CXVII

The sound of a cup hitting the ground made Kieran and Arabella pull their gaze away from each other to the door where the entire team was watching them.

Arabella was still in Kieran's hand as he held her to himself. She struggled to get out of his grip when he reluctantly let her go.

"What's going on here?" Aurora asked bursting through the door into the office.

"I was about to fall and he caught me" Arabella said quickly. She was not going to spark up any rumours. Their earlier position was not good for her and she keeping quiet and refusing to explain anything would only put her in more harm.

"Oh," Aurora said. She had not been able to clearly see the position they were in. Arabella let out a sigh of relief as Aurora walked to her office.

Kieran turned away without any word. The office workers watched him get into his office with his packed food still in his hands. Chole bent down to take the cup from the ground. She was lucky the cup did not spill open when it fell.

Chole waited ti