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 and out, and it surprisingly worked for her.

doing?” Luke asked

told him,

think that’s going

didn’t 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. I fell down, and

so did Luke, but then the elevator shook for the third time, repeating the

got to his feet, but as for me, I just sat down. I was too tired to stand up, overwhelmed with

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

beating really fast.

that calmed me down a little bit. But the terror was still inside me, and I

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

fear.

was suffocating to the point that I couldn’t even

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

closer. “Ariel, what’s

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

LUKE’S POV

to do. This elevator issue was taking quite some time to be resolved, and

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

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 actually ease

broke the kiss, Ariel looked at me for a few seconds before losing consciousness. I held her as she was about to

have her in their life. But for me, the feeling wasn’t there, and

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. Eventually, I

opened my eyes,

was a voice calling out to us. “Hello? Is anyone

quickly wiped my eyes and stood up. “Yes, we’re right here! Down