Kieran drove for a while before he came out to a busy road. Finally, Arabella saw some lights and places her mind was able to remember. She was happy that the result of her foolishness was not that she had to sleep outside the whole night. He brought her to a restaurant that served hot soup and was still open at that time. From the signage, she was able to tell that it was a twenty-four-hour restaurant and that they were always open. They got their order and Arabella could barely wait for the order to come. "I brought you here in case you caught a cold, the hot soup would help out" Kieran murmured as he set out the table placing the cutlery by her side and filling up her cup with water."Thank you, that is very thoughtful of you" Kieran had a rough time that night as well. As soon as he saw her dart out of the office he tried to follow her but by the time he was able to make it to the parking lot and drive out of his car to the main road she ha

"Not a date," Arabella said immediately. "I don't mean a date like a date but a date like I am going to repay you for buying me dinner tonight, I don't know why I said date when I did not mean it" she rambled on. Kieran could not help the smile on his face. "Why are you smiling?" she trailed off. Why was she acting as though a portion of her brain had suddenly been rewired and she could not think straight any longer?"Because you are cute, I did not know this before but seeing you ramble nervously makes you cute," he said and then abruptly turned around and started walking to the car.Arabella stood there unable to lift a foot, "He thinks I am cute?" she squealed to herself. "But what are you happy about that?" she said as if she was scolding a third party."Oh god" she said running her hands across her face in annoyance. "How do I explain this? Am I losing a few brain cells? Do I need to visit a doctor?" She was worried she might be sick because that was the only plausible explanatio

As much as Kieran wanted to know if his mom was fine he wanted to respect her decision. His father who was always domineering and had a word or two to put out there about every matter suddenly became so quiet about it.Kieran was confused and he decided to ask Arabella if maybe she noticed something about the whole situation."I will give you a ride to work, come on" Kieran said coldly walking by Arabella who was giving Everly travelling tips and what to expect in there."A ride?" Arabella asked in between her conversation with Everly."Oh my silly me, I must have kept you too long asking unnecessary questions when you are supposed to be getting to work" Everly clapped her hands in the air as she nudged Arabella's hands."They are not unnecessary questions, they are essential and might help your stay there" Arabella said as she continued to walk out. "I will tell you all you need to know as soon as I am back from work" she added.She stopped in her tracks and turned to Everly with a so

Kieran and Arabella were left in the office because Arabella had told him in the morning that they should not draw suspicion by going together even though everyone already knew about their living conditions.Arabella stood from her desk and glanced at Kieran's office door, for some reason she was nervous about the situation. "It's just a friendly dinner like between friends" she muttered to herself.She took gentle walks to the door trying to stabilize herself. "When did you become friends," she said with a sigh. No matter how much she wanted to deceive herself she knew it was not possible to do so. Kieran was the one to blame for everything going on. If he had just kept his feelings to himself then she would not be having this torn back and forth of emotions.She knocked on the door and then pushed it open. She stood at the door frame using her hand to support it open. "Everyone left already so we can go too," she said pointing to the door."Oh" he said shuffling the papers in his ha

"I said I was going to pay, why did you pay?" "Because I don't want you to pay me back with just pizza" Kieran said in a tone that said how was that not obvious to her. "I asked you countless times if you were okay with the meal of choice and you said yes and you were the one who even chose the meal," Arabella said with a facepalm. She could not believe he was making such a move on her. Now that he had paid she had to still repay him even though she thought she would do it in one go and get it over with."Now I have to do this again," she said in a groan."You say it like it's a bad thing," Kierans said with his head tilted as they walked out of the restaurant."Not like it's a bad thing, it's just that I thought I would do this and get it over with" she said and he nodded."Just treat me to something better next time" he said and she nodded."There is no way I am letting you be the one to pick the place. I will do proper research and let you know what I came up with" he sounded so