"What?" Arabella felt her mouth hang open as her face turned into a shocked expression.
"What?" he said back as if he did not understand what she was saying.
"What did you say?" she mustered her courage to ask.
"What did I say?" he asked as he tried to keep his eyes off her and on the road.
"You just asked me..."
"I don't know why I said that" he said quickly cutting her off before she could complete her statement. "I don't know why I said it and I cannot justify the reason, I am sorry," he said in haste like he could not wait for the situation he created to be over.
"Oh" she said biting a corner of her lips. She knew that if she remained a minute more she would be feeling more than embarrassed so she grabbed the handle of the hand and pushed it open. "I better go now," she said a
