The Love From Vengeance

Chapter 144

144 RECOGNIZED

ARIEL’S POV

“I’ve been searching everywhere for you Luke. Where have you been?” I asked Luke, my arms crossed. He was standing next to this familiar face. Couldn’t care about her.

“I just decided to take a stroll, you know, getting some fresh air and taking a good view at people as they move around,” Luke replied, smirking.

“You’re not supposed to do that. The nurse said…”

“That I’m not that strong yet, deep wound, and I should stay in the hospital for a few days. Yes, yes, I get it. But come on, Ariel. I’m not a little kid. I have everything under control. I mean look at me now, standing strong.”

“You got admitted into the hospital? What happened to you?” The woman asked Luke, making a worried face.

Luke glanced at her promptly. “Oh, you’re concerned now? We were talking and you couldn’t even recognize my wounded face.”

“Who is she?” I asked him.

“Oh, she’s just a friend.”

“Yeah whatever. You too can have your lovely moment. I’ll be leaving, and do not forget about what I told you, Luke. I’ll see you later.” She walked away forthwith.

Luke turned back to me. “So, why were you looking for me?”

“Don’t ask me that. You better follow me back to the hospital.”

“And what if I don’t?”

punch on your stomach.”

seriously going

“Oh

I’m joking?” I chuckled. “Like seriously, you think I can’t do that? Are you underestimating

don’t think underestimate is the

up. Now come on, let’s go.” I held his hand and was

him along. But things went the opposite way.

pulled me closer, and I could feel

see something that reflected in his mesmerizing gaze. The way he smiled at me, It was like he could see straight into my soul, what was revolving within me. In that moment, it was as if time stood still and all that mattered was this onnection we shared. Our gaze lingered on, neither of us

horn at us. “Hey you two! Can’t you

“But we’re not standing at the road. And by the way, we’re at the right spot for people to

have manners?”

to fire back, but Luke interrupted, “And if you try to talk one more shit. I’ll come straight to you and beat you up,

his wife before hitting the road. Now,

and we both began to tread, making our way back to the

*****

MASON’S POV

the aroma of freshly brewed coffee lingering in the crisp morning air. As I walked down the street, a flood

as I replayed the moment I almost cheated on Sofie. The guilt gnawed at my conscience like a relentless beast, devouring any semblance of

myself standing at a crossroad, both literally and metaphorically. The bustling city traffic mirrored the chaotic whirlwind of emotions inside me. My

mind. Her warm smile, her

wind, hoping against hope that somehow she could hear me, that somehow she could forgive me. But deep down, I knew that forgiveness, from her or from

the last, the weight of my mistakes dragging me down into an abyss of self–loathing. The bustling city seemed to

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