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

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?” Luke

told him, and I resumed my breathing

going to change

were still closed as I continued to breathe in and out. And to my surprise, it was actually soothing to

elevator shook for the

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

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

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

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

Luke comforted me. His face

fear.

ringing, and I pointed at it. I was suffocating to the point that I couldn’t even utter a word. I had claustrophobia,

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

closer.

felt like I was going to pass out

LUKE’S POV

to do. This elevator issue was taking quite some time to be resolved, and

eyes were closing, and it seemed like she was going to black out any moment. I

my lips 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 about to fall down, gently brushing a strand of her hair away from her

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

wait for something to happen. So that was what I did. I settled down on the floor,

time, I opened my eyes, hearing a

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

“Yes, we’re right here! Down here!” I hollered, waving my hands to make