The Love From Vengeance

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LUKE’S POV

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After taking the document from her hands, I gazed at it and then looked up to meet her eyes. She seemed to be on the verge of tears, her sad expression tugging at my conscience. I couldn’t understand why she was putting herself through this, knowing she would end up in

tears.

As I tossed the divorce paper on the table, I lit up a cigarette and blew the smoke in her direction. She coughed, clearly not enjoying the secondhand smoke, but I didn’t care. She had taken things too far, and I was not going to let her get away with it.

“You’ve played your little game long enough,” I sneered, blowing another puff of smoke in her face. She coughed again and stepped back, but I grabbed her hands and pulled her towards

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Her body pressed against mine, and I held her chin, my gaze roaming over her body, which was barely covered by her robe. I pushed her away forcefully, and she stumbled, but managed to maintain her balance.

This whole situation was strange and unexpected. Ariel had always loved me, even though I never reciprocated her feelings. I didn’t want anything to do with her family, who were nothing but gold diggers and thieves. But circumstances had forced me to marry her.

And now she was standing in front of me with divorce papers, as if she had planned this all along. She should be grateful that I even touched her, something I never wanted to do. But I had been drinking with my friends at the bar, and things had gotten out of hand. It wasn’t until I took a shower that I regained my senses and realized the consequences of my actions. She could get pregnant from the activity we just carried out.

But it was clear that she was going insane, and this was not something her family wanted. They were enjoying all the benefits of my wealth, so why would they want the marriage to end?

“What are you plotting now?” I asked, giving her a serious look

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She met my gaze and said with determination, “I’m not plotting anything. I just want a divorce.”

I chuckled, not believing her for a second. “Are you sure about that?”

She let out a deep sigh. “Yes, I can’t continue living like this.”

“Don’t blame me; you got yourself into this mess. If you hadn’t come into my life, you wouldn’t be feeling so broken right now,” I retorted, blowing another puff of smoke in her face. She flinched and turned her head away.

it,” she said, her voice breaking. I could see the tears in her eyes, but she quickly wiped them away. “You’ve made my life a living hell,

of guilt. I had always enjoyed seeing her suffer, but now it

and handed me the

the situation, but I wasn’t going to let her know that. So I grabbed

you really think I won’t sign this?” I

I chuckled, shaking my head, and then signed the papers,

the floor. I grabbed my wallet and took out a card, throwing it at her as well. “Consider this payment for your

stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind me. She could go to hell for

her

done with work and exhausted and drained out, I drove to the Sun House. Just so you know, i didn’t spend the night with Ariel last night. After that conversation,

are going to pay my grandfather a visit. It was something we did once in

where my grandfather resided. It was a nice place for someone to

was supposed to be bidding patiently for me; that was how we

and then I halted her. “Where’s

me cautiously, but then she answered. “Mrs. Reynold hasn’t arrived yet; should I call her on the phone?”

to my question. ” There’s no need for that; you may go.” I dismissed her, and she left my

had not diminished his handsomeness, and his passion for gardening had only grown since his retirement.

with an uncharacteristically stern expression. He scanned the area, as if looking for someone, and I followed suit, confused by his behavior.

asked, locking

“She was with me at my apartment last

can at me, I dodged it

do?” I

scanning the yard. His friends, former

away. As we walked, I noticed his friends staring at me,

for the scandal?” he snarled once we were inside the house. I was still lost, trying to comprehend what

I asked.

to a table, grabbed his phone, and

the phone. The headline read, ” Golden–Award Winning Actress Harriet Donald’s Mysterious Boyfriend Revealed: Luke Reynold!” Accompanying the article was a photo of Harriet and me having dinner a

ago.

dinner, but the photo made it look like we were kissing. In reality, I had only been helping her keep her balance after she stumbled. Harriet was my girlfriend, the woman I loved and wanted to spend my

this to me?” my grandfather demanded,

I was still with Harriet, He was unpredictable, and

and hurling it at me. I managed to dodge it, but it shattered on the

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family, not while I’m alive!” he