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"How did you know the coffee I like?" Arabella asked as they drove back to the office.
"I just guessed," Kieran said with a shrug. "I will drop you off upfront because I have to get to my meeting" he added."I told you that I can go back myself," Arabella said in a protest. "You drop me off here" she said pointing to the corner of the road."And risk looking like a bad person?" Kieran commented.Arabella felt her phone vibrate in her lap. She took it up and discovered it was a call from Mark. A smile crossed her face. Since their date on Saturday, they have been communicating like close friends. Each time she felt like he was about to ask her out she discovered he just did not do it."Hello," Mark's voice came through the line." I thought not to call you because you might be at work," Arabella said in response."I just saw my outpatients and I have a little more time before I go in for surgery and I wanted to hear fromRelated chapters
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Kieran dropped her off at the office and zoomed off before she could say anything. She watched his car disappear out of sight."What are you doing here?" Arabella turned around to see Chloe standing there with the entire staff."I went out for lunch" Arabella replied holding onto Chloe's hand that had somehow found its way into hers."But you said you weren't going for lunch" Chloe asked and the entire crew walked into the building. Arabella and Chloe followed behind them and she knew that she could not mention that it had been Kieran who asked her to come out for lunch."I had to see a friend urgently," she lied."You have friends in the city?" Aaron asked without turning back to her so she could not tell the emotions behind his statement."I met one online and we had only been taking online, he was around the area so I decided to have lunch with him" Arabella lied.She hated herself at that moment, she had not been a b
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Kieran sat in the bar looking down at his phone. He had just spoken with Arabella and he had no tangible reason for bailing on her without telling her and then refusing to apologize aside from the clenching feeling he felt after he heard her joyfully announce her date with him."What does she see in him?" he murmured as he downed the remnant of the mocktail in his cup. He did not want to drink alcohol because he had to drive himself back home.He did not know why he was bothered that she was having a date. He did not like her so why did it disturb him so much that he did not want to set his eyes on her?He stood up abruptly startling the people sitting by his side. He slid a tio for the waiter and hurried out. He had to try and make it back to his office building so he could take her home before she could leave by herself."He raced as fast as the speed limit could take him. By the time he arrived at the building, the lights were gone and the door
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"What game?" "You know, toying with me?" she says expecting answers. She was not going to allow him to slip through any of it until she had answers today."I have never played any game" he said pressing his fingers together."I could understand if you do not want us to be friends" She started feeling her voice hitch in her throat. "But why did you play me like that, you were the one who suggested dinner and I even tried to decline but you insisted and then you had me wait for you for an hour and a half and when I called to ask what was holding you up you spoke so rudely" she ranted and stopped for a minute to take a deep breath.He was about to speak but she held her hand in the air. She had to say it all to get it off her chest or else she might have a rough day the next day."And then you should have apologized for planning and then bailing out but instead you lashed out at me, I was even worried that something urgent had come up with
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"What?" "Yeah, at first I thought my mind was playing some kind of cruel trick on me but it turns out I was wrong and it keeps showing up and when it shows up I am not sure how to act and that's the reason I end up being rude to you" he explained.She had ranted and it was his turn to talk for long while he listened. "So Seraphina was right?" she murmured to herself."What?" "Nothing," she said startled. She had demanded a. explanation but, not this kind. She did not know what she wanted but she was sure it was none of what she had heard."I better get inside" she said struggling with the handle of the door.Kieran got closer as he wanted to try to help her get the door. "What are you doing?" she screamed when she felt him so close to her."Helping you," he said."Don't bother?" she said in a nervous laugh."I did not want to tell you because I did not want you to feel uncomfortable" Kieran said resti
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Kieran watched Arabella walk slowly to the house. He wondered if he was actually drawn to her. She was nothing like Kimberly who he adored with his life.Kimberly was a bright perky woman who preferred shoes to books. Arabella on the other had always had her nose buried in books since she was young. He wondered if it was true that all men had a type because Kimberly and Arabella were sure not the same type. He felt rejected like he had proposed to her and she had curely turned him down.He wanted to chase after her and ask her to reconsider, he did not know what he wanted her to reconsider but that's how he felt."What do I do?" he asked himself angrily as he slammed his fist on the steering wheel. "Would it have been better if I had just kept it to myself?"The next morning he noticed that she had left the house before he could wake up. The news he gathered from his mom was that she had an important client to attend to and so she could
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TRIGGER WARNING, THERE MIGHT BE SOME ELEMENT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE IN THIS CHAPTER PLEASE SKIP IT IF YOU CANNOT HANDLE IT."What do you mean by that?" Everly asked as she turned to face her husband.Since Saturday she had avoided making any meals for him and he had thought she was just temporarily acting up and would be back to her senses soon"If you want breakfast so much maybe you should make yourself something to eat" He had been ordering in since Saturday for all his Melas apart for dinners and he was not going to take it any more."Are you not going to get your husband something to eat?" he asked walking slowly towards her."You should get yourself something to eat if you are that hungry," she said.He moved closer to her and she moved back until her back touched the wall. She was now pinned to the corner and she did not like the feeling of being trapped at all."You have refused to prepare my meals
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TRIGGER WARNING, THERE MIGHT BE SOME ELEMENT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE IN THIS CHAPTER PLEASE SKIP IT IF YOU CANNOT HANDLE IT.Everly held her cheek as she pushed him out of her way. "Did you just slap me?" she asked, tears streaming from one of her eyes. She could not believe the situation she was in at that moment.The same Ethan who had chased her around for years before he got her to date him and then suddenly made her pregnant and after that married her. It was the same man who had raised his hands and slapped her."I am sorry, I did not mean to" he stammered as he moved back staggering on his feet. "I don't know what came over me," he said again as his feet kept going back."I am going to go out now" she said rushing out of the house.She felt a breeze hit her skin but she did not care all that was on her mind was how to escape that situation she was facing.She was not properly dressed to be out in the cold. She could he
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"Hello Mom" Kieran shouted at the dead end of the phone. He yanked the phone from his ears like it was something hot burning him. He tapped on the phone and called the number again."Hello," he heard a quirky voice. "Hello, my mom just called me on this line" he said internally praying she was still there."Oh yes," the lady said and Kieran sighed in relief."She said to come to pick her but she did not give me an address," Kieran said."Oh, this is at Salt Avenue, Purple and Cream coffee shop," The lady said."Is she fine? She did not sound too good over the phone" Kieran was concerned. He had never heard his mom sound that way before so he was seriously worried."She does not look too good so if you could come pick her up as soon as possible that would be the best" her quirky and happy voice came through."Don't worry I will keep her here" she added."I will be there as fast as I can, please don't le
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