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 she was scared to death, she would breathe in and out, and it surprisingly worked for her. Well, I

you doing?”

right now,” I told

that’s going to change

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

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

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

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

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

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

me. His face was close to mine, and I could feel his breath. But I was

fear.

I couldn’t even

went to pick it up.

moved closer. “Ariel, what’s

wheezing intensified, and I felt like I was going

LUKE’S POV

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 the greatest. But take a look at the problem that is going on at

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

The kiss lasted for

for a few seconds before losing consciousness. I held her

life. But for me, the feeling wasn’t there, and

happen. So that was what I did. I settled down

of time, I opened my eyes, hearing

a voice calling out

“Yes, we’re right here! Down here!” I hollered, waving