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

me back in high school. When she was scared to death, she would breathe in and

are you doing?”

don’t distract me right now,” I told

that’s going to change

And to my surprise, it was actually soothing to me. My fear was diminishing

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

feet, but as for me, I just sat down. I was too

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

was beating really fast. I just hoped this wasn’t the

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 end

His face was

fear.

couldn’t even utter a word. I had claustrophobia, and it seemed

up. I barely managed to get to my feet as I began to

Luke moved closer.

and I felt like I was going to pass

LUKE’S POV

really worried about her. I didn’t even know what to do. This elevator issue was taking quite some time to be

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

against hers. The kiss lasted for almost a minute

looked at me for a few seconds before losing consciousness. I held her as she was

My gaze remained fixed on her lovely face. She was indeed beautiful, and any man would be lucky to have her in their life. But for me, the feeling

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

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

a voice calling out to us.

wiped my eyes and stood up. “Yes, we’re right here! Down here!” I hollered, waving my hands to make