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?”

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

seen?”

on, Ariel. You do know what I’m talking about. I mean, haven’t

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finish that sentence.”

snapped his fingers. “You totally

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

acting like he didn’t hear me. I ignored him and left the room. Walking towards the kitchen, I realized he was following me, smiling mischievously. I could

around to see

me,

Luke? Can’t you just act like a normal human being right now?” I rolled my eyes at

you have a nice view,” he

shook my head, trying to hide my smile.

walking into the kitchen behind

when he suddenly asked, “So, can you cook?”

staring at him with my mouth agape. “Did you

innocently.

he was asking me this. 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 that I could cook, but Luke never wanted to taste my

to let me cook for you? But still, you don’t know if

never really

Mr. Billionaire, you don’t seem to have forgotten

“The past is the past.”

head in silence and suspired after that. “Well, I can cook. I’m not a master chef or

can whip up a decent

I had no idea.” His

did you think I survived all these years, huh?”

chuckled. “I always thought you ate takeout or frozen meals.”

“How nice. I’m not that

“Hey, I didn’t mean it like that.

I asked,

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something like this.” Larched an

and I

“Well, now you know. Are you

arms around me

but smile, feeling his warmth and love enveloping

He whispered, kissing my neck. “If you were in a bad mood,

would punch you

That would be really wild, you know.”

around in his arms, wrapping mine around his neck. “Now, let’s get serious around here. I don’t want to burn