*ALORA*
The hand that grabbed was strong, big and masculine.
His touch, whoever he is, sent a frisson of heat and awareness through .
I knew soone had been in the elevator when I entered because the door was already opened but I had been so busy reading my new script.
My mind and soul was literally into it and it felt as if no one else mattered.
And now, I was in an elevator, a plumting elevator with a strange man who was holding !
What if he was sent to kill ?
Way to go, Alora.
For soone whose life was in potential danger, I was too relaxed, not even caring to be more aware of my surrounding.
What do I do now?
Was there anyway to even escape this?
The elevator suddenly stopped, but everywhere was still dark.
Just as I was about to say sothing, it lunched downwards again and my hands held onto the stranger tightly so I wouldn’t fall.
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”He said to .
The man was tall, his words, rough-edged and gravelly, ca from just above my head.
The elevator stopped plumting again.
“Are you okay?”He asked .
“Ye...yes.” I murmured, making no move to let go of his hand as another shake reverberated the small space.
I am not okay.
I am scared, plus, I should be scared of this stranger whom I’m holding but there was a familiarity to his voice.
I doubt if I’ve actually heard his voice before but it sounded really familiar.
Maybe we’ve starred in the sa movie together?
Was he an actor or sothing?
I thought of all the co-stars I’ve acted with and I couldn’t match their voice to his in my head.
“Don’t be scared.” He said, softly. “I’m sure we aren’t going to plumt to our deaths.”
Everywhere was still pitch black.
“I’m not scared.”I lied, trying to act a bit tough.
But I am scared shirtless.
I was trapped in a fucking elevator where my grueso death could potentially occur at any mont.
Even if he was a good person, the elevator wasn’t stable.
It kept plumting and stopping, I might still die tonight.
This stranger was still holding my hand.
He was warm and solid and sohow both reassuring and dangerous at the sa ti.
Dangerous?
I was beginning to think that he might’ve just gotten trapped here with by coincidence.
He might not be here to kill .
“You don’t happen to have a phone, do you?”I asked.”Mine fell and even if I’m able to find it in this darkness, it might have gotten bad.”
“I forgot my phone in my car.” He replied.
I don’t see him as a man who goes around forgetting things.
Heck, I don’t even see him at all.
Alora, it’s pitch black in here.
But that didn’t stop from imagining his appearance.
Judging by his voice and arms, he had to be strong, confident and handso.
The kind of man who’s made of iron.
His deanor was soothing, dislodging my fear like it was nothing more than my imagination, which maybe it was.
“Well, as first dates go, this may be the most successful one I’be had in a while.” I had no idea where those words just ca from.
But I was so glad it was dark in here so he couldn’t see my flaming red cheeks.
I, Alora-Grace Harper was known to be very strict, especially with n. I don’t make flippant jokes, even half-hearted ones.
But here I was, spouting off the most inappropriate gallows humor ever.
Maybe it was the total darkness.
Or the heightened adrenaline.
Or the fact that soone was after my life!
Or maybe, the fact that the man sharing my space slled so delicious, all spicy and masculine and dangerous.
Shit.
That one again.
“Excuse ?” He asked in his dark, rumbling voice, in response to my rizz.
I lifted our joined hands.”You’re still holding my hand. I told you I’m okay.”
“Maybe I need your comfort. I might be scared of the dark, you know.” His words were laced with heat and I started to lt.
“But you don’t seem like a man who’s scared of much.”
“And you don’t seem like a woman who clings to a stranger’s hand.”
“Bla the elevator.”
He laughed but made no move to release .
I made no move to pull free either.
And I wondered what it would feel like to have him touch more than just my hand.
God!
What was wrong with ?!
“I think...”I attempted to control my breathing, keeping it slow and steady and not too shaky.
I didn’t want him to know he was affecting .
He was.
“I think we should press the ergency button. Do you know where it is?”
“Already done. Pushed it as soon as everything went black.” He replied.
I detected a faint note of sothing in his voice that I couldn’t quite place.
I frowned.
“There should be an ergency lighting system sowhere.”
I felt him shrug.
“It must have failed then. Don’t worry, I’m not a serial killer, you won’t lose your life to my hands in here but I can’t say much about the elevator’s decision though.”
I laughed.”That’s makes feel so much better.” I let out, sarcastically.
“You’re welco.”
As his rough-edged wrapped around , I placed a note of sothing in his voice.
Humor?
“What if I told you I am a killer but I’m only a threat to those who intend to do you harm?” He teased.
I wanted to laugh but I bit my tongue.
I was laughing too much with this stranger.
“Well, I’d say I’m grateful.”
I winced.
What was I even doing?
Flirting with a complete stranger?
I don’t even know his na or if he was married, had a girlfriend, gay, or anything.
I didn’t even know what he looked like.
But he looked like hot sex and deliciousness in my imagination.
I shove the unwanted thought away.
I had always prided myself for being a woman of high standards. I wasn’t even moved by n, and after the last eight years, I was starting to think no man deserved .
“As the elevator is supposed to be down already.”He said, as though that mont of flirtation didn’t just happened.”The dia and security team should already know that there’s a problem.”
Yeah, I owned the hotel and I know almost everything about it.
Though guys at the footage room should already know that there was sothing wrong with this elevator.
Now, it just depends on how long it would take for them to successfully get us out of here.
My employees were effective, they should know what to do, promptly.
“I hope we won’t be in here for a while.”I let out.
There was a long mont of silence before I said.
“I’m Alora.”
With how he’s been speaking to , it seems he didn’t know who I was.
Maybe he didn’t see my face before the light went off.
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