The Love From Vengeance

191: VISIT

LUKE’S POV

After waking up to the sound of my alarm blaring in my ear, I groaned and rolled over, trying to ignore the annoying noise. But then I remembered that I had some things that needed to be done as soon as possible.

The night had been tough; I had a lot to think about. I had a lot going on in my mind. My workplace was destroyed–a building my grandfather put so much effort into working on. And on the other hand, Ariel’s son was killed, who happened to be my son as well. It was sad that I couldn’t even spend time with him. And Ariel didn’t arrive home last night. I wondered where she must be right now.

I quickly made my way to the bathroom, splashing cold water on my face to help wake me up. As I stood in front of the mirror, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of dread wash over me. This job interview was for my dream job, and I couldn’t afford to mess it up.

I turned on the shower, letting the hot water soothe my tense muscles. As I washed myself, I couldn’t stop my mind from racing. I hoped Ariel was fine. She was so upset with me yesterday that I could tell she would have stabbed me if she had a knife in her hand. But it didn’t make sense. How could she just come and accuse me of killing her son when she wasn’t even present in the building at the time

got shot? It was like a movie with a bad script; it really had me perplexed, honestly.

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After showering, I wrapped a towel around my waist and returned to my bedroom. I quickly rummaged through my closet, trying to find a suit for today. I finally settled on a navy blue one.

As I was getting dressed, my phone rang. I glanced at the caller ID and saw that it was Jack. I debated whether to answer it or not. It was about business, and I didn’t want anything distracting me. I just wanted to look for Ariel. I hoped she’d be fine wherever she was at the moment. My phone kept ringing, so I answered it.

“Hey, Jack. How’s it going?”

“I’m the one who should be asking you that, sir. The building, aren’t we going to get a new one done?”

“You do know that’s not the only building of The Smiths here in New England, right?”

“I know, sir. But remember that this is something your grandfather worked on. It’s been ruined, and now we have to fix everything.”

“I know that, Jack. That’s why I’m leaving you in charge of that.”

me in charge of that,

me for so many years. And you’ve helped a lot in boosting the success of this business. Even though

“Thank you,

boss.”

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you need help with this project

sir. I promise it’s going to be a success,” he

a success. We just need to be careful. Assign security to every other location of

do that right away, sir.”

was no need to grab a briefcase or look at myself in the mirror. There would be no time for

the gate and straight to my car. I drove to Ariel’s mother’s apartment. And the moment I got out of my car, I saw her, Sydney Walker, leaving her house. She locked her door, and the moment she paused, she turned around. Yes, that was

halted, not taking her eyes off me. I walked in her direction, not taking my eyes off her as well. I got close, and we still couldn’t put an end to the gaze. Of course, the two of us barely talked. But right now, I was in no mood

didn’t know you were coming.”

sighed. “I didn’t want this myself, but what can

problem? Is

heard what

confused face. “What? Did something bad happen?”

daughter’s son died last night.”

Hold on, Ariel has

no idea why she refused to tell you. But she has a son, and

can’t believe it,” Sidney said under her breath. “Ariel has kids and didn’t tell me about it,”

son; he’s

“That’s terrible.”

know the most painful part? She’s accusing me of killing

immediately. “Why exactly? Did you