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

to me back in high school. When she was scared to

doing?”

me right now,” I told

that’s going to

breathe in and out. And to my surprise, it was actually

Luke, but then the elevator shook for the third time,

for me, I just sat down. I was too tired

moved downward with intense force, and I couldn’t help but scream. Luke swiftly moved to

really fast. I

me down a little bit. But the terror was still inside me, and I simply hoped

me. His face was close to mine, and I could feel his breath. But I was

fear.

couldn’t even utter

it up. I barely managed to get

moved closer. “Ariel,

couldn’t. My wheezing intensified, and I felt like I was going to pass out any

LUKE’S POV

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

black out any moment. I didn’t even

I gently pressed my lips against hers. The kiss lasted for almost a minute as I wrapped my hands around her

few seconds before losing consciousness. I held her as she was about to fall down,

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 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 with each other, and I didn’t think we would

Anybody?!” 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 on the floor, cradling Ariel’s head on my lap as I gently brushed her hair.

time, I opened my eyes, hearing a faint

voice calling out

we’re right here! Down