The Love From Vengeance

99 SHOPPING SPREE

ARIEL’S POV

The voice was very clear to me, and no doubt that it was Mason. He had obviously come to remind me of the deadline. Well, I didn’t forget about that. I needed to be close to Luke, being by his side all times now, if I wanted him to sign those documents.

This used to be what I had pictured in my mind all these years. Revenge, bringing hell back to him just as he did to me. When I submerged in pain, the tears coming out of my eyes like how the rain dropped down. And the feelings were harder than rocks, had me broken like shattered glasses. Thankfully, those days were no more. As I had said, this used to be what I wanted; intense passion for vengeance. Yes, that used to dwell within me. And my heart was really hard after those terrible moments, that no one could break it, nor hurt my feelings, unless you were threatening me with my children. But no one did that in the past years, until Mason came to change everything. But let’s not go further in that.

This was not the Luke I used to know. That version of Luke was baleful, cold- blooded, and he was consistently infuriated with me each second. I noticed the change when I came back to The United States, right here in New Haven. But I concealed those thoughts, never letting them break free.

But now, with all the actions seen, and the millions of words spoken so far. I could see that his change had gotten to a whole new level. It was kind of a good thing, but a bad thing for me, because these feats of his, was deliberately

softening me, and I never wished for that.

“Mason?” I uttered, sort of low, with my phone still pressed against my ear.

“Yes, it’s me, Ariel. How have you been doing?”

I looked around, trying to see if I could catch sight of him, since it was obvious that he was around here, somewhere.

“Don’t start looking, Ariel. Trust me, you’re not going to see me.”

“Why are you calling now?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” He laughed. “I’m just calling to remind you about our plan.”

“Well, you don’t need to remind me. I haven’t forgotten.”

“I never said you’ve forgotten. I just want to make it clear to you, that those ‘feelings of yours, you better terminate them, or keep them somewhere else. We’ve gotten this far, and I don’t want anything ruining this plan.”

“And who told you I have feelings, huh?” I asked, my tone becoming louder.

staring at me, and when I glimpsed at Luke, I discerned how he

from my dire discerned how he was

some certain things that we see and know, without the person actually realizing it. And this is clearly your case around here. But you can keep lying to me, deceiving yourself, I don’t care. Just don’t do anything stupid that’s

can you please give me a break?”

laugh. “If I do, you might just let your feelings get the best of you. So I need to keep reminding you, that your children’s lives are on the line here.”

about anything. I’ll get those documents signed within the period of time you

good of you,” he said, and hung

those of Luke’s. How he was staring at me, with curiosity

my hand, looking up at me.

I answered underneath my breath, with a smile. “We

exclaimed, and traipsed forward, dragging me along. We walked past Luke, and he

out loudly, scanning everywhere, in the huge mall

it was more of Luke’s idea. This had to be the greatest shopping mall in New Haven, with the clothes being surpassingly expensive. This was

with high–end stores and luxurious decorations. The ceiling soared above us,

believed this used to be a usual location for Harriet when she and Luke were still a thing. It’s so sad they were no longer together. Yeah right, who am

big! I’ve never been to a mall like this before.”

was filled with wonder.

thought you might like to see all the beautiful things in the mall. Well,

at him. “You must be feeling

everything in this mall. You can have anything you want. You’re

eyes darted from one glamorous display to

on Luke’s face could show how he was feeling so proud of himself for bringing us

a window display, showcasing a stunning array of princess dresses. “Look at these dresses, they’re so pretty. Can we go in and see

softly. “Of course, Abi. Let’s get a closer

the sight of the elegant gowns. She

wish I could try one,” she said

“Would you like to try one