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2024-02-11 20:00:11"You really don't need to buy me lunch, I am having sandwiches after now," Arabella said as Kieran pulled her along.
"Get in" he said opening the door to his car and nudging her in.She turned to catch his face and pursed her lips to a line before getting into the car. Kieran closed the door and jogged over to the other side of the car.He silently drove a few metres, he was glad that he overheard them speak about the restaurant they were visiting so he could successfully avoid them.They got into the restaurant and the waiter came to th.to get their orders. Arabella ordered and then waiter turned to Kieran to get his order."Aren't you going to order anything?" Arabella asked handing the waiter the menu in her hand."I am having a late lunch, I think I told you that already" Kieran said."Are you going to sit there and watch me eat?" Arabella asked."Yes" he said with a nod."Is that kind of a fetish?"
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"I am only asking for dinner with you, why do you have to make it sound like I have some mental issues going on" Arabella was taken aback by his statement. She was only worried about him and did not mean to imply what he was saying."I did not mean it that way I was only worried that maybe something happened or maybe you want to tell me something because this is not the way you usually act" Arabella explained."It's just dinner, if you don't want to have one then you could just say no," Kieran said.From his facial lines, it was obvious that he was not happy about the situation one bit."I am sorry and I would love very much to have dinner with you," Arabella said. Since she had hurt his feelings the best she could do was just have the dinner he was asking for."I will pick you up then" It seemed like he had forgotten his fridge all of a sudden and was now fine with the decision she made."That's good," Arabella said as
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"How did you know the coffee I like?" Arabella asked as they drove back to the office."I just guessed," Kieran said with a shrug. "I will drop you off upfront because I have to get to my meeting" he added."I told you that I can go back myself," Arabella said in a protest. "You drop me off here" she said pointing to the corner of the road."And risk looking like a bad person?" Kieran commented.Arabella felt her phone vibrate in her lap. She took it up and discovered it was a call from Mark. A smile crossed her face. Since their date on Saturday, they have been communicating like close friends. Each time she felt like he was about to ask her out she discovered he just did not do it. "Hello," Mark's voice came through the line." I thought not to call you because you might be at work," Arabella said in response."I just saw my outpatients and I have a little more time before I go in for surgery and I wanted to hear from
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Kieran dropped her off at the office and zoomed off before she could say anything. She watched his car disappear out of sight."What are you doing here?" Arabella turned around to see Chloe standing there with the entire staff."I went out for lunch" Arabella replied holding onto Chloe's hand that had somehow found its way into hers."But you said you weren't going for lunch" Chloe asked and the entire crew walked into the building. Arabella and Chloe followed behind them and she knew that she could not mention that it had been Kieran who asked her to come out for lunch."I had to see a friend urgently," she lied."You have friends in the city?" Aaron asked without turning back to her so she could not tell the emotions behind his statement."I met one online and we had only been taking online, he was around the area so I decided to have lunch with him" Arabella lied.She hated herself at that moment, she had not been a b
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Kieran sat in the bar looking down at his phone. He had just spoken with Arabella and he had no tangible reason for bailing on her without telling her and then refusing to apologize aside from the clenching feeling he felt after he heard her joyfully announce her date with him."What does she see in him?" he murmured as he downed the remnant of the mocktail in his cup. He did not want to drink alcohol because he had to drive himself back home.He did not know why he was bothered that she was having a date. He did not like her so why did it disturb him so much that he did not want to set his eyes on her?He stood up abruptly startling the people sitting by his side. He slid a tio for the waiter and hurried out. He had to try and make it back to his office building so he could take her home before she could leave by herself."He raced as fast as the speed limit could take him. By the time he arrived at the building, the lights were gone and the door
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"What game?" "You know, toying with me?" she says expecting answers. She was not going to allow him to slip through any of it until she had answers today."I have never played any game" he said pressing his fingers together."I could understand if you do not want us to be friends" She started feeling her voice hitch in her throat. "But why did you play me like that, you were the one who suggested dinner and I even tried to decline but you insisted and then you had me wait for you for an hour and a half and when I called to ask what was holding you up you spoke so rudely" she ranted and stopped for a minute to take a deep breath.He was about to speak but she held her hand in the air. She had to say it all to get it off her chest or else she might have a rough day the next day."And then you should have apologized for planning and then bailing out but instead you lashed out at me, I was even worried that something urgent had come up with
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"What?" "Yeah, at first I thought my mind was playing some kind of cruel trick on me but it turns out I was wrong and it keeps showing up and when it shows up I am not sure how to act and that's the reason I end up being rude to you" he explained.She had ranted and it was his turn to talk for long while he listened. "So Seraphina was right?" she murmured to herself."What?" "Nothing," she said startled. She had demanded a. explanation but, not this kind. She did not know what she wanted but she was sure it was none of what she had heard."I better get inside" she said struggling with the handle of the door.Kieran got closer as he wanted to try to help her get the door. "What are you doing?" she screamed when she felt him so close to her."Helping you," he said."Don't bother?" she said in a nervous laugh."I did not want to tell you because I did not want you to feel uncomfortable" Kieran said resti
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Kieran watched Arabella walk slowly to the house. He wondered if he was actually drawn to her. She was nothing like Kimberly who he adored with his life.Kimberly was a bright perky woman who preferred shoes to books. Arabella on the other had always had her nose buried in books since she was young. He wondered if it was true that all men had a type because Kimberly and Arabella were sure not the same type. He felt rejected like he had proposed to her and she had curely turned him down.He wanted to chase after her and ask her to reconsider, he did not know what he wanted her to reconsider but that's how he felt."What do I do?" he asked himself angrily as he slammed his fist on the steering wheel. "Would it have been better if I had just kept it to myself?"The next morning he noticed that she had left the house before he could wake up. The news he gathered from his mom was that she had an important client to attend to and so she could
