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?

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

finally walked up to me; he had a huge smile on his face. I could tell his

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 me with a blank expression,

S DEEP THOUGHTS

He was a huge fan of

I could see Luke, but I

microphone was waiting for

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His voice was deep and soothing, capturing the hearts of everyone in the room. Well, his voice captured mine; I couldn’t tell for the

thank each and every one of you for being a

of each individual present in the room. Well, Andre was busy with his phone. And his smile was definitely not from Sir Reynold’s words. But

to do something different. I want 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 to

woo!” Someone screamed really loud, but his face couldn’t be

filled with noise, with people whistling and

the noise now.”