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 probablye 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


    I closed my eyes, taking deep 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. Well, I didn’t know,


    “What are you doing?” Luke asked slowly.


    “Please don’t distract me right now,” I told him, and I resumed my breathing exercise.


    “You think that’s going to change anything?”


    I 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 the trepidation rose once again, intensifying.


    I slowly got up, and so did Luke, but then the elevator shook for the third time, repeating the same


    action. We bothnded on the floor.


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


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


    to me and held me tightly until the elevator came to a halt.


    My hair was kind of messy, I was breathing heavily, and my heart was beating really fast. I just hoped


    this wasn’t the end, but seriously, this was really freaking me out.


    I 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 hoped this woulde to an end as soon as possible.


    “Don’t worry, everything’s going to be alright, okay? Everything’s going to be alright,” Lukeforted


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


    fear.


    My phone started ringing, and I pointed at it. I was suffocating to the point that I couldn’t even utter a


    word. I had ustrophobia, and it seemed like things were about to get deadly around here.


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


    as I began to wheeze.


    “Ariel?” Luke moved closer. “Ariel, what’s wrong?”


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


    from now on.


    LUKE’S POV


    Ariel continued to wheeze, 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 used to think thispany


    was one of the greatest. But take a look at the problem that is going on at the moment.


    Her eyes were closing, and it seemed like she was going to ck out any moment. I didn’t even know


    what I was going to do to put an end to this.


    When she gasped, I grabbed her, pulling her closer to me, and then I gently pressed my lips against


    hers. The kisssted for almost a minute as I wrapped my hands around her waist, hoping it could


    actually ease the situation.


    Once I broke 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 face.


    Her visage was 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 didn’t think we would ever be.


    “Is there anybody there? 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 myp as I gently brushed her hair. Eventually, I fell asleep.


    After a considerable amount of time, I opened my eyes, hearing a faint sounding from


    above. It was a voice calling out to us. “Hello? Is anyone there?”


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


    to make ourselves easily noticeable.


    The light from several torches was directed towards us. I saw some men who threw a long rope down


    to us. They carefully made their way downward with the help of the горе.


    “I’m d you guys finally came,” I said to one of the men.


    He nodded and looked at Ariel. “She’s still alive, right?”


    “Yes,


    she’s just unconscious at the moment.”


    Some of the men walked over to Ariel, and one of them carried her on his back. They held onto the


    rope and slowly ascended. I had to wait patiently until it was finally my turn. That was how we escaped


    that terrifying situation.


    ARIEL’S POV


    I opened my eyes only to find myself in a hospital bed. Flowers were beside me, and there was Luke. I


    was quite surprised to see him here. Was he actually the one who brought me to the hospital?


    Thest thing I remembered was that we were both stuck in the elevator. I was freaking out and


    wheezing continuously until everything went dark. And now I find myself in a hospital. bed. I really


    needed to know what happened. How did we get out of that horrendous situation? Who brought me


    here? Hold on a minute; Luke kissed me. He literally kissed me.


    Luke wasn’t looking in my direction, so when he turned around, I closed my eyes, pretending to still be


    unconscious.


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    I could hear his footsteps getting a little farther from me, then I heard the sound of the door opening


    and closing. I opened my eyes after that, and Luke was no longer in the room.


    Just as I sat up on the bed, the door immediately opened.