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

was something one of my friends had introduced to me back in high school. When

doing?” Luke asked

now,” I told him, and I resumed my

going to change

surprise, it was actually soothing to me. My fear was diminishing until the elevator quivered for the second time. I fell down, and the trepidation

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

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

and I couldn’t help but scream. Luke swiftly moved to me and held me tightly until the elevator

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

Luke’s arms all around me, and that calmed me down a little bit. But the terror was still inside me, and I simply hoped this would come to an

okay? Everything’s going to be alright,” Luke comforted me. His face was close to mine, and I could feel his breath. But I was

fear.

pointed at it. I was suffocating to the point that I couldn’t even utter a

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

Luke moved closer.

but I couldn’t. My wheezing intensified, and I felt like I

LUKE’S POV

was taking quite some time to be resolved, and I

and it seemed like she was going to black out any moment. I didn’t even know what I

and then I gently pressed my lips against hers. The kiss lasted for almost a minute as I wrapped my hands around her waist, hoping it could actually

losing consciousness. I held her as she was about to fall down, gently brushing a

would be lucky to have her in their life. But for me, the feeling wasn’t there, and I didn’t

decided to sit down and wait for something to happen. So that was what I did. I settled down on

a considerable amount of time, I opened my eyes,

was a voice calling out to

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