…” I sighed and added, ” It was all in vain.”

“Should I tell you a secret?” Luke’s lips curled into a sardonic smile. I just looked at him, anger materializing in my eyes. He moved his face closer and whispered in my ear, “You don’t deserve to be loved, Ariel. You’re nothing but a worthless piece of trash. No one is going to ever take you seriously.”

After saying those hurtful things, he stepped back a little and pushed me away, and I started falling down.

I opened my eyes immediately, and I simply looked everywhere. Luke wasn’t close to me; I couldn’t even see him anywhere. So it was clear that I was only imagining things. Oh gosh, what in the world was wrong with me?

and Luke wasn’t there any longer. I wondered where he headed off to.

smile on his face. I could tell

they noticed that people were showing up in the hall, they began to play soft, slow music. I couldn’t actually get the lyrics, but I felt each rhythm right in my heart. Andre was standing close to

S DEEP THOUGHTS

these songs. He was a huge fan

Sir Reynold showed up, smiling like there was no tomorrow. I checked to see if I could see Luke, but I couldn’t spot him anywhere. This was

smiling gleefully, Sir Reynold made his way to the stage, where a microphone was waiting

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was deep and soothing, capturing the

take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for being a part of this special evening. Your presence here makes

room. Well, Andre was busy with his phone. And his smile was definitely not from Sir Reynold’s words.

to create a night of pure magic, a night that we will all remember for years to come.” He paused for a moment, taking a sip of water before continuing, “As the music plays, I want you all

really loud, but

whole place was filled with noise, with

an end to the noise