LXXVIII

"Oh my goodness," Arabella screamed and felt her soul leave her body when she heard someone clear their throat from behind her.

she stood there to have some privacy and get the call over with she did not expect anyone to be there. she slowly turned her head to face whoever it was behind her.

her hands on her chest with her bags on the ground when she jumped in fright. Kieran's eyes shined at her and his lips pursed in a straight line. She did not want to deny that the light from the house shining on him illuminated his beauty the more.

"I did not hear you come," she said trying her best to play it cool.

"Yes because I came silently" he responded.

"How long have you been standing there?" she asked with a nervous smile. "Did you perhaps overhear my conversation?" she asked when he did not reply. he nodded his head and placed one of his hands into his pants pocket.

"It's not a date like a date" she began but then paused. She did not need to explain to him. He was not her boyfriend or fat