You are the one who spared no effort in finding me, yet you are also the one who keeps pushing me away now that I'm back in Stamford. Tell me, Kira, do you love me, or hate me?" Kira swatted his hand away
"Neither,' she said. 'I looked for you because I was responsible for your disappearance. Now that I've found you, my debt is repaid in full and I can move on with my life with a clear conscience.! Austyn scowled.
So the search was for her benefit, not his.
He didn't like how distant she sounded.
And it irked him to hear that she neither loved nor hated him.
He didn't know what kind of reply he was hoping for, but definitely not this.
On an Impulse, he leaned in and kissed her.
Kira's eyes widened.
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She tried to push him away, but he refused to budge
He pinned both of her wrists above her head and silenced her with a long, amorous kiss.
When she kicked out at him, he whispered, 'Don't move if you don't want to wake up the kids.
He nibbled her lower lip and went further
Kira felt all the air getting sucked out of her lungs.
She had to open her mouth to breathe.
Austyn became gentler when he sensed her discomfort, but his lips did not leave hers.
He was delighted when he sensed she was starting to respond to him.
ep and mumbled something
Jefinie rolled over in her sleep
Kita's eyes snapped open.
She regained her senses and tried to pull back
What they were doing was wrong!
When Austyn wouldn't let her go, she bit him.
He shrank back in pain,
They were both panting.
After a long while, Austyn stood up. "Good night'
He closed the door quietly on his way out.
Kira lay on her back and waited for her racing pulse to return to normal.
Her tense shoulders relaxed.
Staring blankly at the ceiling, she didn't need to touch her face to know how hat it was.
A trace of his cologne lingered in the air.
She was a little ashamed to admit that the kiss turned her on.
But it was wrong
Kira pulled the blanket over her face and ordered herself to stop thinking about IL
On the other side of the wall, Austyn couldn't fall asleep, either.
He kept replaying the scene in his mind.
He had acted impulsively, which was so unlike him.
And he never thought of himself as the horny type:
Yet, he just couldn't seem to control himself when he was around her.
Maybe the wedding certificate gave him confidence.
He was just exercising his conjugal rights.
He draped a hand over his forehead and felt something hard pressing against him
It was the engagement ring
Austyn caressed it.
He had known Gwen for four years and had been engaged to her for six months.
Why was it that he never had the urge to get intimate with her?
Gwen made it very clear she wanted to take their relationship to the next level, but Austyn always turned her down.
He justifled to himself and to her that it was best to save their first time for the wedding night.
But now he realised that it might just be an excuse
Austyn scolded himself for kissing a woman who wasn't his fiancée.
Meanwhile, he started to rethink his engagement.
He said yes when Gwen proposed, mostly because it seemed like the natural next step in their relationship.
But now come to think of it, if he didn't have any feelings for Gwen, maybe they shouldn't go ahead with the wedding He spent a sleepless night mulling it over. Kira woke up in bed alone.
She heard the twins' laughter and Austyn's voice from the living room.
She stretched and yawned, and then she got up and padded into the bathroom.
As expected, she had two big bags under her eyes,
Kira got washed
'Good morning, kids.' She went into the living room.
'Morning, Mummy!" Joshua and Jennie looked up.
They were huddled up with Austyn on the sofa, looking at something in his lap. What are you guys doing?"