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

my eyes, taking deep breaths in and out. It was something one of my friends had introduced to me back in high school. When

you doing?” Luke

now,” I told him,

that’s going to

to breathe in and out. And to my surprise, it was actually soothing to me. My fear was diminishing until the elevator quivered for the second time. I fell

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

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

moved downward with intense force, and I couldn’t help but scream. Luke swiftly moved to me and held me tightly until the

beating really fast. I just hoped this wasn’t the end, but seriously, this was really freaking me

that calmed me down a little bit. But the terror was still inside me, and I simply hoped this would come to an end as soon as

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

fear.

and I pointed at it. I was suffocating to the point that I couldn’t even utter a word. I had claustrophobia,

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

closer. “Ariel, what’s

and I felt like I was going to pass out any

LUKE’S POV

This elevator issue was taking quite some time to be resolved, and I

were closing, and it seemed like she was going to black out any moment.

against hers. The kiss lasted for almost a minute as I wrapped my hands around her waist, hoping it could

broke the kiss, Ariel looked at me for a few seconds before losing consciousness. I held her as she

was indeed beautiful, and any man would 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

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

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

calling out to us.

stood up. “Yes, we’re right here! Down here!”