The Love From Vengeance (Ariel and Luke) novel Chapter 192

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LUKE’S POV 

“Of course, I heard. Your building was destroyed and burned down. I’m sorry for your loss, man.” Andre tapped me on the shoulder. 

“Yeah, it’s not just that,” I said in hushed tones. 

“What else? Did you lose someone close to you?” 

I sighed. “Yes. We weren’t that close, but he was my blood.” 

“And who’s that exactly?” 

I looked Andre in the eyes. “My son.” 

“Your son? Hold on a minute. Are you talking about Luke?” 

“Of course,” I answered, nodding. “I am talking about Lukel.” 

“Ariel finally told you everything.” 

“Indeed, she did.” 

“And wait right there. Are you trying to tell me that Luke is dead?” Andre continued with his questions. 

“Yes, he’s dead. It’s really painful, I know.” 

“How? And how come I wasn’t informed about this?” 

“I don’t know. You’ve probably been busy. I can tell that your whole family knows this.” 

“And how are you so sure about that?” 

“I’m not too sure. But you can ask them right now.” 

Andre shook his head, sighing. “You’re right. I did spend the night at a hotel yesterday. I got caught up with so much stuff. I’ve got a lot of projects at hand right now.” 

“You don’t have to tell me that.” 

“Yeah, you’re right. I don’t have to tell you that. But what about Ariel? If Lukel is dead, where is she? And what about Janice? Is she still alive?” 

“That I do not know,” I replied. 

“This isn’t good at all. Lukel, gone?” I could see the pain in Andre’s eyes. He stood still for a minute, his mind far from here. “Ariel must be so broken right now.” 

“I don’t know where she is.” 

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Andre set his eyes on me, “What do you mean you don’t know where she is? She is your wife, Luke. Your wife.” 

“Look, I know it’s not the perfect time to talk about this, but I believe you have an idea of my relationship with Ariel.” 

“So what? Both of you got married again. She came back to you. You guys were supposed to fix things with each other.” 

“If you were in my shoes, you’d probably understand my whole part of the story. But I’m not here to talk about that. I’m not here to argue, either. I came to ask if you’ve seen Ariel.” 

“Well, now you know she isn’t with me, and I have no idea where she is.” 

“I wasn’t done talking,” I told him, and I could tell he had to adjust his attitude. “Now, since you and I don’t know where Ariel is, why don’t we work together and search for her?” 

“Really? I have a lot of projects at hand right now, and.” 

“Isn’t Ariel worth more than those projects?” I cut him off. 

He gave me a cold stare. “I wasn’t done talking. But if I’m going to have to ditch all these meetings just for Ariel, then so be it.” 

“Okay, we got to get going now,” I told him and turned around. 

“But you have to promise me one thing.” 

I turned to him. “And what’s that?” 

“You’re going to have to love Ariel and treat her right. No heartbreaks or any painful sh*t. Got that?” 

I became quiet, but I turned around, not looking back at him. “We better get going. There’s no time to waste.” I walked away. 

I went to my car and waited for André there for a few minutes. I thought maybe he had already changed his mind about the search. But just when I was about to start my car, he opened the door and 

entered. 

“You took quite a long time there, didn’t you?” I started the car. 

“I had to make sure things would go smoothly at the company while I’m not around. No, Ariel, too. But I know I have people that I can count on.” 

“Yeah, I don’t care about that. You got your seatbelt on?” 

“Do I appear to be the type of child who needs to be reminded to fasten their seatbelt?” 

I wore a confused face. “Say what now?” 

“It’s nothing; just start driving.” His tone was as fast as lightning. Anyway, I began to drive. 

Minutes passed, and with me and Andre speeding through the streets of New Haven, the tension in 

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the car was palpable. My knuckles were white as I gripped the steering wheel, my eyes scanning everywhere for any sign of her. 

“Where do you think she could be?” Andre asked, his voice tight with worry. 

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“I don’t know, man,” I replied, my jaw set. “But we have to keep looking. She could be in trouble.” 

We drove through the city, checking all the different areas–cafés, bookstores, the park- just trying to get a positive result. But there was no sign of her. As we reached the outskirts of town, we decided to head towards the woods.