The Love From Vengeance

138 THE SHOCKING FEATS

LUKE’S POW

Opening my eyes, I saw Ariel right by my side. She looked pretty tired, but a smile was right there on her visage — a fragile one, actually. And I could still feel the pain within me. With the pain caused by that good for nothing witch, I could even wonder what had happened to her. But I shouldn’t care less. I could only feel sorry for the little girl I saw at the warehouse. Catherine, yes, that was her name. She was being raised by a monster, and I hoped she wasn’t living a life of lies the same way I did.

“You’re finally awake,” Ariel said, holding my hand. She cleaned her eyes, trying to wash away the drowsiness. “I’m really glad about that.”

“How long have I been here?” I asked, scanning the room.

“A few hours, I think. You don’t have to worry. You haven’t been in the hospital. You don’t have a coma or something.” She laughed, a little one, though, because her expression right now was the synonym of sad, whatever word you want to use. And it was really surprising to me. It was really surprising that she was this worried about me. Wow, tonight was really a night that I’ll never forget.

I let out a weary sigh, closing my eyes. I could still feel Ariel’s fingers intertwining with mine. The feeling was actually good. But the moment was quite confusing. It was as if our relationship had been filled with so much love before all of that terror happened.

“You should get some rest, don’t you think?” I suggested.

“I’ve been resting here the whole time,” she responded.

“No, you haven’t. You’ve been worried about me; am I not correct?”

“You are right about that. But anyway, I’m glad you’re okay.”

“You think something worse than this is going to happen?”

“Well, I was afraid you were going to die.”

“You shouldn’t be, just in case next time.”

“Are you wishing for someone to shoot you again?”

“Not really. But I have to be real with myself. My life is really complicated.”

“No doubt about that.” Ariel yawned, lying on the bed, right next to me. Her actions really shocked me. This was not something I expected.

at the same time, I didn’t want it to happen.

wondering how that scene took place. Apparently, I wasn’t ready to give in to this woman. I was about to spill the lovely words to her until those little children came along. And I didn’t think that would be happening

going to spend the night here.”

I will,” she answered softly, closing her eyes. And then she placed her hand on my chest. Another shocking feat. But I decided to

ARIEL’S POV

Yes, it was finally morning. I turned my eyes to Luke, who was still

and I was tired myself. I was not feeling too pretty, although I was putting on a ravishing dress. Work today would be cancelled, probably. I needed to go home

her

stirred nigher to Luke. “Did he….”

she suspired as she said, “Thank

going to need some time to recover,” the nurse said. “He’s lucky the bullet didn’t hit any vital organs, but the wound is

kind of treatment does he need?” I asked,

few days to monitor his condition and make sure there are no complications,” she explained. “We’ll also have to clean and dress the wound

mental notes of everything the nurse was saying. “Is there

else I should

easy for the next few weeks until the wound fully heals. And if he experiences any pain or discomfort, don’t hesitate to call for a nurse. We want to

nodded after the nurse vocalized those words. And then Lake woke up from his sleep. Opening his

nurse,

the nurse said, her hands fixed on her waist as she stared back

at Luke.

I asked Luke, sitting next

just a bit sore,” he replied. “What did the

in the hospital

“What the hell?!”

The nurse made a confused

I have important meetings today. And I think

Luke. You can’t argue with the nurse. Nothing is more important than your health

what now?” He