A Step Closer to Love

The idea of giving Aurora an audience did not sit well with Kieran, how could Arabella be so soft? After all the hardship the woman had put her through? She was supposed to be cursing her out while pulling her hair. He walked cautiously to her hoping his eyes were saying all ten words his mouth could not say then.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

“Do we need to?” he asked not bothering to whisper. He was on his own legal property why did he need to act like a stranger on it?

“We don’t need to,” Arabella said pursing her lips together and crossing her hand over her chest. She gave him a faint smile as she felt her legs feel weird.

She did not want to give Aurora any time to say anything but she did not want to come across to Kieran as someone who was unforgiving. She wanted him to think she was kind and forgiving that was why she was going through this right now even when her body was not exactly fine.

“Then why…” he trailed off when she opened her mouth to speak.

“We should do it because it’s the right thing to do” She glanced at Aurora standing behind them briefly. She looked like she had been taught a good lesson and was remorseful. Arabella was not able to tell the content of her heart at a glance but she hoped that her face reflected her inside too.

“She said she was leaving soon anyways so hearing her out is a good option” Arabella added stretching her hand and squeezing Kieran’s hand.

He took a deep breath, he did not want the situation to happen but he did not want her to think he was controlling and would not have a mind of her own. He desperately wanted to separate them but he could not.

“I am only giving you this opportunity because of Arabella” Kieran turned to Aurora and said spitefully.

Aurora felt a knot in her throat and she tried to push it down. She turned her head to the side and gave a weary sad smile. “Thank you so much for allowing me to clear my guilt”

Arabella began to believe her, she sounded like she was telling the truth. Maybe her mind just wanted to believe her.

“Let’s go in” Kieran said as he held Arabella’s hand and turned towards the door.

“Are you going to leave your car here?” Aurora asked. Kieran nodded.

“I will move it after we have spoken” Kieran said taking a step forward.

“But…” Aurora began but trailed off when she saw the look Kieran gave her. She was hoping that Kieran would go park his car in the garage and she could somehow be able to distract Arabella out of the house to the corner of the street where her brother was waiting.

She felt her phone vibrate in her pocket and she knew it was her brother, he was probably getting impatient. After all, she had bragged that isolating her would be a piece of cake.

She gritted her teeth in annoyance as her eyes fell on the intertwined hand in front of her. It would be a lot harder than she thinks to separate them now.

“Come on in”

“I would get something for us to drink, what would you like to have?” Arabella asked as they neared the living room.

“I would get it, just sit here” Kieran said dragging her towards the living room.

“I can get it,” Arabella said in a protest.

“You are not feeling too well, the doctor asked you to rest up so doing anything strenuous would not be good” Kieran said stopping her from moving.

“It’s just something to drink,” Arabella said with an eye roll. He was being overly dramatic for no reason. She had a fever earlier but she was sure she was feeling better and the reason she wanted to be the one to get the drinks was because she wanted to give them some room.

They had way more history together than with her. Aurora may have some things to tell him and she did not want to be in the way. Her mind felt skeptical about the meeting but she wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt. She hoped she would do better now.

“That I can get, sit here” Kieran said dropping her to the couch and turning to leave. He walked a bit before stopping mid-way and turning to them.

“Is fresh juice okay?” he asked and they both nodded in affirmation.

Arabella scrunched her palms together. She pushed them open before squeezing both hands together. She turned to Aurora and gave her an uneasy smile.

“Well,” Arabella said tapping her lap with her palm in nervousness. She wondered why she was nervous. This was supposed to be her territory so why was she so nervous about sitting here with Aurora?

“I know I should be the one to speak” Aurora started shifting a bit closer to her. Arabella felt herself recoiling, she did not feel comfortable sitting that close to her.

“There are no words I can say that would be enough to erase what I did” Aurora continued. Arabella wished at that moment that she had a lie detector to know if she was just putting up a show or if she was honest.

“But you still did those things,” Kieran said coming in with their drinks. He dropped the tray to the table and sat close to Arabella such that there was no space between them both.

“Yes and I have no explanation as to why I did it, I guess I was blinded by rage and jealousy. I expected something and I felt hurt when I did not receive it” she said pressing her lips together to try and force tears out of her mouth. She hoped she was selling it well and that they were getting touched by her sob tales.

“I just want to say that I am so very sorry, saying sorry wouldn’t and cannot erase what I have done”

“But it would make you feel better about yourself?” Kieran asked in a cold tone. Something about the whole apology felt wrong to him and did not sit right.

“Of course not, since I am moving away from the city, I plan to spend my entire life in repentance,” she said sniffing to drag back the tears she had managed to form around her eyes.

Kieran narrowed her eyes at her and patted his lap loudly before standing up. “Okay then, we’ve forgiven you,” he said.

She stood up and wanted to come at him when he raised his hand to stop her. “We have forgiven you” he said again and she stood still her eyes wide.

“Did you expect us not to?” Kieran asked trying to make sense of her action.

“Not immediately”

“We have forgiven so you can be on your way now, Arabella has to rest up now,” Kieran said helping Arabella to her feet.

“But…”

“See yourself out” Kieran said leaving her behind.