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Unit XI
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2023-07-05 21:18:49
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Arabella wanted to go tell her mom and sister about how she got there. She especially wanted to tell her sister about the young boy who left for college the same day her dad died and how now he was a huge hunk to be admired. She would not leave out how rude he was to her all through the journey from the airport to his mansion. She knew that it would take up all her time so she decided to send her mom a message promising to call her when she was fully rested. Her sister's message on the other hand was an assurance to call later and go deep into the happenings of the day. The incident with their father had drawn the girls together as they learned the importance of family and how the family would rarely let you down. Seraphina who was excited for gossip sent an affirmative message that she would be available to talk whenever she was ready. Arabella took a quick warm water shower and dried herself before going downstairs to meet the old couple. Arabella met Everly at the foot of the st
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Ethan walked in to see Everly still holding the hand of Arabella. "I did not know our guest had arrived. Everly why did you not call me when she came?" Ethan said. "Because you hate it when I disturb you when you are playing your games," Everly said. When they arrived she went to tell her husband that Arabella had arrived but she met him playing his favorite video game. Ethan retired almost six years ago and ever since then, he devoted his time and energy to playing video games. He only came out of the game room whenever it was mealtime. Everly could not understand but he seemed to never miss mealtime and was always on point. A perfect example is just now, she was yet to call him to join them for dinner but he had come out without fail. How was he doing it? "Why would you say that darling?" Ethan said with a guilty smile across his face. "Ara, I'm so glad you are here, finally another person to keep me company with these men in this house. I have a husband but I have to talk to
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Arabella finished her meal and helped with clearing the dishes. She wanted to wash them when Everly came out to meet her. "Oh don't worry Gracie would take care of it" Everly said snatching the gloves out of her hand. "Have a good rest. You have to go to work tomorrow morning" Everly said. "Okay, then Mrs. Sterling. Thank you for the meal and the warm welcome" Arabella said bowing her head. "No need to thank me. I'm happy to have someone to call a daughter and also call me Everly" she said holding her. "It feels weird to call you by your first name" Arabella confessed.If her mom heard about it she was going to have her head. She would never dare call the adults in her family by their names. "I insist" Everly said. "Now run along" she added pushing Arabella towards the direction of the stairs. "Ara, I forgot to mention this" Everly said which made Arabella stop in her tracks and turn back. "What is it?" Arabella asked. For some reason that she couldn't pinpoint, she knew she
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"Kieran Kieran?" Seraphina said multiple times trying to remember. "The scruffy-looking blue eyes boy that lived next door?" Arabella said in a question form. "You mean Mrs. Sterling's son?" Seraphina asked. She knew her sister had a very peculiar way of explaining things but this particular one made her laugh. "Yeah him," Arabella said. "You know you could have asked me if I remember Mrs. Sterling's son?" Seraphina asked her. "Whatever," Arabella said dismissing her sister's criticism. "What about him?" Seraphina asked. She was always ready for tea. "He turned to be a beautiful blue-eyed man. If I had met him outside I would think of him as a beautiful hunk" Arabella said dreamily. "Your book fantasies playing out again?" Seraphina asked. "I wish I took a picture so I could show you," Arabella said. "You would jump at an opportunity to date him" Arabella knew Seraphina. She has been in and out of relationships but never settled with any of them. In all the time she starte
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After Arabella had successfully confirmed that the picture of the co-CEO she saw on the company website was that of Kieran she went to bed because the next day was going to be a long one for her. It was almost past midnight when Kieran walked in. He met his mother on the couch dozing off. "Why did you wait up for me?" Kieran asked. His voice was stern. He was worried about his mother's back. She has a bad back and had to go into surgery two times now for it. She should be sleeping after all the stress she put herself into to welcome the new girl. "Why did you leave us alone when you knew that we had a guest?" Everly asked ignoring his question. "You did not possibly need me there to keep her company did you?" Kieran asked back. He knew his mother could be extra many times but this time it was simply unacceptable. What was he to be saying to her? "What would we have discussed?" he asked. "She is coming to work in your company. You know that. You could have given her advice" Eve
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Arabella stood at the gate of the mansion. She looked inside and thanked God that she was able to successfully avoid him. She knew she could not avoid him forever but she would continue to do so until she couldn't. She looked around her and realized that she could not recognize it anywhere. She was suddenly tempted to go back and ask for help but then Kieran might have come out for breakfast and her lie would be exposed. She pulled out her phone from her bag and checked the location of the company from her phone. It was a thirty minutes walk from her current location. She looked down at her shoes and laughed loud to herself. She only wore heels to impress the people at the company. She was not going to do it any longer. She has to get coffee first. She pulled up a search result on the coffee shops next to her. She found them within a few steps from her and decided to get a cold coffee drink from them. As opposed to Crescent Bay Japan at this time of the year was much cooler as the
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Kieran comes down for his breakfast. He meets his mom and dad at the table. They were arguing. Ever since Richard retired he had been having it on outs constantly with his wife. "And did you consult me before bringing the girl?" Richard asked. He had no problem with Arabella it was just that his wife did not consult him before inviting her over. He would have still supported but he felt insulted by his wife. "I never knew that I needed your promise to invite my best friend's daughter to my son's house," Everly said sitting beside him. She felt Richard kept hounding on unnecessary things that morning. "And do you both think this is a good time to be talking about this with our guest just above us," Kieran said sitting too. "Don't pay attention to your father. He just likes blowing things out of proportion" Everly said putting a piece of pancake on Kieran's plate. "Mom" Kieran cautioned. "I am sorry then," Everly said giving in. She had always felt cheated living with two men.
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Arabella stared at him, this was the most he had said to her ever since she knew him even while he was a kid. "I mixed up the time" She opened her mouth and then said. "I would drive you to work from now on," he said. He was not waiting for her to give him a response because he turned on his feet. She wanted to stop him but was not sure how to address him. By his first name? By his last name? By adding Mr to his first or last name? She did not know the protocol of the office so she was going to tell him later that she can get to work by herself and that he doesn't need to worry. "What does he mean to drive you? How did you meet Kieran?" Aurora asked. "I have known Kieran since I was young and it was a surprise I got a job here," Arabella said skipping all the details. "But why is he saying house and why is he thinking of driving you?" Aurora asked. She might be nice and pretty but she did not like any girl that competed with her for Kieran's attention and affection. She had kn
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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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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
