A Step Closer to Love

“Hello there,” Kimberly said again. Her voice was flirty anyone could hear it from a mile away.

Her presence forced a swarm of memories into his brain. He shook a bit by the impact that she had on him.

Arabella looked her up and down. She was a bit shaken to see who her supposed competition was. She had heard a bit about Kimberly from Everly. Seeing her in person was quite different from hearing bout her.

She was gorgeous and her hair looked like she was straight from the salon. Arabella was almost tempted to compliment her and fan over her beauty. She was quickly reminded that this woman was her competition.

Her beauty was the kind that did not need anything extra to enhance it. Arabella could not deny it she was breathtaking. She pushed ahead but was stopped by Kieran’s hand.

“Where are you going?” his eyes searched her gently. She could see and feel the warmth of it and she was glad for it.

She was sure he was shaken up to see her because even as a girl she was shaken up by her beauty.

“To work” she muttered. His expression was enough comfort for her. She did not need to hear any more. She was sure her relationship with him would not suddenly go down the drain because Kimberly appeared out of nowhere.

“I hope” she muttered to herself unconsciously.

“What do you hope?”

“Nothing,” she said shaking her head. She could not believe her thoughts had found a way out of her head.

“Wait, we would go to work together” Kieran said holding her and pulling her to his side.

“What are you doing here?” Kieran asked raising his head to Kimberly.

“I am here to see you” she said coming closer so there was barely any space between them.

“I don’t want to see you or have anything to do with you either,” he said before pressing his lips together.

“Come on, it’s been ages, I thought we could grab a cup of coffee together and I could apologize and we could become friends,” she said rolling a lock of her hair in her hand. “Just coffee and friends” she added like she was making a tempting offer.

“This is work hours, if you don’t work there are some of us who work” Kieran responded. He wanted her gone.

“But Aurora invited me to see you, after all this while I thought you might have gotten over me but I would be glad if you did not” She took a step forward and dropped her hand on his forearm.

He shook a bit but her hand remained on him. He let go of Arabellea’s hand and she missed the warmth that came with it. He took Kimberly’s hand away and dropped it to her side.

“These are working hours so you should be at work or home” he said squaring his jaw in annoyance. “And if you want someone to indulge you with their presence then you should meet the person who invited you”

Kieran took Arabella’s hand and walked into the office without sparing a glance back at her.

Kimberly followed Kieran and Arabella in. She ran to stand in front of them to block the path she stretched her hand sideways to stop them.

“But I came to see you” she said planting a bit. Arabella thought about how gorgeous she still looked as she bit the corners of her lips.

“Why would you come to see me?” Kieran asked.

“Because I missed you” she said batting her eyelashes as if she was trying to invite him in.

“Missed me?” Kieran scoffed as she let out a hiss.

“Yes” she said leaning into him so her cleavage could show a little.

“I have no business with you and I don’t even want to talk to you even if it’s casually” he said with so much spite in his voice. His eyes darted to the smirking Aurora in the corner.Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

How did she even think this far, if he went back to Kimberly she still did not have a chance with him so why did she desperately want to ruin his relationship with Arabella?

Kieran tried to go over her arm but she clung onto him like she was a parasite. He wiggled his hands to get her off his body. “What are you doing?” he screamed causing the entire building to go off in silence.

They all stared at him recoiled from her touch and stood a distance away from her. He wondered the kind of audacity she had to show up there and try to act like nothing had happened. He hoped that Arabella did not think he was happy with the situation.

He had moved past her and what she had to offer. She had hurt him pretty badly it had taken a whole lot for him to recover and now she was showing up with no shame whatsoever. He wondered what happened to the arm candy she had left him for.

“Someone call security” his eyes darted to the workers on the floor. Aaron rushed for the phone and dialled it quickly.

“Don’t ever try to show up before me again” he said to her staring her down.

“But we were so in love”

“That was when I thought I knew what love was but I am in a real relationship now” he said and she scoffed.

“A real relationship? Are you saying what we had was fake?”

“Yes because you were so shallow, it’s obvious you are here because you do not have anyone to indulge you anymore,” he said.

She did not like how much he was able to read her so fast and well. “What are you saying” she let out silently.

This was not how she had expected the situation to go. She looked towards Aurora who stood in the distance. “Did you not say he missed me?” Kimberly asked charging toward her.

“Did I?” Aurora asked. It seemed like she was enjoying the chaos in the office.

“You did, Why did you?”

“Because if I can’t have him then no one else should and he should be as miserable as possible” Aurora let out.