"Since you're not sleepy. He rolled over, his face hovering above her. Time for cound two.!
Kita was bone-weary by the time they were done
Austyn, on the other hand, was bright-eyed and bushy-talled, with a Cheshire cat grin on his face.
He went back to his notes
"Hey." Kina poled his arm with a dinger
He sighed and shut the tile:
He wasnever
to finish reading the note
"Yes, dean? Aar you ready for round there?!
"No!' Kirapinched his waist. "Thave something to ask you.
'Shoot!
Tell me about Deborah."
What do you want to know?
Shr How did she survive? wasn't she shot back then?'
Kita couldn't put her mind at ease till she knew the whole truth.
Austyn was silent for a long while
11's my father, "far dinally said in a low voter te staged her death. Then he sent her ahmad Sue's been living overseas all these years." Who would his father do this?
Austyn pave a mocking smile. He didn't apponent engagement to Deborah the thought she was no low-bom to try into the McCarthy family. Rina looked away
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Austyn brand the hunt in Tirs nice.
He placed a land on her shoulder. "That's just what he thinks, te. We don't live in the female me don't believe bith determines a person's station in
He scoffed, 'I's and lake the McCabe family had lustinus prdecessors!
He patted her band 'My father fast has those antiquated notions. Don't mind him,"
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She returned the gesture by snuggling up against him. 'Didn't know you're an egalitarian. I give you full marks for social wol
"That's all I get full marks for?"
"What do you mean?'
"What about my other skills?"
"Like what?"Exclusive content from .
'Like my performance in bed. He traced a circle on her arm suggestively. 'Don't I deserve full marks for that, too?"
Kira gave his arm a light punch. 'Pervert!'
"What? You weren't satisfied with my performance? That's not what your face said half an hour ago."
'Shut up!'
His brazenness deserved full marks.
Austyn laughed. 'You should go to sleep now. It's almost dawn."
"But you haven't finished answering my question."
About Deborah? What else do you want to Imow?
"Why did she come back to Stamford? Is she trying to get back together with you?'
First Loves Are Always Special
Austyn fell silent
Deborah did want to do that.
She was still hung up on the old days.
She even offered to be his mistress, as long as he would take her back.
"Well?" Kira asked, getting anxious when she heard no reply. "Is she?"
"Tes' Austyn had to be honest.
Just like she suspected!
Kira huffed. 'Doesn't she know you're married?"
She recalled her first meeting with Deborah at Sunglade-
She only knew her as Miss Connelly back then and thought the woman was a little bit too open about her personal life.
Miss Connelly said the man she loved was married.
So she had to low Austyn already had a wife.
"She does," Waslyn said. "I told her!
ira, surprised by his honesty, rewarded him with a hug. 'Good,"
But then she thought of something else and showed him away, "What about the other thing?"
what other thing?"
"You went to the hospital with her!" ki
Kira got hot under the collar just thinking about this. 'Glana told me you went to the gynaecologist's office. Why?'
Giana speculated that the woman was pregnant with Austyn's baby
Kira narrowed her eyes. Did you go there for a prenatal checkup?
"That's bulls-'Austyn caught himself. 'That's nonse
He rapped a knuckle overbertstehead. 'Deborah's been back in Stamford for less than a week You're a woman. Do the math! How can she be pregnant?' Kisa thought about it and decided that he was right
Even if Austyniad slept with Deborah, there was no way she would be pregnant so soon
Kice stuck out her tongue, feeling foolish over her last question
"Then why did you go to the macologist? she was still coious.
Austyn's face darkered. You told me you ran into Llain at Songlade *
Tin not the only one shocked by Deborah's retum, Liam. He had a much closer relationship with Deborah back then!
Kima didin't understand what he meant at first.
Then it dawned on her.
Wait! You mens-Liam did something to Deborah? Something bad?"
Auspursed his lips and added
Kira didn't know what to say.
She remembered the stupefied lookon Liam's face when he saw Deborah. She knew Liam had d Deborah as a pawn in bis twisted game to hurt Austyn
Wuch meant he didn't have any real affection for Deborali
by Mica thought he'd at least he relieved to know Deborah was still
Alterall, it www his bodyard who pulled the trigger and 'alled Debial
Why would he hum Deborah
Kira telt berbrain cells into overdive, but she still couldn't make sense of Liam's behaviour.
He had always been set of an enigmato Kira-diarging and thoughtful one second, spiteful and wicked the next. Funny hauled her into bears
She lumped berfourhead against his hand chest,
Stopthiriting about things that don't concern you,' he ordered. 'Go to sleep!"
wildeded the lamp
kiralay in his arms and closed her eyes
They both overslept.
It was past nine o'clock when Kira opened her eyes.
She layed around in bed since she didn't have to go to work anymore.
Mistyinwash in a bunny, either,
He'd called Kal and asked him to push back the meeting to it a
They sat at the dining table, having a leisurely breakfast
Kita watched him sipplug at his coffee and trading the newspaper, taking his time. "Why aren't you in a hurry?
Tthe boss. I don't have to clock in
Kira shipped.
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