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

doing?” Luke

I told him,

think that’s going to change

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

the elevator shook for the

just sat down. I was too tired to stand up,

Luke swiftly moved to me and held me tightly until

heavily, and my heart was beating really fast. I just hoped this wasn’t the end, but seriously, this was

a little bit. But the terror was still

to be alright,” Luke comforted me. His face was close to mine, and I could feel

fear.

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

and quickly went to pick it up. I barely managed to get

moved closer. “Ariel,

tried to talk, but I couldn’t. My wheezing intensified, and I felt like I was going to

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

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

against hers. The kiss lasted for almost a minute as I wrapped my hands around her waist, hoping

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

have 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

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

I opened my

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 ourselves