CXXXIII

"Can we talk?" Kieran asked again when she made no move.

"Hold on" she said and he heard her shuffle through the room and then a loud shout from her.

"Ouch!" she exclaimed and he became startled as if he should go through the door to see what had happened.

"What was that?" he asked.

Arabella bit her lips down as she tried to suppress the pain she felt from hitting her small toe on the corner of the chair in the middle of her room. She was embarrassed that after all this time she still did not know the complete layout of the room.

"I just hit my foot against the chair" she let out with a groan. He relaxed but was not okay with the fact that he could not see what was going on inside.

She picked up a house robe and strapped it over her body. She tightened it around the waist, stood and tried to steady her breathing. She took a deep breath with her eyes closed and then they flew open before she walked to the door and opened it.

He stood there in his pyjamas and this was the first time sh