372: TANGLED

ARIEL’S POV

“Ariel, please try to understand. We never wanted to hurt you. We just thought we were doing what was best for the family.” My mother continued to plead with me.

I pulled away from her touch. “Well, you were wrong, Mom. Dead wrong. “And now I have to suffer the consequences of your mistake.”

“Ariel, just understand that this is all worth it. We can’t go down and let the business fall. This is the only option we have, and it’s the one that’s going to make our lives better than

ever.”

“You keep saying that, Mom, but it doesn’t change anything. You and Dad made a decision about my

life without even consulting me. How can you expect me to just accept that?”

She mirrored my anguish. “Ariel, please, I know we made a mistake. But we were just trying to do what we thought was best for the family. Can’t you see that?”

I shook my head, the pain cutting deep. “I don’t care about the family right now, Mom. All I care about is my own happiness and my own future.”

Before she could respond, a maid entered the room carrying a tray of food. I glared at her, my anger boiling over. “I said I’m not hungry!”

But the maid hesitated, her eyes filled with concern. “Miss Ariel, please; you need to eat something. It’s not good for you to starve yourself like this.”

I felt a surge of irrational anger, and before I could stop myself, I lashed out, swatting the tray away. The food was scattered across the floor, with the plate clattering loudly against.

the tiles.

“Leave me alone!” I shouted loudly in so much rage.

The maid recoiled, her eyes wide with shock. “I’m sorry, Miss Ariel. I didn’t mean to upset

you.”

solitude to ponder over the chaos of my

out of the room, and I sank back onto the edge of my

gone so wrong? And most importantly, how was I going to

Ariel.“I’m going to leave you for now.” My mother stood up from the

care of yourself,” she added.

she turned to leave, something inside me snapped.

in her eyes. But I knew I had to be

family anymore,” I said, each word heavy with

up my hand, cutting her off before she could say

me. “I can’t stay here and pretend like everything is

eyes, but I hardened my heart against the pain

hurt.

whispered, my voice barely audible. “But I

that, I turned away from her, unable to bear the weight of her disappointment

left the room, and I felt a sense of liberation revolve within me, going on with sadness for what could have been. But deep down, I knew for a fact that I was making the right decision, no

LUKE’S POV

of the

could reach my office. His expression

someone waiting for you in your office,” he said,

an eyebrow, a sense of foreboding settling in the pit of my stomach. “Who

before answering,

be a pleasant visit, not after everything that had been happening for the past two days.

somehow; things weren’t how they used to be.

Jack and headed towards my office, steeling

the door, and the sight that greeted me only fueled my growing anger.

my desk, his stern gaze fixed on me, while Ariel’s father stood beside

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