222: OPENED EYES, IN THE DARK

LUKE’S POV

Feeling someone’s fingers on my shoulder, I turned around. I didn’t even get to see whose face it was because I was immediately slammed in the face, and only God knows what. Everywhere turned black.

The world’s best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or touched. They must be felt with the

heart. Helen Keller.

ARIEL’S POV

“You were lucky my men didn’t kill you. Those guys were fools to not get the job done,” Mason

vocalized.

“You bastard. Do you think you can get rid of me? Just wait till I make you bleed, till I torture you. Talk, I will make you pay for everything you did.”

Mason chuckled. “I can’t wait. This is going to be like a Netflix movie, right?”

“You think I’m joking with you?”

“Nah, I just don’t consider what you’re saying to be serious. One thing I had to find out about you is that you’re simply a person of words, not actions. I remember you saying you’d get Luke to sign those divorce papers. What happened? You did nothing.”

I chuckled. “Have you ever wondered what happened to your friend?”

“Who is that? Which friend are you talking about?”

“Harriet,” I replied.

“Harriet? What have you done to her?”

“Let’s just say I put her in her place. You’ll join soon.”

“I wish. I mean, come on, you can kill Harriet if you want; that’s none of my business. Just don’t come doing shit, alright?”

him back before waking up. I stood close to the

I be of help to you?” One of the servers

a drink, please.”

you say,

up. It took some minutes before he returned with a glass of water and handed it

you,” was what I told

welcome. By the way, my

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but… okay.” I took a sip of my drink and let out a

else?” He asked, his palms fixed together. I shook my head and

sure of it, beautiful,” George said with a wink.

my eyes. The last thing I needed was someone flirting with me. Like, did this guy think this

you supposed to be mingling with the guests?”

from me.

break for a little while,” he replied,

raised an eyebrow. “Isn’t that against your job description?”

“I’ll make an exception for a beautiful woman like

smile at his persistence. He was cute, I had to admit, but hell no, I was not going to

George. I appreciate the attention, but I’m not here to

don’t want to chat with me because I’m

eyebrow. “That’s what

Well,

room. I saw Mason across the room, laughing and chatting with some guests. I had no idea the scumbag could relate to people like that. I continued to watch him, glaring. His eyes would meet mine, and he would notice the look I was giving him. But he would smirk and turn his face away, back to the people he

everyone looking absolutely stunning in different designs. I was trying to see

around at that very moment. It was André. It had actually been quite a while since I saw his face. Now, here

his pockets. “So tell me, where have you been all

“Far from here.”

why did you leave like that? Or is

LUKE’S POV

EYES, IN

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