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

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

are you doing?” Luke asked

told him, and I

going to change

actually soothing to me. My fear was diminishing until the elevator quivered for the second time.

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

as for me, I just sat down. I was too tired to stand up,

intense force, and I couldn’t help but scream. Luke swiftly

hair was kind of messy, I was breathing heavily, and my heart was beating really

But the terror was still inside me, and I simply

Luke comforted me. His face was close to mine, and

fear.

ringing, and I pointed at it. I was suffocating to the point that I couldn’t even utter a word. I had claustrophobia, and it seemed like things were about

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

closer.

felt like I was going to

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

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

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

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

so beautiful that I couldn’t take 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

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.

opened my eyes, hearing a faint sound

voice calling out to us.

here! Down here!” I