The Love From Vengeance

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

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before we can proceed.”

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

i don’t

someone else to help you carry

know what I can

stick to the first plan?

to do that, someone will have to be by his side, really

but I can’t.” I stood firm in

would you rather let your little babies die?” Mason leaned closer, wearing a malevolent smirk. “Just imagine the headlines: two little children brutally stabbed to

dare think about it.” My

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

thought you loved

I love revenge more than anything else. And you’re going to help me execute my revenge.

him. He knew how much 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 even know what to

challenging. You hate Luke and want to get revenge for the hurtful things

1.”

would work together to ensure

that’s precisely what we’re doing here. You’ll get married

“How?”

questions,” he replied curtly. “Just

so

Mason replied with a shrug. “Being good only brings pain, just like when you were married to that

when he reached the stairs, he stopped, turned around, and asked,

I answered, feeling

the way?” He smirked, gesturing

long sigh and slowly

was 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 in this goddamn situation. Revenge, revenge, revenge–just take a look at what that word has brought

up with Mason, not knowing about his other intentions. This came as a big

LUKE’S POV

“Good morning, Luke.”

consuming too

well.

was really heartbroken last 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 the only one in her heart and no one else.