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?”

You’re going to start

seen?”

what I’m talking about. I

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finish that

“You totally

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

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

I turned around to see him

me,

act like a normal human being right now?” I rolled my eyes at him.

I can’t help it if you have a nice view,” he

head, trying to hide my smile.

into the kitchen behind me.

to gather ingredients when he suddenly asked, “So, can you

my mouth agape. “Did you

me innocently. “What? I’m

was informed about the whole Lukel stuff, and that was how that chapter ended. Well, the thing here was that I

that you were the one who refused to let me cook for you? But still, you don’t know if I can cook or

shrugged. “I never really asked before.”

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

past is

and suspired after that. “Well, I can cook. I’m not a master

but I can whip

had no idea.” His tone

my arms, staring at him. “How did you think I

you ate takeout or frozen

a fake smile. “How nice. I’m not that useless, you

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

what, huh?” I asked,

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you could cook.”

talked about something like this.” Larched

raising both of his brows, and I

shaking my head. “Well, now

his arms around me from

warmth and love enveloping me. “You’re

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

closed my eyes, feeling his soft kisses on my neck. “I would punch you in the stomach, push you to the floor, and smack

I see. That would be really wild, you know.”

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