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

doing?”

I told him, and I resumed

think that’s going to change

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

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

me, I just sat down. I was too tired

help but scream. Luke swiftly moved to me and held

heart was beating really fast. I just hoped this

little bit. But the terror

everything’s going to be alright, okay? Everything’s going to be alright,” Luke comforted me. His

fear.

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

directed his eyes to my phone and quickly went to pick it up. I barely managed to get to my feet as I began

closer.

felt like I was going to

LUKE’S POV

issue was taking quite some time to be

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

me, and then I gently pressed my lips against hers. The kiss lasted for almost a minute as I wrapped my hands around her waist, hoping it could actually ease the

kiss, Ariel 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

to have her in their life. But for me, the feeling wasn’t there, and I didn’t even want it to be there.

I let out a thunderous 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

time, I opened my

was a voice calling out to

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