Everly took off early and asked no one to see her off as she went to the airport for her trip. Arabella left as soon as Everly left, she was not going to ride with Kieran until she was sure what answer she wanted to give him. She did not want to have to go through the awkwardness of the day.Since she was a bit early she decided to take coffee in the coffee shop close to the office building. Her phone rang while she gently sipped on her coffee while waiting for the working hours to start."I feel like you have news for me," Seraphina said as soon as the call connected."Well hello to you too, I am fine thank you so much for asking, I am just currently taking coffee while waiting for the long tortuous day to begin" Arabella said with an eye roll."I know all that without having to see or ask you" Seraphina said."Where are you?" "Just getting off work, I have been so busy with the new group that is going to debut next month and it's been hell trying to make the interns do their job" S
"Kieran? The same Kieran?" Seraphina let out a squeal, she was unable to control her expression and joy. "How did it happen? Tell me every single detail" Seraphina squealed once more attracting the attention of everyone around them. She was the least bothered about them and just wanted to know how her sister went from one man doing her dirty to another being at her beck and call."I must say it seems like changing states did you good" Seraphina said without letting her sister say anything. "What do you mean did me good?" "I mean, while you were it seemed like you always lived an invisible life but all of a sudden a few months after staying away from home you have had two suitors and remarkable men at that" "Mark was a married man" Arabella chipped in."Screw Mark, he is not the one I am talking about" Seraphina said and Arabella let out a laugh. She knew that she would not have let Mark live it down if she did not have other news to cover up the effect of the Mark situation."I wa
What?" Kieran stood in awe as he watched her bend to her knees to catch her breath. " Answer to what?" he asked.She took a deep breath and stood up straight looking him straight in the eyes. " My answer to your question is yes" "Yes?" he asked shocked. If he was being honest he expected her to turn him down but here she was accepting him."Yes," she said as if she was reassuring him. "What made you change your mind?" "Change my mind?" she asked."Yeah, I was definitely sure you were going to turn me down" "Why were you so sure?" she asked him and he pretended to think stroking his chin gently."For starters, you ran away from me last night and this morning you were quick to leave the house so we didn't get to meet each other. I was even going to apologize" he said.She looked at him, his claims were right from all he had said. She did run away and she was tending to reject him even though she claimed she was only thinking about it. In reality, thinking that she might be hurt she
Kieran stood there watching her walk away. He could not believe that his single act of courage to try had resulted well this way. He had stayed awake all night worrying about what she was going to say and then when he had tried to catch her in the morning to maybe retract what he had said she had been nowhere to be found.Ryder's car came in and Aurora was in the passenger seat. Up until now, Aurora had been avoiding him since their last fall out and he knew he had to speak with her and straighten it out. He wanted to make sure she was not holding onto a piece of hope that would make them end up together. He had never had any interest in her. He had been beside her at first because of Kimberly and after she brutally left his life Ryder was like the glue that bonded the two of them together. Otherwise, he had never thought of anything higher than friendships between them. Since he was with Arabella now he knew he had to straighten everything out. He was going to stand his ground and
Kieran watched Aurora get down, he gave her a little time so she could get to the office before he got down from the car and walked into the office. As he walked through the office he could not get his off Arabella as he walked to his office. "This is kind of weird but Kieran keeps staring at you" Chole whispered into Arabella's ears."Uhh?" Arabella asked her eyes going up to see Kieran staring so blantly at her. She bent down so her eyes did not make contact with his. "What's that about?" Chole continued in a whisper."What's what about?" Arabella asked keeping her eyes down. "I don't know it's weird, why is he staring at you so very loving?" she asked not giving up. She had to know why her boss was staring at a worker that way."What do you mean lovingly? I am sure you are mistaken" Arabella said dismissively. She wondered why Kieran did that, it was like he was begging to be caught by everyone there. She did not want anyone to know that she was in a romantic relationship with
Kieran could not wait for the day to be over. He knew that today was going to be his first date with Arabella and he could barely sit still. He glanced at the click multiple times and could barely get any work done.He had wished to have lunch with her but could not because he had an important lunch with their investors and had to go out to eat without her. She had made it clear that she did not want to let others in the office that they were dating so there was no way he would have asked her to lunch without seeming suspicious to everyone around.'Do you want to have dinner together?' he typed to his phone and looked up to see her reaction when she read the message. Arabella glanced at the message and dropped the phone to the table without sending a response. Her lips were in a straight line as she continued working on whatever it was that she did.'Do you want me to pick you up? I will wait in the parking lot till everyone has gone.' he typed again and waited for a response. The sa
Arabella waited a minute before she saw Kieran coming towards her. He opened the car and she got in and locked the door before he could do it for her. "You are angry, Why?" he asked as he closed his door. "It's nothing," she said sulking. She had thought it over and the reason she was angry at him was not viable enough."What is it?" he asked turning to her. He hated how he felt since she was sulking. He felt like he had done a lot of trouble and it was only his first day of dating her."It's nothing, let's just go" she said giving him a forced smile."How can we just go? We would not have a good time if we just went and I would be uneasy thinking about what I did wrong" he said tapping the steering wheel gently. "We are not leaving this place until I hear the reason you are angry with me""Is it because I discussed it with Aurora without first asking you?" he asked trying to run down the activities of the day in his head to see what wrong he might have done. "No" "I don't want yo
"Do you have anywhere in mind?" Kieran asked Arabella as they drove out. Now that she was no longer sulking she was radiating happiness with the smile on her face. "I know nowhere in this city" she said shaking her head. "Anywhere would be just fine" "Okay then I would pick it," he said tapping into the GPS and then allowing it to lead them. "Want some music?" he asked when the silence became too much."We could talk instead.." she trailed off."About what?" she shook her head for lack of ideas."I want to talk with you but I don't want it to be forced" he said and it made sense to her. She would also prefer it if all the conversations they had were not born out of the need to talk but because they wanted to share with each other."Music it is then," Arabella said."Connect your phone then" Kieran said setting it up for her as he tried to keep his eyes on the road."Eyes on the road, I can do that" she said tapping his hands away. She connected successfully before she began to shuff