Billionaire, Let's Divorce! by BELLA

Chapter 0268

ANASTASIA

No.

My lips trembled as I took slow shaky steps back until my back softly hit the wall of the elevator. The cold. metal against my spine sent a shiver through my body, amplifying my growing sense of unease.

For a while, I just stared ahead, seeing nothing. The darkness seemed to press in from all sides, threatening to suffocate me. My chest was starting to constrict when I remembered my trainings on dealing with panic attacks and claustrophobia. I took a deep breath, trying to center myself.

First, light up the area.

I hastily reached into my bag for my phone, my fingers fumbling in the darkness. It took eons of my chaotic search to find the damn thing, and when I did, I almost burst into tears because it would not turn on. My heart raced as I frantically pressed the power button, silently pleading for it to work.

Aiden hit the door, the sudden sound making me jump. "Hello? Is anyone there?" His voice echoed in the small space, a mixture of concern and frustration evident in his tone.

I tried to power my phone again, my hands shaking. Relief flooded my body when it turned on and the faint brightness of my phone's screen lit up the area dimly. For a moment, hope surged within me. But my relief was short-lived when the empty battery icon came on, followed by the buzz sound before the screen went off, plunging us back into darkness.

I balled my trembling fingers into a fist and slowly slid down the wall, the rough texture of it catching on my clothes. Then I hugged my knees to my chest and tried to make myself as small as possible in the oppressive darkness.

nothing serious, I kept muttering under my breath as I rocked myself back and forth, even though that

get help and immediately get us out of here, he kept jabbing at the emergency button and muttering curses under his breath as the rhythmic sound of his finger hitting the button became a sort

inevitable started to happen; breathing had become a chore as I felt the small elevator space start to close in on me. I felt suffocated. It felt like in seconds, it would crush me and... I shook my head, clearing the distorted images in my head. No, I will get out of

rose and fell in fast bursts as a scream started to bubble

just before I could start to yell hysterically, a light came on in the

Alden holding his phone's flashlight as he pointed it to the

and took a deep breath, calming myself. "It will be fine, Ana. You'd soon be out of here," I mouthed to

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nodded, staring ahead. Apart from the fact that the gesture was helping in keeping my wits together, it was also a

he dropped beside me, mere inches between us. I knew I should move away but I couldn't. I didn't want to. Maybe if we weren't in such a small dark space, I would have put

silence between us

while then I felt the heat

was surprised I wasn't

mean by that?"