Chapter 154: A Double Date
"To happiness."
Gabe, Demetri, Nora and Arabelle raised their glasses in a toast as they two couples sat in a small, rather cosy restaurant ready to share a meal. As Nora took a sip of her drink, her eyes met Gabe’s who looked at her gratefully for having convinced Demetri for this date.
Nora tipped her head in his direction before turning her gaze to Arabelle who seemed to have watched the entire exchange and understood that it was orchestrated by Nora.
Placing her flute in front of her, Arabelle took a deep breath and spoke," Nora, I think I owe you an apology for my reprehensible behavior towards you the last time we met."
Nora raised an eyebrow at that. This was not what she had expected. But of course, she knew that this was classic green tea behavior, pretending to be nice and apologizing. She’d have rather expected Arabelle to be a bit original.
Knowing the apology was as sincere as a snake apologizing for being poisonous, she shrugged it off and answered," As long as you don’t repeat it..."
Arabelle’s fingers clenched in her lap, and she gave a smile with gritted teeth as she said," Of course. But I hope you will understand that I always believed that Demetri would be my husband and so I loved him. Seeing him suddenly appear with another woman, that too someone who is so much younger than him, was a shock to me."
Nora nodded agreeably while Demetri did not even look at her while the entire drama was being played out, instead looking at Gabe who sat there motionlessly, as if he had not just heard his fiancé announcing that she had always loved his brother.
However, before Arabelle or Nora could add anything to the conversation, Gabe spoke up," We should not linger over the past which is gone. Let bygones be bygones. We’ve already toasted to happiness, let’s toast to a new future."