The Love From Vengeance

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LUKE’S POV

I couldn’t believe my eyes. This little kid was threatening me with a gun. What was he even thinking? That I would get down on my knees and start begging him? Hell no

“Are you bein

you being serious right now?” I asked Todd, who still had his gun pointed at me.

“Todd, drop the gun,” Tiffany told him.

“Sis, this man don’t deserve you. Let’s just blow his brain off.”

“You do know who you’re messing with, right?” I arched one of my eyebrows.

“Who the fuck are you?” Todd barked, not taking his gun down.

“I don’t have to speak much. Just know that you don’t want to be messing with one of the notable billionaires in New Haven.”

“Just drop the gun for crying out loud!” Tiffany shrieked and snatched the gun from his hand. Well, that’s someone with senses.

Tiffany fixed her eyes on me. “I’m sorry, I had no idea my brother was going to….

“It’s okay,” I told her. “But what do you expect when you got a gangster by your side?”

“Bullshit!” Todd snarled, he glanced a his sister. “You’re apologizing to this man?”

“Just be quiet, will you?” Tiffany gave him a cold stare. He angrily turned his face away. Tiffany looked at me. “I’m not forcing anything here, Luke. You just have to tell me, you need to be honest with me.”

“Yes, and I am being honest here. I’m sorry for breaking your heart.”

“It’s okay,” she said underneath her breath.

“No it’s not,” I said immediately. “I was a fool, I did shit to you, caused pain, but I’m really sorry. I’ve been a terrible guy, no doubt about that. Ariel can testify, but lately, I’ve been changing. And now we can’t change the past. The deed has already been done, the pain has already filled our hearts, and we’ve been broken. We just have to look forward to the future, we got to focus on the present,

and

I got this baby, and I’ll take

that you still care, I was afraid that you were going to abandon me, and this child I’m carrying. I know, iny parents are wealthy, but I still need support. A child needs to know the father, right?” She laughed, even in the pain. “I’m not going to keep on chasing you. You have a wife, you have a life,

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“I promise. Now

faintly, a fake one though. “You can take care of yourself. I’ll be leaving

“Yeah,

and shook hands with her. “We’re still friends.” We hugged. No doubt Tiffany was hurt, broken. And it was all my fault. But I couldn’t marry her, wouldn’t be possible. A promise had already been

of yourself, okay?” Tiffany told me after we had both let go of each other. She tapped my

he was glaring at me,

for her. Being friends wouldn’t

inside the house, walking straight to my room. I saw Ariel getting dressed, she looked really pretty in the dress she was wearing. At the moment,

now?” I asked, moving closer

I kind of

others, won’t you be joining them at work?” I quizzed, but she

looking at herself in the room, now applying some lipstick. “The man that came to visit you, what

Absolutely nothing,” she

sure about that?”

asking me this?” Ariel turned

like

shook her head, ignoring me, walking towards

just going to walk out like

and left. Like, what

ARIEL’S POV

the road, I pulled up to my mother’s new house. No doubt, It had been a while since I had seen her.

breath and got out of my car, making my

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me from the garden.

the backyard, dear!” her voice echoed back.