The Love From Vengeance

25 ELEVATOR KISS

ARIEL’S POV

1 stood up, barely able to see anything, and I could feel my heart racing. The darkness and unexpected stop had me on edge. This was not something I had signed up for.

“Oh my goodness, don’t tell me the elevator is broken.” I panicked. “I don’t want to die yet.”

“We are not going to die, okay?” Luke assured me, stepping closer. “It might just be a temporary glitch. The lights will probably come back at any moment now.”

“And how can you be sure about that?”

“You just need to calm down. I’m pretty sure they’re trying to fix the issue right now,” Luke told me,

devoid of terror in his tone. He wasn’t afraid. Well, good for him. But for me,

it was quite the opposite.”

I brought my phone out of my purse to see if I could make a phone call so someone could at least get us out of here. But, to my surprise, there was no signal. I couldn’t reach anybody, and this was definitely not good.

“Damn it!” I forcefully threw my phone to the ground and ran my hands through my hair. ” We’re doomed.”

“Just shut

up, will you?” Luke snapped at me as if I were a little kid.

“Hey, don’t tell me to shut up.

“Oh, so you’re trying to act tough now, huh?” Luke taunted.

I rolled my eyes, but right now, I wasn’t in the mood to get into an argument or fight with somebody.

ON ELEVATOR KILO

deep breaths in and out. It was something one of my friends had introduced to me back in high school. When she was scared to death, she would breathe in and out, and

doing?” Luke asked

me right now,” I told him,

going to

continued to breathe in and out. And to my surprise, it was actually soothing to

so did Luke, but then the elevator shook for the third time, repeating

me, I just sat down. I was too tired to stand up, overwhelmed

with intense force, and I couldn’t help but scream. Luke swiftly moved to

kind of messy, I was breathing heavily, and my heart was beating really fast. I just hoped this wasn’t the end, but seriously, this was

bit. But the

be alright, okay? Everything’s going to be alright,” Luke comforted me. His face was

fear.

suffocating to the point that I couldn’t even utter a word.

eyes to my phone and quickly went to pick it up. I barely managed to get to my feet as I

closer. “Ariel,

tried to talk, but I couldn’t. My wheezing intensified, and I felt like I was going to pass out

LUKE’S POV

even know what to do. This elevator issue was taking quite some time to be resolved,

was going to black out any moment. I didn’t even

gasped, I grabbed her, pulling her closer to me, and then I gently pressed my lips against hers. The kiss lasted for almost a minute as I wrapped my hands around her

for a few seconds before losing consciousness. I held her as she

be lucky to have her in their life. But for me, the feeling wasn’t there, and I didn’t even want it to be there. Ariel and I were never going to work out. We weren’t meant to be with each other, and I

there anybody there? Anybody?!” I let out a thunderous scream, but unfortunately, no one came. I decided to sit down and wait for something to happen. So that was what I did. I settled down on the floor, cradling Ariel’s head on my lap as I gently brushed

amount of time, I opened my eyes, hearing a faint sound

a voice calling out to us. “Hello?

we’re right here! Down here!” I hollered, waving my