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2024-02-03 20:00:52"This looks like a really fancy place," Arabelle said as they were ushered to their seat.
"What have it away?" Mark asked with a teasing smile on his face."Oh I guess it has to be when the man at the door wanted to take my coat" Arabella said taking up his teasing voice too."Hope I did not make you uncomfortable with my gesture. I just wanted you to have a good time" Mark asked and Arabella shook her head.She could not remember the last time when she had such an opportunity to dine in such an exquisite place."It's funny, I have been thinking of bringing myself here" she added the teasing tone still in her voice and a threatening teasing smile on her lips."I guess my shrink must know something" Mark replied.Arabella was glad that the comfortable air from before returned and they were able to talk to each other like they had known themselves for a while.She had wondered what would happen at the restaurant
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"Thank you so much for dinner and a lovely conversation," Arabella said as they walked out of the dining hall."I am glad you enjoyed it," Mark said. He was suddenly feeling so shy that he wanted the ground to swallow him up at that moment.He had done all the complimenting all night long so it was nice for him to hear some positive reviews about the night from her end."I did enjoy it and I won't be able to eat anything else tonight" Arabella said rubbing her excitement. "I am glad we took the recommendation of the waiter or else we could have missed out on such a good meal" Arabella said and he agreed."I mean being a good person kind of has its benefit doesn't it?" he said and she nodded in agreement."I don't think I will be able to eat Everly's breakfast and I am not sure she would be happy about it" Arabella said."Should we take a walk around the area? It might help with rapid digestion" Mark suggested."That's a
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"Thank you so much for tonight," Arabella said as they stood outside the door to the house."I am glad you had a good time because I would have felt bad if I was the only one having a good time" Mark replies with a smile. "I did have a good time" She returned his smile and he felt good about the situation. At least his friends were wrong when they called him boring. He was dropping a girl after a date and she was smiling."I hope I am not too late to drop you off?" Mark asked his eyes weary dancing around the house to see if Kieran was somewhere around."Oh don't bother about him, I am a big girl," she said as if she had just done something to be extremely proud of."Of course, you are a big girl" Mark was teasing her now."Wait that came out all wrong" she said with a laugh at the end of her statement."It did didn't it?" he asked and she nodded."I better get inside now, good night," she said pushing him towa
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"JESUS CHRIST" Arabella screamed as she stepped to the entrance and found a figure squatting right before the door.What scared her the most was that she could not see the face of the figure and it seemed like an unidentified object that might be dangerous was just lying casually on the front porch. "What are you doing there?" Arabella asked her hands on her chest and her soul almost escaped from her body. "You gave me a scare," she said with a long breath."What do you mean by that? This is my mom so I can be wherever I want to be" Kieran answered standing and then turning to her."I never said you could not be where you want to be" Arabella said with an eye roll as she felt her heart rate begin to come back to normal slowly."Then what are you saying?" he asked when she did not reply."Can you calm your panties?" she said as she watched his face fall into a deeper frown. Until she met him she had never known that there were le
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Arabella wondered why he had acted like that to her. Her phone rang in her pocket and she automatically knew it was going to be her sister. She probably wanted to know how the date went. She answered the call and put the phone to her ears."Tell me all about this guy," Seraphina said as soon as she noticed the call got connected."I am fine, thank you for asking, I had a good day, thank you for asking. How are you and mom too? How was your day? Did you have a good day?" Arabella rambled on."Oh come on you are so boring that I know the answer to all those questions without you even saying a word" Seraphina whined."What? Are you calling me boring?" Arabella shrieked."I am not calling you names, I am just telling you the truth" Seraphina responded."I always remembered you as a mean person and you never seem to change" Arabella said and Seraphina made a sound to make her know she agreed."I have never been nice so I wond
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"What nonsense are you on about now?" Arabella asked with an eye roll."Not nonsense. You had one take you on a date and one who tried to ruin your chances with the other one" Seraphina said."Kieran has many other important things to do than to try and ruin my chance and why would he ruin my chance? it's none of his business" Arabella asked."This is what you get when you have never dated your entire life, you will always never be able to tell people's emotions" Seraphina said."What do you think this is? A movie set?" Arabella asked with a snort."I wish this was a script, I would gladly direct this," Seraphina said in a dreamy voice. "You are daydreaming for nothing" Arabella said telling her sister off."So between Mark and Kieran who do you see as a potential boyfriend?" "Sera?" Arabella whined."What? I just want to know" Seraphina teased."This is nothing to tease me about and Kieran i
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"Good morning" Arabella greeted Everly as she walked into the kitchen to see her staring out the kitchen window with coffee in hand. She was gently sipping from the cup."Oh, good morning darling would you like a cup of coffee?" Everly asked turning to face her."Yes, but I will make a cup for myself instead, you can just continue to enjoy the view," Arabella asked walking to the coffee machine to get started."Oh thank you, I just love staring out the window this early in the morning," Everly said tilting her head as if she was looking at a famous painting."I guess the landscape is somewhere worth watching" Arabella replied looking out the window briefly before returning to her coffee.'You are up early today"Everly commented."Unfortunately I can't really rest today as I want to do some reading and research but I can't seem to focus on the room" Arabella told her.She had been up for a while now but had found it hard
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"Where do you think you are going?" Ethan asked when he saw Arabella and Everly hand in hand walking toward the door."Out for breakfast," Everly said in a voice that said 'You should know where I am going and not ask me useless questions like this'"What about breakfast?" Ethan asked his face drawing up in confusion. Where was she going when she had not made anything for him to eat?"What do you mean?" Everly replied blinking rapidly. She wondered why he became so distant from her and began to treat her like a maid all of a sudden. It was as if he was brainwashed."Aren't you going to make what I would eat for breakfast?" Ethan replied."You have two hands don't you?" Everly said and watched him raise his hands to his face."What are you trying to ask?" "Since you have two hands you can whip up something quickly for yourself" Everly said and he jumped out of his chair so quickly it was like a flash moving about.
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"I found this cute place in town where they serve various varieties of breakfast," Everly said with excitement. "Oh really have you been there before?" Arabella asked. She was careful and so she did not like trying new things."No, but it would be a fun thing to do, don't you think so?" Everly asked."I guess" Everly could hear the doubt in the voice of Arabella."You don't like trying new things do you?" Everly asked turning to her."Is it obvious?" Arabella said with a nervous chuckle. "Your eyes dilated, your hands shook on the wheel and I could see your body tense up," Everly said. Arabella turned to her with widened eyes shocked she was able to get all that information in such a short time."I am a mom, we know these things," she said when she saw her stare. "You might be afraid to try new things but I want you to try this place and see for yourself" Arabella nodded. What else did she have to be afraid o
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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
