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?”

at Mason, I pushed him back before waking

you?” One of the servers greeted me with a

give me a

you say, right?”

before waking up. It took some minutes before he returned

what I told

the way, my name is George.

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I didn’t ask, but… okay.” I took a sip of my drink and let out

So, do you want anything else?” He asked, his palms fixed together. I shook my head

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

flirting with me. Like, did this

you supposed to be mingling with the guests?” I

from me.

for a little while,” he replied, leaning against the wall beside

that against

make an exception for a beautiful

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

appreciate the attention, but I’m not here to

me because I’m not in

an eyebrow.

“Nevermind, nevermind, I get it. Well, if you need anything,

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

eyes off him, looking around at the magnificent hall, everyone looking absolutely stunning in different designs. I was trying to see if I could spot Laura anywhere, but I didn’t catch sight of her. “Looking

very moment. It was André. It had actually been quite a while

hands fixed in his pockets. “So tell me,

“Far from here.”

Or is there some explanation for this? Did someone

LUKE’S POV

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