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?

longer. I wondered where he headed off

on his face. I could tell his conversation on the phone was quite lovely.

there was a live band, and when 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 me with a blank expression, and let’s

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to these songs. He was a huge fan of hip–hop.

And finally, 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 supposed to be a celebration for his grandfather,

where a microphone was waiting for him. The

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was deep and soothing, capturing the hearts of everyone in the room. Well, his voice captured

every one of you for being a part of this special evening. Your presence

Well, Andre was busy with his phone. And his smile was definitely not from Sir Reynold’s words. But I think it would be best if I

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

really loud, but his face couldn’t be

happy birthday!” Another person screamed, and before we knew it, the whole place was filled with noise, with people whistling and screaming

the noise now.” Sir Reynold raised his hands, and the room eventually became