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After chatting a bit more Arabella decided to call it a night. She was glad he had come forward and suggested that they had the talk or else she might toss and turn all night. Although she was now aware that he did not say it in error she still felt at ease as if she was given a warm bath that was going to knock her right into bed. The remaining conversation with Kieran was not as awkward as the conversations she had with him when she first knew him. They flowed like they had been long-time acquaintances who were catching up after a long time of disconnection. She could not even pinpoint the exact thing they spoke about but she knew the conversation gave her a warm feeling in her chest and she loved it.She entered her room and picked up her phone from the table where she sat to do her work before he came knocking. She dropped her robe on the chair before moving to the bed. She needed to get a little shut-eye before the next morning or else she might oversleep again.She checked her
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"Are you treating me to dinner tonight?" Kieran asked as they rounded the corner and approached the office building."Oh no" Arabela said shaking her head. "Not tonight" she said pressing her lips together."Not tonight?" he was shocked. "You sound like you have a plan" "What do you mean by that?" Arabella gasped as if she was offended by his statement but it was the contrary for her. If anyone knew her well they would know she was exhausted with the back and forth of going out and wanted to try her best to avoid it."You are not really an outdoor person" he said and she nodded."That is correct but I am meeting Mark tonight, he asked to meet" Kieran suddenly felt bile rise in his throat as it suddenly became bitter he wanted to spit around. "Mark?" his voice was low as if he was commanded to whisper. "Yeah, he reached out and I agreed to go" Kieran could see that Arabella was not aware of the intense anger he felt for hearing that piece of information because she still maintained
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She tried her best to act normal and that her mind was not constantly wandering to Kieran all through the day. She buried herself in work and then the end of the day was there.Since Mark had said he would be picking her up she knew she had to wait till he was near to step out so she decided to stay back and do some more research for the upcoming work they were preparing for.The office lights were off and she was left alone at her desk with a small reading light illuminating the table. She jumped up in fear when a tap was heard at her table. She did not hear him walking to her which was what gave her the extreme fear she had just experienced.She was alone in the office so the possibility of another person being with her was what gave her the extreme fear she just experienced. She wanted to talk but her hand over her mouth and widened eyes somehow could not return to normal."What are you doing here?" she asked when she finally regained herself."I was passing by and I saw the light,
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Arabella nodded and went with him, she had nothing to do anyway. She kept checking her phone to see if he would reach out but there was no news. He was a doctor so it's possible there was an emergency at the hospital and he needed to be there. She was sure he would reach out later."It's my treat" Arabella announced as soon as they got to the location."No, it is not" Kieran said as she pushed himself out of the car. Arabella gathered herself together and came down trying her best to match his step. Kieran slowed down to allow her and she came beside him as they walked into the restaurant."Why won't you let me pay?" She asked and he shook his head."I don't want to use my payment this way" he said and she wondered what he meant."What payment?" she asked. She was just going to pay for dinner to thank him so why was he talking like she owed him money?"You'll see," he said. She waited for him to show her but there was nothing more coming from him. She pressed her lips together as the
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"I mean it's so unfair, he reached out first shouldn't he at least explain the reason he had to bail?" Arabella asked as they walked from the coffee shop to the car. Arabella had been quiet the entire meal after shooting Kieran the death glare and him trying to save himself. This was the first time she broke the silence after answering every one of his requests with a nod or a head shake.She had been thinking about what had happened and she could not seem to find a reliable and suitable explanation for what he had done. Kieran looked at her shocked to hear her voice."It's because he is a jerk" he said and she was shocked such words could come from him. She was even more shocked because it seemed like he was supporting her. "He is?" "Of course, I know guys like him" "You do?" his words did not match his personality so she was not sure if she could take his words for it. "I am a guy so I do know," he said and she looked him up and down. He rushed ahead of her to open up the door
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"What did he say?" Kieran asked eager to know what was going on.He just said his wife was in town and that he could not meet with me. Does this mean that he is married already?" Arabella asked trying to wrap her mind around the situation.His fingers had been void of any rings at all so it would be difficult for her to know he was married. He did not say anything about his marriage either."oh my gosh!" Arabella exclaimed loudly. "I feel so stupid" she added in annoyance."Why?" Kieran asked. None of this was her fault. "Were you aware that he had a wife?" he followed up."No," she said shaking her head vigour."Then how does this make you stupid? It's all his fault for leading you on" "I mean I should have picked up on the signs" she said cutting him before he could say anything more."Do you see any signs?" he asked.She paused, took a deep breath and thought of it intently. "I did not but..." "You are too hard on yourself, how would you have known that he was married if he did n
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Kieran drove with no destination in mind. Arabella let down the window and let the breeze fill the car. She was not particularly happy about the situation and most importantly she did not like that it happened in front of Kieran but she was glad with the way he handled it. "I want to scream" she murmured gently her face out in the window with the air slapping hard against her skin. "Then scream," Kieran said.She put her head back fully into the car and then gave him a questioning look. "You won't even ask me why?" "Asking you why won't solve the issue at hand and you doing what you want would be better to let you let go easier," he said.His words made sense but she wanted to be comforted. She wanted to call her sister but she knew the girl would want to cuss out the man and demand his number. If she refused to provide his contact details she would go the extra mile to get it. "I just can't believe this happened when I was about to give relationships a try. I mean I had been good
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Arabella stared at him and did not know what to say. She had been interested in getting into a relationship but not with him."I don't know what to say," she said and he nodded."I know, you can take your time to think about it" "But..." "What made me ask?" he cut her off asking as if he read her mind."Yes," she said shocked with a nod."I was going to ask for a while now, you know I told you that you intrigue me. Seeing that I almost lost you to that jerk of a boy makes me so sad that I know I must ask you or else I would be cheating myself" he said looking ahead to the road."But..." "Just think about it okay? If you don't want it, I would not pressure you or try to make it uncomfortable for you" he said.He was trying his best to stay calm as possible. He did not plan to ask her this way or anytime soon. He had wanted to watch himself a bit more. He wanted to see and know if he was over Kimberly or if seeing her was just some way of nature playing a prank on him. She was the c
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