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Kieran and Arabella were left in the office because Arabella had told him in the morning that they should not draw suspicion by going together even though everyone already knew about their living conditions.

Arabella stood from her desk and glanced at Kieran's office door, for some reason she was nervous about the situation. "It's just a friendly dinner like between friends" she muttered to herself.

She took gentle walks to the door trying to stabilize herself. "When did you become friends," she said with a sigh.

No matter how much she wanted to deceive herself she knew it was not possible to do so. Kieran was the one to blame for everything going on. If he had just kept his feelings to himself then she would not be having this torn back and forth of emotions.

She knocked on the door and then pushed it open. She stood at the door frame using her hand to support it open. "Everyone left already so we can go too," she said pointing to the door.

"Oh" he said shuffling the papers in his ha