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.”

don’t know

him. Find someone else to help you carry out this silly

what I

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

it down,” Mason admitted. “But if we want to do that, someone will have to be by his side, really close to him.” Mason

I stood firm

Mason leaned closer, wearing a malevolent smirk. “Just imagine the headlines: two little children brutally stabbed

dare think about it.” My anger

I’m already thinking about it.” He slowly pulled his face back. “And if you refuse to do as I say, I’ll have no other option

thought you

the truth is, I 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, it’s

had put me in this difficult situation. Why did he

don’t even understand why you find this situation so challenging. You hate

1.”

why we agreed that we would

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

“How?”

questions,” he replied curtly. “Just do as

so heartless?”

“Being good only brings pain, just like when you were married to that

when he reached the stairs, he stopped, turned around, and asked, “Is there any

I answered, feeling

He smirked, gesturing

sigh and

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

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, I sat up

well.

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