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TRIGGER WARNING, THERE MIGHT BE SOME ELEMENT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE IN THIS CHAPTER PLEASE SKIP IT IF YOU CANNOT HANDLE IT."What do you mean by that?" Everly asked as she turned to face her husband.Since Saturday she had avoided making any meals for him and he had thought she was just temporarily acting up and would be back to her senses soon"If you want breakfast so much maybe you should make yourself something to eat" He had been ordering in since Saturday for all his Melas apart for dinners and he was not going to take it any more."Are you not going to get your husband something to eat?" he asked walking slowly towards her."You should get yourself something to eat if you are that hungry," she said.He moved closer to her and she moved back until her back touched the wall. She was now pinned to the corner and she did not like the feeling of being trapped at all."You have refused to prepare my meals
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"I am so happy for you," Ava said as she stood with Kieran and Arabella; they had just got married, and it was truly a joyous day. Kieran had been so quick with the preparations that it took them barely two months to put everything together. "I just couldn't believe that my little one had found love," she added, tears welling in here again."Mom, you need to stop crying; seeing you cry makes me cry as well," Arabella said, blinking back the tears. Her make-up artist had retouched her make-up multiple times because she knew she was getting annoying already, but she could not control the burst of emotions flowing from her body. "Mom," Seraphina said, coming from behind and putting her hand over the shoulders of her mother. "It is a happy day; why do you keep crying? Someone, I mistake you to be mourning." "I am just thinking of how proud your father would have been to witness today.""I am sure he is watching over us from above," Arabella said, holding her mom's hand tightly."Mom, let
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"A trip?" Arabella asked, taking up the blanket and covering herself. "Yes, a couple's trip," he said, dropping the phone back on the table and walking to her. "What about work? Aren't you going to work again?" she asked. "Are you afraid that you would live broke?" he asked in a teasing tone."Of course I am," Arabella said before tilting her head. "I am jobless now; at least one of us needs to work so we can live a happy life," she added."You know that I do not mind you still thinking with us," Kieran said. After the trial, Arabella decided to stop working there even though Aurora was no longer there. How could she work there after everything that happened? She would be able to face her co-workers if that were the case. "I am sure I will get an offer soon from one of those companies," she said, and he sat beside her. "And you know you do not need to work again; I can take care of you and as many children as you want to have," he said with a wink. "Children?" she said flustered
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"Somewhere, like where?" she asked shyly, dropping her head so their eyes would not meet. "You would see," he said, lifting her head gently. "But we have to make sure that the ride ends first," he said, looking around. He had thought that they were going to have a moment there, but seeing how things turned out, he could not wait to be out of there. Finally, the ride was over, and he drove out of the amusement park to a hotel. "You brought me to a hotel?" she asked in shock as they drove into the underground parking lot. "Why?" she asked now that her tone was in a hushed whisper. "I told you we should come somewhere, and you agreed," he said as he drove by the cars looking for a place to park. "That was because I thought you said that we should go someplace nice," she muttered, looking around like they were sneaking around. "Why are you looking around like we are committing a sin?" he asked, noticing how uncomfortable she got. "It is not that...""Am I being clueless? Am I jumpin
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Kieran paid the operator to let the ride go in a loop three times, and Arabella wondered why he did that."Why?" she whispered to him."To have some alone time," he replied with the same wink from earlier. She gulped down hard, wondering what he was thinking.As the ride got into the tunnel, Arabella held the hand of Kieran tightly with her eyes closed. She had no time to think of what he might have meant with the wink and statements because the ride was definitely scarier than she had expected it to be. She looked at him when she felt his firm hand hold her face and turn it to him. "Are you scared?" he asked, dropping a kiss on her lip. "Kieran," she said in a hushed whisper as she looked around. "There is no one here, and I have been waiting all day just to get that," he said before dropping his head for another kiss. She placed her hand over her mouth because he could kiss her and therefore kissed the back of her hand. He took her hand from her mouth and began to drop multiple k
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"Do you want to explain why you are here?" Kieran asked. Arabella had expected him to scream his lungs out, but he was wrong. Myabe's drive down has calmed him down. "It is a stupid reason; I don't want to tell you," Arabella murmured to herself. She had wanted to hear an apology so much that it felt like her self-worth depended on it. She turned her head to the side so she was looking out the window. "Look at me," Kieran said softly. "Look at me," he said again, this time turning her head with his hand gently. "I am so ashamed of myself; I don't know what I was thinking," Arabella said again. Seeing Kieran had somehow triggered something in her. It was like judging her actions without even saying anything. "Tell me, I want to know why you dressed up and left the house to come here when you should be resting.""Okay," she said as she heaved a sigh. "I wanted an apology so bad." "What?" "See, I knew you would judge me.""Ara, I am not judging you. I just want to understand what y
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"Why are you laughing?" Arabella was shocked. That was not the expression she was expecting from her. "Dearest Arabella, you must think the world revolves around you," she said, leaning in that she was seated at the edge of her seat. "Why do you think I would apologize to you? I did what I did, and I would do it again and again if need be.""You are not sorry for kidnapping and assaulting me even though you ended up here?" Arabella asked. "Of course, if I had the chance to, I would do it again. Can you imagine how hard I worked? I worked hard on Kieran, and you swooped in from nowhere and decided you wanted to take him from me. Oh, please, like you deserve him," Aurora said, leaning into the chair. "If you are here to ask me for an apology, I am afraid that you have to go back without one today and that you need not expect one from me," she said, looking at her nails like she had gotten a fresh set of nails. "Arabella, I think one of the problems you have is that you seem to overra
