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Chapter 67

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"Welcome Stephen" she heard her mother say as the young man also walked in.

"What in the world!"... Arabella muttered as her gaze met his, was he...? She couldn't even get her words complete any longer as she stood there, star-struck.

" Momm..." she trailed as she came back to her senses and glanced in her mother's direction.

"Are they?" Arabella asked and received a nod from her mother.

"Yes, these are the guests I was talking about" She heard her mother say, Arabella came back to her senses and greeted them but her thoughts were going haywire and in turmoil

"Good evening, sir, ma" she greeted respectfully with a forced smile.

"Dad, I thought you said we were visiting a friend," Stephen asked in confusion after he had greeted. He was in his office yesterday when his father suddenly called him and told him to come home because they were visiting a friend the next day. His father didn't even say much about it before he ended the call, that was why Stephen wasn't suspicious of anyt
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