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

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

are you doing?” Luke

I told him, and I resumed my breathing

that’s going to change

actually soothing to me.

shook for the third time, repeating the same action. We both landed on the

sat down. I was too tired to stand up, overwhelmed with

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

hair was kind of messy, I was breathing heavily, and my heart was beating really fast. I just hoped this wasn’t the end,

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

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

fear.

couldn’t even utter a word. I had

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

moved closer. “Ariel, what’s

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

LUKE’S POV

didn’t even know what to do. This elevator issue was taking quite some time to be

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

grabbed her, pulling her closer to 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

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

She was indeed beautiful, and any 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 to be

So that was what I did. I settled down on the floor, cradling Ariel’s head on my lap as I gently brushed her hair. Eventually,

amount of time, I opened my eyes, hearing

calling out to

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