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The phone dropped from her hand to the bed and her heart dropped to her stomach. What was the reason he was calling her? She did not want to make any assumptions so she picked up and put the phone to her ear. "I hope I am not disrupting your work?" he asked. His voice was gentle and quiet. She wanted to close her eyes and hear him speak for a long while. "No" she answered sharply and regretted it immediately. Her answer made it seem as if she was at war with him. "Am I perhaps calling at the wrong time?" he followed up. His question made her know that she came off as sharp and rude. "No I am not at work or doing anything at the moment" she answered. She wanted to go into details of how she just finished breakfast and the next thing to do was for her to freshen up but she decided against it. She had not known that man for up to twenty-four hours why should he know so many details? "Then why it did take you so long to pick up?" he sounded so gentle that even though she thought he w
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Arabella stared in awe at her phone. Was this guy just plain right dumb or was he ignorant? She could not decide. Did he not even feel the narcissism he was oozing out? She had the urge to call him out instead of letting him be. She put the phone to her ear and he picked up before the first ring. "I am sorry," he said without letting her speak. "For what?" she exclaimed. She was even get to tell him what she had seen that he did wrong but he was already sorry? Was it a green or red flag? "I was only trying to make light of the situation. You sounded too stiff and I know it might be uncomfortable for you so..." he trailed off "What?" she did not know if he was being serious or not but she could barely wrap her mind around the situation. "I did not want you to sound so formal and uncomfortable around me" he continued. "I know I took the wrong approach, it was wrong of me and I hope you can forgive me for that""You were trying to make me feel comfortable with you?" "Yes, I know I
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In no time Arabella was well and able to resume back to work. It was her first day at work after almost two weeks it felt like she was just resuming all over again."I am so excited to see you" Chole squealed as she looped her hands into Arabella's arm. Arabella studied her face. This girl barely knew her so why was she so excited to see her? "I am dead serious" Chole added when she read the expression on her face. Chole knew it might be hard to believe what she was saying but she was only being sincere with her. She indeed missed her. Maybe she was getting ahead of herself and getting overly excited that she might finally have someone to call a friend in her. She had been lonely in the office especially because of her tank at work. "I guess I missed you too," Arabella said.Chole smiled toothily which gave her a warm feeling. "You don't have to say it if you don't mean it yet, I am sure you will mean it very soon," she said with a wink.Arabella was thrown back by her strong and c
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Arabella had received a big order from her immediate boss. she promised herself that no matter what Aurora decided to do to her she would not regret coming all the way here from her hometown."Oh trust me, Ara, I never lie, that woman is the devil," Chole said as they walked to their cubicles."I will not correct you on that matter," Arabella said as she pulled out her chair and dropped her bag to the table while dropping into the chair. it was quite difficult to resume back to work after not doing anything for a while. the hour she had spent in Aurora's office was full of torment for her. she noticed that her table and chair had been wiped clean. "Oh my god Chole, thank you for wiping down my table and chair“ she voiced out as she pulled the wheeled chair closer to the table, the wheels making slow sounds as they moved."I did not do that," Chole said tapping away on her open laptop.Arabella was sure it could only be Chole who would do such a thing for her. Among all her colleagues
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Arabella trudged home as she was barely able to lift her body. As she made it to the entrance of the mansion where she now lived her phone vibrated in her pocket. She sighed as she pulled it out and looked at the screen.She shook her head in annoyance as she forgot what she had to do. Aurora had given her so much work, that it was as if she was working hard to make sure she quit the job. She had eaten her lunch while printing out a whole manuscript to read when she could read it digitally, make corrections to it, and then do the final printing.She watched the call ring and then fall into voice mail. She did not want to ignore his call but wanted to be the one to call her back since she promised to do so. The workload she had taken on in a day all by herself was too much and she hoped that Kieran and the others would be back soon so Aurora would not go on with her power trip.she opened up her phone and dialed his number back before he would have the opportunity to do so."Hello, Ara
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"Oh my goodness," Arabella screamed and felt her soul leave her body when she heard someone clear their throat from behind her.she stood there to have some privacy and get the call over with she did not expect anyone to be there. she slowly turned her head to face whoever it was behind her.her hands on her chest with her bags on the ground when she jumped in fright. Kieran's eyes shined at her and his lips pursed in a straight line. She did not want to deny that the light from the house shining on him illuminated his beauty the more."I did not hear you come," she said trying her best to play it cool."Yes because I came silently" he responded."How long have you been standing there?" she asked with a nervous smile. "Did you perhaps overhear my conversation?" she asked when he did not reply. he nodded his head and placed one of his hands into his pants pocket."It's not a date like a date" she began but then paused. She did not need to explain to him. He was not her boyfriend or fat
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Kieran stood watching her go, he had been worried about her and that was the reason he left the retreat to come home. He could not tell why he was worried about her but he knew he had to come home and check on her.She was fine and he felt stupid for worrying. She was even planning a date with someone. He did not know why the date affected him but he just knew that since she came to live with them he could not sort out his feelings."Honey, why are you standing here looking so lost in thought?" Everly's voice came out of the house snapping him back to reality."What?" he said in confusion looking at his mom who was standing at a distance holding the door open."What are you doing at home? I thought you travelled for work?" she asked again watching his face and the confused expression she had never seen before cloud his face."I came early" he said but it was obvious his mind was not in what he was saying."Is something bothering
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'Don't forget our date today' Arabella blinked multiple times at her phone screen. She had been looking forward to the date all week but now that it was time to go she suddenly did not feel the need to go. "Myst I go?" she asked herself silently as she stretched under the covers in her bed. "Can I just have today to myself?" she added in a low whisper."Arabella Honey" Everly knocked on the door lightly waiting for a response."Coming" Arabella said jumping up out of bed and then walking toward the door."Good morning darling, are you going to join us for breakfast?" Everly asked as soon as her eyes landed on Arabella."Yes, I will" Arabella said letting out a slow and contagious yawn."Wonderful be down in a bit," Everly said as she began to walk away. She stopped and then turned back to the girl who had yet to close the door. She had been waiting till she was out of sight before she closed the door so she didn't seem rude to her."I am having some friends over later in the afternoo
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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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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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"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
