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Arabella was not a fan of being called a nerd, she had a kind of trauma from hearing the word. Although her reaction was always physical and not anything mentally or psychological she did not like being associated with the word because she always had a bad experience being called that.

The people who called her nerds always turned out to be bullies who wanted nothing much with her aside from bullying her for being smart.

"I am sorry" Kieran went straight into defence.

He could tell from her face that she was not pleased with being called a nerd. "I did not mean it in any way you took it, I just meant that you have always been smart and a fan of books," he said quickly.

He watched her his eyes never wavering from her face as her tensed expression lightened up a bit and her mouth which was in a straight line turned into a curve.

"I did not know that the word was a bad thing now," he said and she shook her head.

"It's not a bad thing I just do not like being addressed by that word" she