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?”

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

seen?”

on, Ariel. You do know what I’m

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finish that sentence.”

snapped his fingers. “You totally

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

room. Walking towards

turned around to see him staring

me,

you just act like a normal human being right now?” I rolled my eyes

if you have a

my head, trying to hide my smile.

he shrugged, walking into

he suddenly asked, “So, can you

my mouth agape. “Did you seriously just

at me innocently. “What?

Lukel stuff, and that was

the one who refused to let me

shrugged. “I never really

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

“The past

silence and suspired after that. “Well, I can cook. I’m

can whip up

had no idea.”

him. “How did you think I survived all these

“I always thought you ate

nice. I’m not that useless,

held his hands up in defense. “Hey, I

what, huh?” I asked, crossing my arms

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thought we talked about something

raising both of his brows, and I nodded. He shrugged, saying,

chuckled, shaking my head. “Well, now you

wrapping his arms around me from

but smile, feeling his warmth and love enveloping me. “You’re

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

feeling his soft kisses on my neck. “I would punch you in the

That would be really wild, you know.” His lips continued to move around my

let’s get serious around here. I don’t want to burn the