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

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

doing?” Luke

don’t distract me right now,” I told him, and I resumed my breathing

think that’s going to change

closed as I continued 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 down, and

and so did Luke, but then the elevator shook for the third time, repeating the same action. We both landed on

sat down. I was too tired

moved downward with intense force, 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

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

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

fear.

that I couldn’t even utter a word. I had claustrophobia, and it seemed like things were about to get

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

closer. “Ariel, what’s

and I felt like I was

LUKE’S POV

continued to wheeze, and with that, I became really worried about her. I didn’t even know what to do. This elevator issue was taking quite some time to be resolved, and I used to think this company was one of

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

hers. The kiss

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

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

So that was what I did.

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

It was a voice calling out to us. “Hello?

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