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2024-02-13 20:00:47Kieran 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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TRIGGER WARNING, THERE MIGHT BE SOME ELEMENT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE IN THIS CHAPTER PLEASE SKIP IT IF YOU CANNOT HANDLE IT.Everly held her cheek as she pushed him out of her way. "Did you just slap me?" she asked, tears streaming from one of her eyes. She could not believe the situation she was in at that moment.The same Ethan who had chased her around for years before he got her to date him and then suddenly made her pregnant and after that married her. It was the same man who had raised his hands and slapped her."I am sorry, I did not mean to" he stammered as he moved back staggering on his feet. "I don't know what came over me," he said again as his feet kept going back."I am going to go out now" she said rushing out of the house.She felt a breeze hit her skin but she did not care all that was on her mind was how to escape that situation she was facing.She was not properly dressed to be out in the cold. She could he
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"Hello Mom" Kieran shouted at the dead end of the phone. He yanked the phone from his ears like it was something hot burning him. He tapped on the phone and called the number again."Hello," he heard a quirky voice. "Hello, my mom just called me on this line" he said internally praying she was still there."Oh yes," the lady said and Kieran sighed in relief."She said to come to pick her but she did not give me an address," Kieran said."Oh, this is at Salt Avenue, Purple and Cream coffee shop," The lady said."Is she fine? She did not sound too good over the phone" Kieran was concerned. He had never heard his mom sound that way before so he was seriously worried."She does not look too good so if you could come pick her up as soon as possible that would be the best" her quirky and happy voice came through."Don't worry I will keep her here" she added."I will be there as fast as I can, please don't le
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Kieran raced to the coffee shop. He parked and entered the cafe and walked to the counter. As he approached the counter he saw his mom sitting in one of the chairs. Her head was hung low as she fondled with her finger."Mom," Kieran said with a loud voice as she rushed to her and knelt before her.She looked up at him slowly, her face was flushed and her eyes looked a bit dim. She wanted to smile but all he saw was a kind of sadness."Are you her son?" Kieran turned to the direction of the voice. It was the same one he heard over the phone."Yes" Kieran said."Oh, you are very good-looking" the girl could not control herself. She could read the room that it was not the time to be complimenting him but she could not control herself. She was sure he could pass off as a celebrity without any issues."Thank you," Kieran said. "For watching myom and making sure she is safe" he added after a long pause causing the smile and her face to
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"Mom, why don't you tell me the truth?" Kieran asked as he drove her home. She looked better than when he had first seen her. It was as if life had suddenly returned to her. Her face looked brighter and she was getting better, she had calmed down and the tears ceased as well."What truth?" she asked looking out the window to avoid any form of eye contact they might have."About what happened" "Nothing happened," she said trying her best to sound happy as possible. "I had not been exercising for a while now so I decided to just take a little walk around the neighbourhood" "Nas you found yourself forty minutes away?" "Yeah" "Forty minutes drive away from the house?" he asked again."Yeah" "If you were taking a walk why did you call me then?" "Turns out I left my phone at home and could not figure out the way back home" She lied.Kieran could easily detect that lie, she was always
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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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Arabella rolled over, and she landed right into Kieran's hands. She looked at him like it was an offence for her to do so. She peered at him and then covered her eyes with her hand. She could not believe what she had done over the night. If her mom heard she was going to give her a long lecture and then have her head afterwards. She looked at him, and she was tempted to trace her finger across his face in frustration. "Sleep so much more," she was startled to hear him talk as his mouth moved without even opening his eyes. "How long have you been awake?" She muttered, feeling shy that he had caught her staring so much that she could drill a hole into his face. "A while now," he said, his eyes framing open like a princess that was cast under a spell but was now liberated all of a sudden. He pulled her closer as he wished they could somehow get closer and maybe even mesh together. "Should we go home? Everly must be worried searching for us," Arabella murmured into his chest. He opene
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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
