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    ARIEL’S POV


    Andre and I stood close, as Luke’s re was still directed at us. He was silent, but that silence said a


    lot of things. An intense rage right there, he was burning with. If looks could kill, Andre and I would


    have probably been dead by now.


    And I didn’t know why I just felt scared, but this was really kind of crazy. He was just sleeping minutes


    ago. How on earth did he wake up, and get down here in a sh? Well, that didn’t matter anyway. At


    the moment, I just wished that this husband of mine wasn’t going to let his anger get the best of him.


    Cause if he did, the situation might get out of hand, with someone ending up at the hospital in the end.


    Draw your mind back to when this man caught Michael and Rose having sex at his ce of work. Also


    when he saw me with Daniel. What were the results? All concluding with violence, wounds, and I didn’t


    like that one bit. His anger had him transfiguring into a wild dog, or a lion in fact. A cold–blooded wolf,


    ready to wound someone with its fangs, and would let the paine in right there, with screams of


    torture.


    Not that I was scared of what he would do to me. I was scared of what he might do to Andre. The man


    could be a lunatic in situations like this. And I was pretty sure Andre wouldn’t want to fight back, if


    perhaps, a brawlmenced. He was the type of person who loved making peace, using words of


    tranquility. And never adored violent actions.


    “Wow. Look at what we have here. Two little love birds expressing their feelings, with their hands


    together,” Luke uttered slowly, although his menacing look had


    note to an end.


    He was trying to act chill. But it was crystal clear he was burning as hell on the inside. I didn’t know why


    he had that face on, if we was iming to hate me so much. No passion for me, right? So what was


    with the re, Mr.?


    That was why I had to say that I was really confused sometimes. No doubt. His actions moved


    differently, his words remained the same. But I had a feeling. Yes, I had a feeling that a spark was right


    there.


    Right now, these thoughts shouldn’t even be revolving in my head, cause I knew a wrestling match was


    about to take ce. Well, it was more like a one–sided violence crap. Yeah, and I hoped for that not to


    transpire.


    *“What are you doing here, Andre?” Luke took a step forward. “And what is this


    nonsense that I see you’re carrying out with my wife?”


    “It’s not what you think, okay?” Andre tried to defend.


    “Don’t tell me that. You’re standing right there, holding hands with my wife. What the fuck, man!”


    “Just calm down, Luke,” I entered the conversation. “Andre was just telling me a few things.”


    “Like what? How he was going to screw you?”


    I swallowed my saliva hardly. “Okay, that was really disrespectful.”


    “Are you going to deny the fact now, that you two don’t have something going on?” Luke crossed his


    arms, around his chest.


    “No. We’re just friends.” Andre replied coldly. He too was getting annoyed with the situation. But one


    thing I loved about him, was that he had self–control. You could diss his mother, or curse his father, and


    he would still ignore you, like you’re not even existing in the world.


    Luke raised an eyebrow, just finding a way to spit shit, even when he knew his words were trash. “I can


    see that. The type of friends who make love with each other every single day. Right now, I can even


    picture how you keep letting yourself get screwed by this good–for–nothing man.”


    “You need to watch your mouth, Luke. Don’t you think it’s too early to be doing this?” I snapped.


    “Calm down, Ariel,” Andre told me inaudibly.


    “And don’t you think it’s too early to be catching feelings? You know what? You can just get in that car


    right now, and let this idiot take you to wherever he wants, so he can bang the living soul out of you.”


    I sighed, shaking my head. “I can’t take this any longer.”


    “Then go have some fun.” Luke smirked.


    “I’ll be leaving now, Ariel. You can invite him to the party if you want,” Andre said, irritated but yet,


    chose to keep his face normal. He got into his car, and drove away.


    I turned back to Luke, ring at him. “Are you happy now?”


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    He refused to give me an answer, ignoring me, and then, he made his way back inside his enclosure.


    This man was clearly unbelievable. He spoke without thinking, acting like a little kid sometimes. It was


    clear that he was kind of jealous. But why would he be?


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    So here I was, at work, sitting back in my chair, taking a moment to unwind amid the office hustle. My


    phone rang, and I picked it up.


    “Hello, can I know who’s talking?” I asked


    “Hey, Ariel, it’s David.”


    “Oh David!” I eximed, stretching my arms wide, yawning. I didn’t know if I was kind of sleepy. And by


    the way, he was someone I was working with, on a project.


    “Can I please know why you’ve called?” I cleaned my eyes pretty well.


    I wanted to chat about our uing project,” he replied.


    “Sure, what’s on your mind?”


    “I think we should focus on expanding ourwork for this project. It could really help us grow.”


    I yawned again. “I agree. Building a strongwork can open up opportunities for us. How do you think


    we should approach it?”


    “I was thinking we could start by reaching out to industry events and setting up meetings with potential


    partners,” he proposed.


    “That sounds like a solid n,” I replied, cleaning my eyes. “We’ll need to be strategic about who we


    connect with and how we present our project. It’s all about building mutually beneficial rtionships.”


    All these I said, in a drowsy mode.


    The door opened, and Daniel entered the office. I didn’t give him a nice look one


    bit.


    “Excuse me, David. I have some things to take care of, right now. We’ll talkter.”


    “Okay, Ariel. But just….”


    I hung up before he couldplete his sentence. A the moment, I had a situation that needed to be


    handled. Daniel just loved barging into my office, like he was the owner of thepany. It was really


    annoying, and where were those useless workers of mine?


    “What are you doing here?” I aksed Daniel, dropping my phone on the desk.


    He was just staring at me, walking in my direction. And his silence had me a little *bit scared. What the


    hell was going on in his head right now? I was very curious


    to know.


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    When he got close to me, he fixed his hands on my desk, looking me in the eyes, like this was a staring


    contest, or something. Or was this the first time that he was seeing a beauty like this?


    I had no option but to re at him. “Hey, aren’t you…”


    He shut me up immediately, covering my mouth with his hand. This was definitely not normal.


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