The Love From Vengeance

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ARIEL’S POV

I snuggled closer to Luke, my head resting on his chest. The rhythmic sound of his heartbeat lulled me into a state of tranquility. I traced circles on his bare chest with my fingers, feeling the warmth of his skin under my touch. The lovely and exhausting moment was still in my head, and indeed, it was times like these that made all the chaos and stress of life disappear. I close my eyes and take a deep breath, savoring and soaking up every bit of this blissful moment.

“So, how was work today?” Luke asked, caressing my hair.

“Just normal. Nothing remarkable. What about you? Your day’s been going great, right?”

Luke chuckled. “I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Why not?” I glanced at him.

“It was really complicated, and somehow unbelievable.”

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“Somehow unbelievable? What do you mean by that?”

Luke looked at me for a few seconds. “Did you join the police force?”

“No. Why are you asking?”

“Because you’re trying to act like a detective right now.”

I laughed. “Okay, that is so crazy.”

“You know you’ve always been crazy.” He taunted, his lips curving into a smirk.

“A sweet psychopath, I know that,” I stated, getting up from the bed and getting dressed. Luke was

just smiling, staring at me. “Now, if you don’t mind, I’ll be on my way to the kitchen.”

“To the kitchen? Why exactly?” Luke raised an eyebrow.

“That’s a dumb question, you know.”

“No, it’s not.”

“Yes, it is!” I blurted. “I mean, what do people do in the kitchen?”

“They have sex,” Luke replied with a grin.

“Oh my goodness,” I said inaudibly, hitting my face softly.

“What?”

set my eyes on him. “Seriously? You’re going to start talking nonsense right

seen?”

on, Ariel. You do know what

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the sake of Pornhub, do not finish that sentence.” I cut him

his fingers. “You totally

deep sigh. “You know what? Let’s just put an end to this conversation. I

him and left the room. Walking towards the kitchen,

to see

me,

a normal human being right now?” I rolled my eyes

help it if you have a

to hide my smile.

into the kitchen

to gather ingredients when he suddenly asked, “So,

my mouth agape. “Did you

looked at me innocently. “What?

He never really made me prepare food for him, but I wanted to do that yesterday until I was informed about the whole Lukel stuff, and that was how that chapter ended. Well, the thing here was

who refused to let me cook

“I never really

you don’t seem to have forgotten about those

“The past is the

that. “Well, I can cook. I’m not a master chef or

but I can whip up a

no idea.”

crossed my arms, staring at him. “How did you think I survived all these years, huh?”

chuckled. “I always thought you ate takeout or frozen

him a fake smile. “How nice. I’m not

his hands up in defense. “Hey, I didn’t mean it like

what, huh?” I asked, crossing my

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know you could cook.”

thought we talked about something

and I nodded. He shrugged, saying, “I can’t

chuckled, shaking my head. “Well, now

arms

his warmth and love enveloping me. “You’re lucky I’m in a good mood right

my neck. “If you were in a bad mood, what were you going to do, huh?”

“I would punch you in the stomach, push you to the floor, and smack your head repeatedly.”

you know.” His lips continued to move

around his neck. “Now, let’s get serious