A Step Closer to Love

Kieran felt his heart sink to the ground, judging from her tone it was obvious that she had something to do with the disappearance of Arabella. There was no way that she would just go missing in action for such a long time.

Kieran squared his jaw as he tried to force words out of his mouth. “Where is she?” he asked.

She let out a disgruntled sound from her lips and pursed her lips together. “No pleasantries? I see you want to get straight into business?” she asked before letting out a dry laugh.

“Where is she?” Kieran let out in a scream.

“Oh my, that scared me. You should be nicer if you want to get me to talk” she said teasing him. She liked that he had no choice but to speak to her now.

She had to get the most out of it, she was going to make him grovel and beg just like she had been doing in the past. He might love Arabella but she had only loved him all her life.

He was her first love and she wanted it to remain that way. She always had fantasies of her marrying her first love. Although she had been in multiple relationships before she had never felt the kinds of emotions she felt when it came to Kieran.

“Where is she?” Kieran asked this time trying his best to keep his emotions in check. It was obvious that she was not going to tell him easily and she would keep poking at him. He closed his eyes and tried to steady his breathing, she was not going to win the emotional game today.

“Somewhere”

“Where?”

“I would tell…”

“When?” he asked cutting her off before she could let out any more words.

“Later, don’t you think we need to talk about ourselves first?” Aurora asked.

“We have nothing in common, we have no relationship at all” Kieran let out bitterly.

“I would be wiser with my words if I were you” Aurora said letting out a sound to annoy him.

“What?”

“I mean it’s just that your girlfriend happens to be in my care and if you decide to go against me I can take out my anger on her”

“Aurora, if you dare lay a finger on her I would make sure to break off your fingers in a way you would never be able to use them again”

“Those threats won’t work on me” she added with a sinister laugh. “If I can’t have you how dare any woman dream of having you instead?” she added.

“Aurora please just let her go”

“Never,” she screamed and both sides went silent.

“I will call you later, maybe you will have been able to get your thoughts sorted out and then we can talk about us and our future”

Aurora cut off the call before Kieran could say anything. He dropped his hand to his side and used his free hand to roam his hair in annoyance.

“What is going on?”

Kieran turned around to see his father standing there, judging from his facial expression it seemed like he had an idea of what was going on.

“It seems like Aurora had kidnapped Arabella” Kieran did not hesitate at the moment he knew he had to get all the help he could get.

Aurora sounded crazy on the phone, it was definitely not her usual tone, she sounded like she had suddenly been possessed by a strange spirit.

“What?” Ethan asked taking a step back. “Arabella had been kidnapped by Aurora?” Ethan asked his eyes darting all over the place.

“Yes,” Kieran said with a nod.

“Are you sure? It can’t be, aurora has always been a lovely soul, she would not hurt a fly” Ethan rambled.

He had known Aurora for quite a while now and she had always been a delight to be around. She didn’t seem like someone who would do anything of that magnitude.

“I just got off the call with her. It is certain that she is with Arabella, she had tricked Arabella into going out with her by using a coworker and now she had Arabella with her” Kieran did not realize that he was repeating himself.

“We’ll have you called the police?” Ethan asked fumbling with his pocket to get out his phone. “What could make her do something as horrible as that?” Ethan asked as he finally got his phone out.

“Because… she said that because I am going out with Arabella instead of her”

“Are you sure she is not just pulling your legs?” Ethan asked. The emergency number he had tapped in still displaying on his phone screen. He was going to call them but wanted to be sure it was serious enough to make a call.

“No, she is not,” Kieran said. As he spoke he felt his heart wrench in his chest he wanted to scream out loud, match to wherever she was and then proceed to rescue Arabella.

“Hello,” Ethan said to the phone without a word, Kieran zoned out as his mind began to map out places they could be.

“Let’s start from where she was last seen, I am sure we will be able to figure something out” Ethan said putting his hand on his son’s shoulders.

“Okay then”

Kieran called Chole and she gave him the name of the restaurant they were to meet. Kieran made sure to let her know that Aurora might have successfully kidnapped Arabella. Chole felt so bad because there was no way the plan would have seen the light of day if she had not unconsciously aided it.

“I would get the car out” Kieran said going out and Ethan following behind.

With each step he took he hoped to all the deities that she was fine and that he would be able to locate her soon enough. He wished he had insisted that she did not go anyway. His gut feelings were a hundred percent correct about the situation and it made him feel worse.

“Arabella please be fine”