CLXXVI

"I am sorry you had to talk with my sister" Arabella apologized. "She is like a social butterfly"

"It's fine, I would have had to speak with them anyways, it's good that I have gotten this out of the way"

"Are you going to talk to all my family members?"

"If I have to, I am ready to" Kieran said with a smug expression on his face.

"All of them? I have a really large family back at home" Arabella teased.

"I can talk to them all" Kieran sounded confident.

Arabella laughed because she knew what a turmoil her entire family was. Her grandmother would be elated to hear that she had a boyfriend, the problem was her aunties and cousins, they would be having a field day teasing and giving them a hard time.

"I am not sure you want that," Arabella said dismissively.

"It's not about what I want is it?" he asked like he was seeking some kind of validation. "It's about what I have to do," he said.

She nodded her head to give him the satisfaction he seemed to want at that time. "Anything that