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

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 didn’t

you doing?”

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

going to

give him a reply; my eyes were still 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.

up, and so did Luke, but then the elevator shook for the

sat down. I was too tired to stand

Luke swiftly moved to me and held me tightly until the elevator came to

beating really fast. I just hoped

could 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 end as soon as

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

fear.

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

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

Luke moved closer. “Ariel, what’s

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

LUKE’S POV

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

were 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

I grabbed her, pulling her closer to me, and then I gently pressed my lips against hers. The kiss lasted for almost a

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

man would be lucky to 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 out. We weren’t meant

for something to happen. So that was what I did. I settled down on the floor, cradling Ariel’s head on my lap as I

opened my eyes, hearing a

was a voice calling out to

stood up. “Yes, we’re right here! Down here!” I hollered, waving my