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?