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"Yes I did," Arabella said trying her best to show that he startled her. She sat still and gestured for him to sit beside her.

"Make it fast or else I might be tempted to walk out" Kieran said as she rounded the chair and sat on it keeping a safe distance between them.

"I keep getting a feeling that you don't like me but I don't recall doing anything to you" Arabella started. She glanced at him and the state of his face was as if he was going for the championship of the frowning association.

"And the way you talk to me, I did not hear what you told Everly the other time but I am guessing that it is not something nice" she continued.

He sat beside her like a statue and did not move. She would have been fooled if she did not hear his silent breathing.

"I don't want to ask what I did because you would only evade the question and tell me I did nothing when it is obvious that there is something about me that is bugging you"

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