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Unit III

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As they all sat down for dinner at the Bishop's residence everyone was complimenting how wonderful Ava's cooking was. In fact, the smile on her face was enough for her to be filled without eating anything more on her plate.

"We have great news," Ethan Sterling said. Ethan was the father of the Sterling family and he was quite reserved and spoke only when necessary.

"Must be great news" Seraphina murmured.

Like her younger sister, she was also uninterested in the going on at the table. She always wondered why she had to eat with the old people and that included Kieran who was five years older than her.

"Drop the book, Ara," Ava said with a stern voice.

Arabella had been indifferent to the happenings at the table and had her nose buried in the book she brought from the library. She slowly put her bookmark into the pages and dropped the book on the floor beside her. She would rather read those books than listen to the boring adult conversation.

If the Sterlings had a child their age maybe dinner would have been fun as they would have someone to chat with but the only son of the Sterling family was Kieran and he was twenty years. A whole ten years older than her. There mo a conversation they would have that could benefit both parties.

Kieran like his father barely spoke. Seraphina had said it was because he was not around those his age. She said that when he was still in high school he was part of the popular jocks and that he spoke with them.

"Your good news," Ava said excitedly her eyes shining.

"Kieran would finally be going to college this year," Everly said smiling. She was the mother to Kieran.

She had wanted her son to go to college immediately after he graduated high school but he had taken two years off to purchase his dream in photography. He had never considered it what he wanted to do but he decided to give a trial and work on it before going back to school to study business administration.

"Oh my" Ava said her hands going over her mouth.

The adults were glad that Kieran was going after his photography dream but could not help but worry about him. They wanted him to go to college. The joy Ava felt for her friend was radiating through.

She opened and closed her mouth multiple times like a gasping fish. She wanted to say something but couldn't find the right words for expressions.

"This calls for a celebration," Richard said. He too was genuinely happy for his wife's friends.

"Has he gotten into any schools?" Richard added.

"We had no idea he was applying but he applied to four Ivy's and got accepted into all" Everly bragged.

It was a good thing to brag about and feel proud of. After all her git into Ivy's.

"Congratulations," Ava said happy for them.

Being a competitive person maybe the only reason she felt happy for them was because none of her daughters were yet up to the task of getting into Ivy's. She was going to make her children get accepted into Six Ivy's to beat her friend.

"Girls congratulate your friend," Richard said. He knew quite well that his girls and the next-door boy were not friends and did not get along. He knew the hated the weekly dinners and that his eldest daughter wanted to watch her favorite show while the other read her book all night.

"Congratulations Kieran" they chorused together with a fake smiles on their face.

"Thanks," Kieran said taking a sip of the water.

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  • A Step Closer to Love    CCXXXIV

    "I am so happy for you," Ava said as she stood with Kieran and Arabella; they had just got married, and it was truly a joyous day. Kieran had been so quick with the preparations that it took them barely two months to put everything together. "I just couldn't believe that my little one had found love," she added, tears welling in here again."Mom, you need to stop crying; seeing you cry makes me cry as well," Arabella said, blinking back the tears. Her make-up artist had retouched her make-up multiple times because she knew she was getting annoying already, but she could not control the burst of emotions flowing from her body. "Mom," Seraphina said, coming from behind and putting her hand over the shoulders of her mother. "It is a happy day; why do you keep crying? Someone, I mistake you to be mourning." "I am just thinking of how proud your father would have been to witness today.""I am sure he is watching over us from above," Arabella said, holding her mom's hand tightly."Mom, let

  • A Step Closer to Love    CXXXIII

    1 YEAR LATER Arabella was meeting Kieran after work; she had moved out because she was not comfortable with being there while dating him and had found herself a new job where she seemed to function much better. She was even on her way to write a book of her own. Kieran, who started a book publishing house solely for the money, now began to learn about this thing so he could help her out with the publication.She was glad that she had given in and tried to date him, or else she would never understand what this kind of relationship meant. Kieran was so attentive and made her feel like his entire world revolved around her. She learnt to drive and even bought her car.Sometimes she believed that he was going to propose to her because he would bring up discussions that centered around their future home, but then after that, it would be like they were back to base one. She liked base one, but she hated living all by herself. She wanted to move back in with him, and she wanted to begin havi

  • A Step Closer to Love    CXXXII

    "A trip?" Arabella asked, taking up the blanket and covering herself. "Yes, a couple's trip," he said, dropping the phone back on the table and walking to her. "What about work? Aren't you going to work again?" she asked. "Are you afraid that you would live broke?" he asked in a teasing tone."Of course I am," Arabella said before tilting her head. "I am jobless now; at least one of us needs to work so we can live a happy life," she added."You know that I do not mind you still thinking with us," Kieran said. After the trial, Arabella decided to stop working there even though Aurora was no longer there. How could she work there after everything that happened? She would be able to face her co-workers if that were the case. "I am sure I will get an offer soon from one of those companies," she said, and he sat beside her. "And you know you do not need to work again; I can take care of you and as many children as you want to have," he said with a wink. "Children?" she said flustered

  • A Step Closer to Love    CXXXI

    Arabella rolled over, and she landed right into Kieran's hands. She looked at him like it was an offence for her to do so. She peered at him and then covered her eyes with her hand. She could not believe what she had done over the night. If her mom heard she was going to give her a long lecture and then have her head afterwards. She looked at him, and she was tempted to trace her finger across his face in frustration. "Sleep so much more," she was startled to hear him talk as his mouth moved without even opening his eyes. "How long have you been awake?" She muttered, feeling shy that he had caught her staring so much that she could drill a hole into his face. "A while now," he said, his eyes framing open like a princess that was cast under a spell but was now liberated all of a sudden. He pulled her closer as he wished they could somehow get closer and maybe even mesh together. "Should we go home? Everly must be worried searching for us," Arabella murmured into his chest. He opene

  • A Step Closer to Love    CXXX

    "Somewhere, like where?" she asked shyly, dropping her head so their eyes would not meet. "You would see," he said, lifting her head gently. "But we have to make sure that the ride ends first," he said, looking around. He had thought that they were going to have a moment there, but seeing how things turned out, he could not wait to be out of there. Finally, the ride was over, and he drove out of the amusement park to a hotel. "You brought me to a hotel?" she asked in shock as they drove into the underground parking lot. "Why?" she asked now that her tone was in a hushed whisper. "I told you we should come somewhere, and you agreed," he said as he drove by the cars looking for a place to park. "That was because I thought you said that we should go someplace nice," she muttered, looking around like they were sneaking around. "Why are you looking around like we are committing a sin?" he asked, noticing how uncomfortable she got. "It is not that...""Am I being clueless? Am I jumpin

  • A Step Closer to Love    CCXXIX

    Kieran paid the operator to let the ride go in a loop three times, and Arabella wondered why he did that."Why?" she whispered to him."To have some alone time," he replied with the same wink from earlier. She gulped down hard, wondering what he was thinking.As the ride got into the tunnel, Arabella held the hand of Kieran tightly with her eyes closed. She had no time to think of what he might have meant with the wink and statements because the ride was definitely scarier than she had expected it to be. She looked at him when she felt his firm hand hold her face and turn it to him. "Are you scared?" he asked, dropping a kiss on her lip. "Kieran," she said in a hushed whisper as she looked around. "There is no one here, and I have been waiting all day just to get that," he said before dropping his head for another kiss. She placed her hand over her mouth because he could kiss her and therefore kissed the back of her hand. He took her hand from her mouth and began to drop multiple k

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