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

introduced to me back in high school. When she was scared to death, she would breathe in and out, and it surprisingly worked

are you doing?” Luke asked

distract me right now,” I told him, and I resumed

that’s going

him a reply; my eyes were still closed as I continued to breathe in and out. And to my surprise, it was actually

got up, and so did Luke, but then the elevator shook for the third time, repeating the same action.

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

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

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

still feel 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

fear.

couldn’t even

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

Luke moved closer. “Ariel, what’s

wheezing intensified, and I felt like I

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 know what I was going to

grabbed her, pulling her closer to me, and then I gently pressed my lips against hers. The

for a few seconds before losing consciousness. I held her as she was about to fall down,

was so beautiful that I couldn’t take my eyes off her. 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 wasn’t there, and I didn’t even want

happen. So that was what I did. I settled down on the floor, cradling Ariel’s head on my lap as I gently brushed her hair. Eventually,

opened my eyes, hearing a faint sound

was a voice calling out to us.

my eyes and stood up. “Yes, we’re right here! Down