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Arabella nodded and went with him, she had nothing to do anyway. She kept checking her phone to see if he would reach out but there was no news. He was a doctor so it's possible there was an emergency at the hospital and he needed to be there. She was sure he would reach out later."It's my treat" Arabella announced as soon as they got to the location."No, it is not" Kieran said as she pushed himself out of the car. Arabella gathered herself together and came down trying her best to match his step. Kieran slowed down to allow her and she came beside him as they walked into the restaurant."Why won't you let me pay?" She asked and he shook his head."I don't want to use my payment this way" he said and she wondered what he meant."What payment?" she asked. She was just going to pay for dinner to thank him so why was he talking like she owed him money?"You'll see," he said. She waited for him to show her but there was nothing more coming from him. She pressed her lips together as the
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"I mean it's so unfair, he reached out first shouldn't he at least explain the reason he had to bail?" Arabella asked as they walked from the coffee shop to the car. Arabella had been quiet the entire meal after shooting Kieran the death glare and him trying to save himself. This was the first time she broke the silence after answering every one of his requests with a nod or a head shake.She had been thinking about what had happened and she could not seem to find a reliable and suitable explanation for what he had done. Kieran looked at her shocked to hear her voice."It's because he is a jerk" he said and she was shocked such words could come from him. She was even more shocked because it seemed like he was supporting her. "He is?" "Of course, I know guys like him" "You do?" his words did not match his personality so she was not sure if she could take his words for it. "I am a guy so I do know," he said and she looked him up and down. He rushed ahead of her to open up the door
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"What did he say?" Kieran asked eager to know what was going on.He just said his wife was in town and that he could not meet with me. Does this mean that he is married already?" Arabella asked trying to wrap her mind around the situation.His fingers had been void of any rings at all so it would be difficult for her to know he was married. He did not say anything about his marriage either."oh my gosh!" Arabella exclaimed loudly. "I feel so stupid" she added in annoyance."Why?" Kieran asked. None of this was her fault. "Were you aware that he had a wife?" he followed up."No," she said shaking her head vigour."Then how does this make you stupid? It's all his fault for leading you on" "I mean I should have picked up on the signs" she said cutting him before he could say anything more."Do you see any signs?" he asked.She paused, took a deep breath and thought of it intently. "I did not but..." "You are too hard on yourself, how would you have known that he was married if he did n
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Kieran drove with no destination in mind. Arabella let down the window and let the breeze fill the car. She was not particularly happy about the situation and most importantly she did not like that it happened in front of Kieran but she was glad with the way he handled it. "I want to scream" she murmured gently her face out in the window with the air slapping hard against her skin. "Then scream," Kieran said.She put her head back fully into the car and then gave him a questioning look. "You won't even ask me why?" "Asking you why won't solve the issue at hand and you doing what you want would be better to let you let go easier," he said.His words made sense but she wanted to be comforted. She wanted to call her sister but she knew the girl would want to cuss out the man and demand his number. If she refused to provide his contact details she would go the extra mile to get it. "I just can't believe this happened when I was about to give relationships a try. I mean I had been good
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Arabella stared at him and did not know what to say. She had been interested in getting into a relationship but not with him."I don't know what to say," she said and he nodded."I know, you can take your time to think about it" "But..." "What made me ask?" he cut her off asking as if he read her mind."Yes," she said shocked with a nod."I was going to ask for a while now, you know I told you that you intrigue me. Seeing that I almost lost you to that jerk of a boy makes me so sad that I know I must ask you or else I would be cheating myself" he said looking ahead to the road."But..." "Just think about it okay? If you don't want it, I would not pressure you or try to make it uncomfortable for you" he said.He was trying his best to stay calm as possible. He did not plan to ask her this way or anytime soon. He had wanted to watch himself a bit more. He wanted to see and know if he was over Kimberly or if seeing her was just some way of nature playing a prank on him. She was the c
