Kieran stood there watching her walk away. He could not believe that his single act of courage to try had resulted well this way. He had stayed awake all night worrying about what she was going to say and then when he had tried to catch her in the morning to maybe retract what he had said she had been nowhere to be found.Ryder's car came in and Aurora was in the passenger seat. Up until now, Aurora had been avoiding him since their last fall out and he knew he had to speak with her and straighten it out. He wanted to make sure she was not holding onto a piece of hope that would make them end up together. He had never had any interest in her. He had been beside her at first because of Kimberly and after she brutally left his life Ryder was like the glue that bonded the two of them together. Otherwise, he had never thought of anything higher than friendships between them. Since he was with Arabella now he knew he had to straighten everything out. He was going to stand his ground and

Kieran could not wait for the day to be over. He knew that today was going to be his first date with Arabella and he could barely sit still. He glanced at the click multiple times and could barely get any work done.He had wished to have lunch with her but could not because he had an important lunch with their investors and had to go out to eat without her. She had made it clear that she did not want to let others in the office that they were dating so there was no way he would have asked her to lunch without seeming suspicious to everyone around.'Do you want to have dinner together?' he typed to his phone and looked up to see her reaction when she read the message. Arabella glanced at the message and dropped the phone to the table without sending a response. Her lips were in a straight line as she continued working on whatever it was that she did.'Do you want me to pick you up? I will wait in the parking lot till everyone has gone.' he typed again and waited for a response. The sa

"Do you have anywhere in mind?" Kieran asked Arabella as they drove out. Now that she was no longer sulking she was radiating happiness with the smile on her face. "I know nowhere in this city" she said shaking her head. "Anywhere would be just fine" "Okay then I would pick it," he said tapping into the GPS and then allowing it to lead them. "Want some music?" he asked when the silence became too much."We could talk instead.." she trailed off."About what?" she shook her head for lack of ideas."I want to talk with you but I don't want it to be forced" he said and it made sense to her. She would also prefer it if all the conversations they had were not born out of the need to talk but because they wanted to share with each other."Music it is then," Arabella said."Connect your phone then" Kieran said setting it up for her as he tried to keep his eyes on the road."Eyes on the road, I can do that" she said tapping his hands away. She connected successfully before she began to shuff

Everly chatted a bit with her son before she cut off the call. She was with Ava when both calls came in. "Both kids sounded so happy today, I wonder if something good happened" Ava commented. Everly was glad that she was not the only one who caught that. "I see you noticed as well" Everly said and Ava nodded."I hope Arabella hasn't been that much of a trouble. I know how stressful of a child she is" Ava asked."Of course not, she has been an absolute darling," Everly said. She contemplated whether to tell Ava of her suspicions as to why their kids were happy. When she spoke with Arabella she had a glistening look in her eyes as she spoke about Kieran. It was one that Everly knew too well, she saw it in herself when she was younger and madly in love with Ethan. When everything was rosy and beautiful it seemed like love could conquer it all. "That look says a lot so spill" Ava said when she noticed that Everly had abandoned her tea and resulted in stroking her chin so fondly."You

"Not because we are dating, I'm just saying it would be a good reason to" she clarified. She had been considering it even before they became a thing. "Then why?" Kieran felt his jaw tense up. Of all the things to discuss with her he had not considered the possibility of this coming up. "I just wanted to move out to be out of you and your family's hair" she confessed. There was a point when she felt uncomfortable because of everything that went on in the house."Out of our hair? Did anyone say anything?" "No it's quite the contrary, everyone was welcoming in their own way, I just felt bad for mooching off you and your family" "I don't mind" he shrugged going back to his pancake mix."But now that we are dating I would be looking into apartment choices. At least the ones I can afford" "Wait are you serious?" he was confused. He thought that telling her that he was fine with it all solved the moving-out issue."Yeah, I mean it would be quite awkward if we are dating and your parents