383: DESTINY'S CALL

ARIEL'S POV "You think you know everything, don't you?" I barked at Luke, my voice rising with each word. "Well, let me tell you something, Luke Reynold. You don't know the first thing about me, about my family, or about the sacrifices we've made just to survive. "And what sacrifices are those, huh? Please, put an end to this fake story. I don't want to even hear another nonsense coming out of your mouth. You and your good-for-nothing family have been golddiggers since the dawn of time. Don't say anything further." "That's a lie! And it's so fucked up that you would spit such nonsense! My parents have worked themselves to the bone, just to put food on the table and a roof over our heads. We've faced hardships that you couldn't even begin to imagine, and yet you have the audacity to stand there and judge me based on your own misguided assumptions." "I'm not judging you, Ariel," he muttered, his voice barely above a whisper. "I'm just... frustrated." The vulnerability in his tone ca