Kira eyed him suspiciously.

She'd fallen into a food coma after ending the call.

She killed time playing games on her phone and must have dozed off.

Liam pulled out a chair and sat down opposite her. 'I came right on time, with one minute to spare, actually."

Kira went straight to the point. "What's Kayleigh's address?"

"Hey, I just sat down. Didn't even have time to catch my breath yet. I would've expected at least a "How do you do," if not a free dinner. Shouldn't we catch up first before getting down to business?" "We are strangers. There's nothing for us to catch up on

"Ouch." Liam placed a hand over his heart. That cuts me to the quick. Are we still strangers after we kissed twice? If you want, I could

'Liam Cane, watch your mouth! Kira cut him off angrily.

"What? I'm just stating the truth here,"

Kira ghashed her broth.

His words only reminded her of her past stupidity.

She had been naïve enough to fall for the man's gentlemanly act and let him take advantage of her.

Twice!

Liam put up both hands as if to surrender. 'Okay, okay, I'll stop. On to business then, why do you want Kayleigh's address?"

'I need to see her.'

""What for?"

'That's none of your business. Do you have her address or not?'

Liam leaned back in the chair and crossed his arms in front of his chest.

'For that information, what do I get in return?"

'I have some info you might find interesting."

'Oh yeah? Like what?'

'Like what happened to your business partner, Santoro. You haven't seen him for the past two days, have you?!

Liam sat up straight.

Kira knew, from his reaction, that she had him.

"What do you know? Liam asked quickly.

'I know what happened to him."

'Tell me."

'You tell me Kayleigh's address first."

Liam stared at Kira, who returned a level gaze of her own.

-After a while, Liam backed down from the stating contest first.

He chuckled. 'All right, you win."Text content © .

Kira Hewitt was a girl full of surprises

She wasn't the gullible college girl he'd first pegged her as,

His infallible charm fell flat on her.

The more she pulled bark, the more intrigued Liam was.

He enjoyed discovering more about her.

-Your Husband Bought A House For Another Woman.

Liam ran his eyes over her face.

Kira frowned and turned away,

'Unit 18-20, Block A, Sunglade Condominiums."

Kira jotted down the address.

She checked out Sunglade online on her phone.

It was an upscale apartment complex in the swanky part of town.

It didn't sound like Liam was making this up.

'Do you know who bought the apartment for her?' he asked.

Kira looked at him blankly.

"Your husband. Liam smirked. 'Did you know that even a one-bedroom unit there costs way over half a million dollars?' Kira said nothing.

"I don't understand why you'd want to remain faithful to a man like that. Honestly, I don't get it.'

'Fidelity is my duty as his wife. Of course I'll remain faithful to him."

Lian shook his head 'You're in love with him, aren't you?"

I Love Him; That's My Business

The last time Liam had asked that question, Kira had said no.

But if Liam wasn't happy with that answer.

Kira put on a coy smile. "Yes, I love him."

It wasn't just an answer to stop Liam's endless questions.

It was also the truth.

She kept denying it to herself, but the truth was staring her in the face

The seed had been planted when Austyn showed up at that dingy basement, asking her to marry him.

It took root in her heart when he helped save her father.

It sprouted in their year together

And the flower of love bloomed when he held a gun to his head in the warehouse

Kira nodded to herself

Yes, she loved Austyn McCarthy,

Liam didn't appear happy to hear the answer.

Blue veins in his forehead popped..

'You'd love someone who doesn't love you back?" 'Yes.'

"Why?"

He couldn't understand what the girl was thinking.

Why would she love someone who wouldn't return the feeling?

Kira gave his question some thought.

She said with a smile, 'I love him. That's my business. Whether he loves me or not, that's his business,"

Liam stared at her, astounded.

After a while, he said, "You're faking it. You pretend like you don't care if Austyn loves you. Come on. You're lying to me. And you're lying to yourself, Kira lost interest in talking to him.

She'd got what she wanted anyway.

She pushed back her chair and stood up. "I think we're done here'

'Are you getting mad because I saw through your ?

Kira's face was stony, 'You are too narrow-minded and arrogant. You believe in your own judgement and no one else's. Once your mind is made up, you turn a deaf ear to any opinion to the contrary. You keep insisting that I don't love Austyn because that's what you believe, no matter how many times I tell you that I do. Talking to you is like talling to a wall. What else is there left to say?

Liam gawked at her, open-mouthed.

"II I really have something important to do. So, if you'll excuse me,'

"Wait. Liam stood up and blocked her excit

Kira gnashed her teeth.

o get rid of him.

She should have known it was not so easy to p

"What more do you! want?!

Liam crossed his arms. 'You got the information you wanted. What about mine?"

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Santoro.

'I was kidnapped two days ago,

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said.

'Kidnapped?" Liam's eyebrows shot up.

Kira nodded. "Santoro did it!

"No." Liam shook his head. "That's impossible."

"And why is that?" Kira raised her chin. "Here you go again, having your mind made up and refusing to listen. I was the victim. I was kidnapped, by

En My Businere

Santoro. It happened. It's not an opinion. It's a fact."

Santoro colluded with Kayleigh to She pulled up her sleeve and showed him her right wrist. 'See the marks here? Made by the rope they used to tie me up. take me away. They wanted to kill me, but their plan failed. Austyn and the police arrived in time to save me. Unfortunately, the lunatic Santrirn got away.

Lian gawked at the rope burn on her wrist.

So that was why Santoro disappeared

"The bastard!" He slammed the table with a fist. 'He went behind my back!

"So you didn't know anything about this?' Kira watched him suspiciously. 'Of course not!!

She studied his face, then she nodded. "Okay."

"Walt' Liam was stunned. 'You believe me?!

She knew Santoro was his business partner.

She saw Santoro at his house.

Why wouldn't she suspect he was in on Santoro's plan?

That was what the police thought, anyway.

Liam understood why the officers asked him those questions yesterday..

They were fishing for a confession.

He told them he knew nothing about Santoro's whereabouts or his activities outside work, but they didn't seem to buy it.

But Kira seemed to take his word for it.

"You don't think I'm Santoro's accomplice?'

Kira shrugged, 'I did suspect you, but then I remembered that the last time I saw Santoro at your house, you held him off and let me go. If you were his accomplice, I would not have walked out of that house that day.' Liam recalled the incident.

He'd warned Santoro off, but now it seemed that the man had not given up on the idea of hurting Kira.

"Now that I've told you everything I know, I think we're done here."

Kira moved past Liam.

He grabbed her hand on an impulse.

'Hey!' Kira shrank back.

She glowered at him. 'What the hell are you doing?"

The look of disgust on her face provoked him.

She couldn't wait to get out of here and away from him.

Was he that repulsive to her?

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