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Kieran took the meal his mom made and left the house after ensuring that she was fine. He knew something was wrong but he could not place his hands on them and since both his parents were hiding the truth from him, there was nothing he could do about it.
"Mom said I should give this to you" Kieran said dropping the bag of food on Arabella's table.Arabella looked up at him. His face was in his usual scowl as if he was just back from fighting a bear."What?" she asked. She did not understand what the bag was. They were only a few minutes to lunch break so why was he coming into the office with a food bag after storming out earlier?"I went home and Mom said I should give this to you" Kieran said gesturing to the bag."You went home?" she asked."Yeah," he said nodding before awkwardly walking away."What's that?" Chole asked rolling her chair closer to Arabellea's table."Kieran's mom sent me lunch" Arabella resRelated chapters
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Kieran looked up from his desk to see Arabella working so intently on whatever it was that she was doing. He glanced at the clock on his desk. It was lunchtime so why was not eating? He stood up and took up the lunch box his mom had packed for him. He would heat the meal in the kitchenette and also try to invite Arabella to do so."If you had the opportunity, you would be a workaholic" Kieran said."Shit," Arabella said whipping around on her seat to Kieran with a shock on his face, her hand on his chest and her face as if she had just encountered a ghost."What?" he asked taking cautious steps down from his office stairs to the main floor."You scared me" she responded. She had decided to invest herself into the work that she had forgotten that she was left all alone with him in the office."Aren't you going to have lunch?" he asked and she nodded."You brought lunch from Everly for me, remember?" "I do remember, I just wanted to know the reason why you are yet to have it" he asked
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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
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Arabella needed her sister as soon as possible so she could barely sit through the rest of the day that by the time it was time to leave, she basically flew out of her seat to the door muttering some goodbyes before leaving the premises. She was usually the last to leave so everyone found it weird that she was going first."Hello Seraphina" "To what do I owe the honour of your special presence?" Seraphina was sarcastic. Arabella knew the reason for this but she was not in the mood to go back and forth with her at that time."I am sorry for not calling but this is an emergency" she cut to the chase. She needed to figure out her situation and her sister was the only person she could call for anything."What's up?" "Well I do not know how this would sound Sera but I have to blame you for making me think about it" "Hold your horses young lady, blame me for what?" Seraphina asked. She dropped the iPad in her hand to the table as she waited to hear what sudden accusations her sister woul
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Arabella looked up to see unfamiliar lights It was as if she had been transported to a different location than the city she was living in.She looked around as her eyes landed on a mysterious structure that resembled one that belonged to an amusement park. She tried to turn on her phone but she noticed that it was switched off.After her conversation with her sister, she decided to take a walk around before getting home but her mindless walk soon landed her in a location that was dry like the desert. She could not even call a cab even if she wanted to. The ships with their street light that illuminated her path were all shut tight. She found the nearest bench and sat on it. It was when she sat down that she noticed that her legs ached from walking around. She checked out her wristwatch and saw that it was almost ten. She sighed because she knew that invariably she was stranded. She looked around as fear gripped her, if there were any passersby then she would have had someone to ask
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"Kieran?" she said again as he came to a stop in front of her."What the hell is wrong with you? Why did you run off on your own and then proceed to walk off in the wrong direction when you don't even know your way around here?" Kieran asked.She watched his face as he spoke, his words made no sound in her ears because she was busy watching his face and how much the worry filled it. "Thank you" she said throwing her arms around his neck with a sigh of relief. His body froze under her arms. Why was she on him? Why did he like the feeling? "I was so afraid of what would have become of me" she whispered still holding on to him.His hands went up against his will and began to gently and silently stroke her back. She must have been so terrified if she ignored his shouting spree. She just went in for a hug instead, who knows what was going through her mind.Both of them stood there in each other's arms as Kieran tried his best to somewhat comfort her in the way he knew best. After a while
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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
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Of all the things that Arabella thought she could say that statement was not one of them. if he knew he was a handsome man she did not need to assure him of the validity of the said claim.She stamped her palms to the table and stood up abruptly. "We should go" her voice came out in a squeak and Kieran laughed."If you are embarrassed I will pretend that I did not hear that" he said gently as he continued with his meal."I am not embarrassed" Arabella muttered."Then should we talk about how you find me handsome and breathtaking?" he asked and she felt her heart beat faster. It was like her entire body was on a mission to embarrass her. Why did she respond when he was willing to pretend like nothing happened to make her comfortable?"I never said I find you breathtaking and handsome" she said and he shook his head."What did you say then?" "I only agreed that those who found you handsome were correct. I said I found you unfriendly" she said and he smirked. Why did he smirk? Why was s
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"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
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