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THERE MIGHT BE SOME ELEMENT OF DOMESTIC ABUSE IN THIS CHAPTER PLEASE SKIP IT IF YOU CANNOT HANDLE IT.Everly held her cheek as she pushed him out of her way. "Did you just slap me?" she asked, tears streaming from one of her eyes. She could not believe the situation she was in at that moment.The same Ethan who had chased her around for years before he got her to date him and then suddenly made her pregnant and after that married her. It was the same man who had raised his hands and slapped her."I am sorry, I did not mean to" he stammered as he moved back staggering on his feet. "I don't know what came over me," he said again as his feet kept going back."I am going to go out now" she said rushing out of the house.She felt a breeze hit her skin but she did not care all that was on her mind was how to escape that situation she was facing.She was not properly dressed to be out in the cold. She could heRelated chapters
A Step Closer to Love CXI
"Hello Mom" Kieran shouted at the dead end of the phone. He yanked the phone from his ears like it was something hot burning him. He tapped on the phone and called the number again."Hello," he heard a quirky voice. "Hello, my mom just called me on this line" he said internally praying she was still there."Oh yes," the lady said and Kieran sighed in relief."She said to come to pick her but she did not give me an address," Kieran said."Oh, this is at Salt Avenue, Purple and Cream coffee shop," The lady said."Is she fine? She did not sound too good over the phone" Kieran was concerned. He had never heard his mom sound that way before so he was seriously worried."She does not look too good so if you could come pick her up as soon as possible that would be the best" her quirky and happy voice came through."Don't worry I will keep her here" she added."I will be there as fast as I can, please don't le
A Step Closer to Love CXII
Kieran raced to the coffee shop. He parked and entered the cafe and walked to the counter. As he approached the counter he saw his mom sitting in one of the chairs. Her head was hung low as she fondled with her finger."Mom," Kieran said with a loud voice as she rushed to her and knelt before her.She looked up at him slowly, her face was flushed and her eyes looked a bit dim. She wanted to smile but all he saw was a kind of sadness."Are you her son?" Kieran turned to the direction of the voice. It was the same one he heard over the phone."Yes" Kieran said."Oh, you are very good-looking" the girl could not control herself. She could read the room that it was not the time to be complimenting him but she could not control herself. She was sure he could pass off as a celebrity without any issues."Thank you," Kieran said. "For watching myom and making sure she is safe" he added after a long pause causing the smile and her face to
A Step Closer to Love CXIII
"Mom, why don't you tell me the truth?" Kieran asked as he drove her home. She looked better than when he had first seen her. It was as if life had suddenly returned to her. Her face looked brighter and she was getting better, she had calmed down and the tears ceased as well."What truth?" she asked looking out the window to avoid any form of eye contact they might have."About what happened" "Nothing happened," she said trying her best to sound happy as possible. "I had not been exercising for a while now so I decided to just take a little walk around the neighbourhood" "Nas you found yourself forty minutes away?" "Yeah" "Forty minutes drive away from the house?" he asked again."Yeah" "If you were taking a walk why did you call me then?" "Turns out I left my phone at home and could not figure out the way back home" She lied.Kieran could easily detect that lie, she was always
A Step Closer to Love CXIV
"Everly," Ethan said as he saw her come down from the car. He did not know the direction to go to search for her so all he did was wait outside in the cold barefooted."Hey honey," she said and he was taken aback. She wanted to run away but she had to pretend in front of her child. He was not even young she wondered why she was doing all this for him."What?" he let out in a shriek. "You must have been worried" she said going to stand before him. "I got lost on my way out for a walk and I asked Kieran to come to get me, I guess I must be getting old seeing that I don't know how to tell directions again" Everly rambled."What are you doing?" Ethan asked with a fearful voice."Do you want Kieran to know what happened? Just play along" she said in a hushed whisper."Oh," he said with no voice as he nodded. He knew he was in the wrong but he had to make sure to keep this away from him.He wanted to apologize but he didn't s
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A Step Closer to Love CXV
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 res
A Step Closer to Love CXVI
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
A Step Closer to Love 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
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