The Love From Vengeance

223: KNOW THIS

ARIEL’S POV

Right here at this party, Andre and I stood close to each other, still discussing. The music was loud but needed to be more clamorous to cease our conversation. I had told Andre about Laura and how she

saved me. But now I was about to bring everything out to him. Everything that led to this situation, where Lukel was no more, and Janice was nowhere to be found, And Luke? I shouldn’t even be talking about that scumbag.

“You see, a year ago, I was working with Mason to ruin Luke,” I started after I had taken a deep breath. “We had a plan to bring him down, but at the last minute, I couldn’t go through with it. I couldn’t bear the thought of ruining someone’s life like that.”

Andre’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “But why were you working with Mason in the first place?”

I let out a bitter laugh. “Because vengeance consumed me. Luke had wronged me in the past, and I wanted to make him pay. But I couldn’t do it when the time came to carry out the plan.”

“So what happened?” Andre pressed, his eyes never leaving mine.

“Mason was furious. He decided he would take matters into his own hands. And he did.” I spoke and exhaled deeply. “He went ahead to leave me broken, bringing so much pain to me, messing with my

children.”

There was a moment of stunned silence before Andre spoke again. “What? Why would he do something like that?”

“Because I backed out of the plan. He wanted to teach me a lesson. And he succeeded.” My tone was filled with anger and sadness.

I took a deep breath and continued. “But that wasn’t the end of it. Mason was the one who set Luke’s company on fire. And he also sent Harriet to kidnap my daughter.‘

“Wait a minute. Did my brother do all these?”

I nodded. “Yes, he’s a monster.”

“Wow, that’s just surprising. Yes, Mason was a psychopath and annoying. But I genuinely had no idea he would do something so baleful.”

“Hmm, well, you know now. Mason is really dangerous, and now I have to go find my daughter before things get out of hand.”

“You want to find your daughter?”

“Yes,” I replied.

“Are you really sure about that?”

“Of course. Why are you asking?”

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were serious about finding your daughter,

right now.‘

for the lecture, sir.”

be pointless. So, did Mason kill your

Although

didn’t, then

“Luke,” I replied.

“Luke?”

Luke. He was the one who

face. “How do

someone told

you be sure that Luke killed your son? You shouldn’t just believe what someone tells you, especially in a situation like

this gut feeling. It was clear why he

Are you being real now? Someone told you Luke killed his son, and you believed that? I mean,

you think you can change my thoughts about Luke, you’re

reached out to hold my hand. “I understand that you’re hurting, and you want someone to blame. But you can’t

André. I need to be strong

you have any idea

I’m afraid

we need to find her. We’ll figure

right. But hey, do you remember this one time when you said you had lost someone close to you?” I asked, trying to jog his

a moment. “Why are

But I really need to know since no one in your family mentioned it. Who was this person?”

want to

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shrugged. “Well, if you don’t want

my girlfriend back in college,” he said immediately, letting out a deep sigh. “Her

these years of knowing André, I had never heard him mention a girlfriend named Cherry. He never even had a girlfriend. But, of

André.

misty. “Apparently, she died due to a

had no idea. I’m

small smile. “It’s okay, Ariel. It happened a

to tell me about her?” I fixed my hand on his shoulder, wanting to know more about

had the most beautiful smile. It was infectious, and I couldn’t help but smile whenever I saw her. She had this laughter that was like music to