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Arabella rushed into the house as soon as they made it in time. She went up into her room with Everly on her tail. "Wait up" Everly said before Arabella could get the door shut in her face."Oh Everly I did not see you there" Arabella said holding the door for the woman to come in."I noticed your mind was not with you, I have been following you and trying to catch up with you from downstairs but it seems like you are in a hurry" Everly said getting into the room. "I love what you have done with your room," Everly said looking around."Thank you," Arabella said. She put in a little decor to match what Everly had already done there. She kept bringing in the decor one after the other and this was the first time Everly was seeing the finished work."It's so simple and chic" Everly said taking her seat on the bed."Can I take a quick shower?" Arabella asked."Of course, I would wait right here" Everly responded. "You said you were going to tell me all I needed to know about my trip" Eve
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"Kieran did?" Everly asked shifting in the bed. "Yes," Arabella said nodding."Are you sure?" Everly asked. Before Kimberly came his way he had no one and after her, he also did not have anyone near him.She had watched him grow up and had never seen him near any woman. Parents were the ones who tried to keep their kids away from relationships but Kieran was a different case. She was always trying to get him to make friends or be in a relationship. "He said it today while we were out," Arabella said."Hold on, let me process my thoughts" Everly stood her feet and began to pace the entire floor of the room. "Kieran?" she asked again before standing still and facing Arabella."I mean I should be happy that he is getting into a relationship or that he wants to get into a relationship" she said crossing her hands over her chest. "But my mind can't seem to comprehend it" "I don't know why he asked me but he had said something about being interested in me for a while now" "Oh wow this i
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"Yeah follow your heart, I am sure it's saying something and if it isn't yet then maybe you need to listen just a little bit more" Everly said.Arabella wanted to say something but she decided against it. "I know I should not say this because it would put a lot of pressure on you but I would be glad if you became my son's girlfriend but I won't be mad at you if you don't" Everly said."I guess I have to think about it for a few more days" Arabella responded and Everly nodded."But what about Mark?" Everly asked.Arabella let out a sigh and explained what Mark had done. She explained the entire situation and how it led to Kieran getting to ask her out."What? Oh my god, he is such a red flag" Everly let out with disgust in her voice. "I'm pissed but I am also glad I got to know before the relationship went further than it is," Arabella said. Everly nodded in agreement. If Arabella had become his girlfriend then it would have been a lot worse for her to detach herself from him."I am g
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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
A Step Closer to Love CXXXIII
1 YEAR LATER Arabella was meeting Kieran after work; she had moved out because she was not comfortable with being there while dating him and had found herself a new job where she seemed to function much better. She was even on her way to write a book of her own. Kieran, who started a book publishing house solely for the money, now began to learn about this thing so he could help her out with the publication.She was glad that she had given in and tried to date him, or else she would never understand what this kind of relationship meant. Kieran was so attentive and made her feel like his entire world revolved around her. She learnt to drive and even bought her car.Sometimes she believed that he was going to propose to her because he would bring up discussions that centered around their future home, but then after that, it would be like they were back to base one. She liked base one, but she hated living all by herself. She wanted to move back in with him, and she wanted to begin havi
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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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Arabella could feel Kieran's excitement for the date, and she wondered why they got so lucky. They went on every ride in the park like they had been waiting to do this. Arabella was more proud of the fact that a handsome hunk named Kieran was with her. In every line, they heard murmurs of people talking about how handsome he was. She was not letting any of that bother her because she could disagree with them; he was a beauty to behold. She did not let the nasty comments, such as those criticising his choice, get to her. He glued to her like gum on the sole of a shoe, and it must have infuriated the crowd the more because of the kinds of dirty glances she received from them. Kieran was always pushing back her hair and staring at her while holding her hand tightly and dropping random kisses on her forehead. She was shy, but she liked how he marked his terror so openly. She was on a date, and she was going to try her best not to be affected by any of that. "Should we go there?" Kieran
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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
