He got dressed.
'Are
you going to look for her?' Kira asked.
You heard?"
She nodded.
'The call from Deborah yesterday, she was probably calling for help.' Austyn picked up his phone and logged onto the security app.
It took a while for the surveillance video to load.
Kira watched his downcast eyes and solemn-looking face.
She bit her lower lip. 'Are you blaming me for snatching away your phone? I didn't let you answer the call. I didn't let you save her."
'I didn't say that.' Austyn frowned. 'Don't overthink this."
"Then can you stay?' She pleaded with him. 'Don't go!'
Austyn stared at his phone screen in disbelief.
Deborah was really in trouble.
Kira stepped towards him. 'She is no longer your girlfriend or fiancée. It's over between the two of you a long time ago. You said so yourself! She can take care of herself." "Kira, I have-'
'Don't go!' She grabbed his hand. 'I'm your wife now. You should stay with me! How do you think it makes me feel when you leave me to see your ex-girlfriend?' 'Deborah's in danger.
"Then call the police!' Kira was adamant. 'Call Captain O'Neill. Let the police handle this. She's not your responsibility!'
The Ole Love Is You
Austyn set down his phone.
He held her face with both hands and looked straight into her eyes. 'I have to go, Kira. She's no longer my girlfriend, but she's still a friend. She doesn't have anyone else in her life. She's all alone. If I don't help her, no one will.' Deborah was crucial in the plan to track down Santoro.
Austyn had to find her, dead or alive.
Kira refused to let go of his arm. 'Why can't she go make some friends of her own? Why must she insist on worming her way back into your life? You got her a place to live. You bought clothes for her. You went to the gynaecologist with her. You picked her up from the hospital. Austyn, can you see how that'll upset me?'
Kira raised her voice, getting worked up. 'Are you going to run to her every time she calls you? Even if it's in the middle of the night? Even if you're with me?"
She
gripped his hand. 'Austyn, don't go. Call the police. Let them handle this!'
Austyn freed his hand and touched her cheek. 'I'll just go over for a quick look. Be good.'
'No!' Kira shook her head vehemently. 'I don't want you to go!!
'Come on, Kira. It's not like I'll be gone forever. I'll be back before dinner.' Austyn removed his hand. 'Don't be like this, okay?"
Kira stared at him. 'You're really leaving?"
'I have to."
He would call the police, but he would also need to take a look at the scene for himself.
'What if I don't want you to go?"
'Kira, be good.'
'Answer me. If I ask you to stay, will you?' Her face was expressionless. 'As your wife, I'm
asking you to stay."
Austyn rubbed the spot between his brows. 'I promise I'll be back before six o'clock. How's that? Come on. Be reasonable." Kira lowered her eyes, disappointed.
She hid the bitter feeling in her heart. 'So she's more important than me.'
A hush descended over the bedroom.
Kira stared at the carpet and forced back her tears
The deeper the love, the deeper the pain.
The One I Love H. You
She'd read that somewhere, and only at this moment did she realise how true the statement
was.This belongs to - ©.
Less than four months ago, she could send him out the door to see Kayleigh with a smile on her face and relief in her heart.
But now, she had to turn around because she couldn't bear to watch him leave.
Austyn held her wrist. 'She's not more important."
He hugged her from behind. 'I no longer have any feelings for her, Kira. The one I love is
Kira's entire body went stiff.
Her ears were ringing.
Was she hearing things?
Did...did Austyn say he loved her?
What was happening?
Was she caught in a lucid dream?
s you.'
Could she be still lying in bed, sleeping, and all of this was just a product of her over-active mind?
Kira blinked.
But she smelled his cologne.
There were no smells in dreams, right?
She turned around slowly.
She had to face him, had to look him in the eye and ask him to say it again.
But there was no one there.
A trace of his cologne lingered in the air, but the man was long gone.
Kira pinched her arm.