wasn’t friendly.

“I think you know the reason why I’ve come here,” he said in a solemn tone.

2 PLANS

ARIEL’S POV

by are you staring at me like that, huh?” Mason questioned, his tone still snarky along with

“Can you please let go of me?” I uttered as he was squeezing my arm, and it hurt like hell.

“Your wish is my command,” he mockingly replied, and he shoved me backwards. I almost fell, but I managed to keep my balance.

Mason moved closer. “I came to tell you a few things. There have been some changes in my plans.”

“What do you mean by that?” I asked in a hushed tone.

Still wearing his mordant smirk, he began to walk around me in circles. “As you can see, we’re no longer going with the first plan. I’ve thought about it and realized that I need to go to extremes to succeed in this mission. Well, we need to go extreme.”

“I still don’t understand,” I said, giving him a puzzled look.

He stopped walking in circles. “Here’s the thing. You’re not going to do all that business stuff with Luke anymore. You are going to marry him.”

His words shocked me. “Wait a minute, you want me to marry Luke?”

“Yes, it won’t be too difficult, will it?”

“Look, there’s no way I’m doing that. I’d rather stick to the first plan.”

“Too bad.” He snapped his fingers and calmly said, “It’s already been canceled.” He wrapped his arm around my neck. “We’ll be following the new plan, and you’ll have to marry Luke first

POPLAND

before we can proceed.”

I removed his hands from me. “Luke is my ex–husband.”

i don’t know

way I’m marrying him. Find someone else to help you carry out

know what I can do, right?”

why don’t we just stick to the first plan? I’ll bring

will have to be by his side, really close to him.” Mason

mister, but I can’t.” I stood firm in my disagreement.

little babies die?” Mason leaned closer, wearing a malevolent smirk. “Just imagine the headlines: two

dare think

his face back. “And if you refuse to do as I say, I’ll have no other option but to follow

thought you loved

love revenge more than anything else. And you’re going to help me execute my revenge. Refuse to do so, and you’ll find yourself attending your children’s funeral. So,

I loved my children, so he had put me in this difficult situation. Why did he have to tell me to marry Luke? Oh gosh, I don’t

don’t even understand why you find this situation so challenging. You hate Luke and want to get revenge for the hurtful things he

1.”

we would work

You’ll get married to him, and then

“How?”

he replied curtly. “Just do as I

you so

when you were married to that scumbag.” He yawned,

reached the stairs, he stopped,

I answered, feeling

He smirked,

let out a long sigh and slowly walked in

just life, right? When you plan on doing something really mean and terrible, you’ll just get struck hard. I was the only one who placed myself

thought I had it all. I wanted revenge, so I had to team up with Mason,

LUKE’S POV

“Good morning, Luke.”

lying on the floor. I had fallen asleep after consuming too much alcohol last night. Riley was sitting nearby. With my eyes half–opened,

well.

night that I had to take too much alcohol. And I couldn’t believe Harriet would do such a thing. She claimed to love me, didn’t she? She told me countless times that I was

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