show.
She waited two whole hours and almost had a heat stroke.
Austyn said nothing and retumed to his conger.
"Why didn't you show up? Kirs couldn't help but ask
"What?"
"We were supposed to meet up outside toneneral at twelve o'clock, I stayed there till two pm. You didn't show."
Austyn spared her a glance.
You made the appointment. I didn't agree to it.".
Kira had no comeback to that.
There was no paint arguing with him.
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After she polished off most of the soba noodles, Kira was slightly appeased. Maybe she wasn't angry with Austyn; she was just hangry.
Kira volunteered to clear the table.
Then she did the dishes.
She even swept the floor.
But there was no more work to be done and she'd run out of ways to stall.
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Austyn said, 'It's time for you to head home.
He swept his eyes over Kira's face and pre-empted her objection.
'You are fed. You are no longer thirsty. And you are sober
Kizhung her head, dejected.
'Are you really going to kick me out?'
Austyn ignored the soft prick at his conscience when he heard her pitiful voice.
"Thave a fiancée, "he said in a cold voice. "I don't want there to be any misunderstanding between us. It's only proper forme to keep my distance from other women Expecially a woman who clearly had designs on him
He shrugged on a jacket.
"I' drive you home."
Kira was hurt but not surprised by hisattitude.This belongs to - ©.
This was his usual way of dealing with women who threw themselves at him.
Austyn put people into circles
Those in his inner circle could pretty much get away with anything
But those who weren't had to be prepared for the cold-shoulder treatment.
Like Rayleigh
Austyn tolerated her shenanigans and little games, until she stepped over the line and tried to kill Kira
Then she was banished from Stamford
Kirs the actress onscreen a few times during the past four years.
Kayleigh was no longer the A-lister she once was.
She had to take on supporting roles or even bit parts.
And now Kita was getting spurned in the same way.
She had to admice Austyn for his faithfulness, but she also hated that his devotion was directed at another woman.
She spent the past four years tirelessly searching for him.
He, on the other hand, spent the years with another woman!
Kira struggled to hold back her tears.
"Do you really want me to leave?
The uncomfortable feeling returned to his heart as Austyn looked at her red-rimmed eyes.
He was imitated by the fact that a stranger held so much sway over his emotions.
He clenched his jaw.
I believed I've made my feelings on that subject perfectly clear. I can't allow a woman who's not my fiance to stay in my apartment." Kira sniffed.
All right leave."
Austyn picked up his car keys from the coffee table. 'I'll drive you."
"There's no need. Kira shot out a hand to stop him. 'I can get a tad."
She stomped out of the apartment and banged the door shut after her.
Silence returned to the living room
Austyn remained where he was for a long while
He was tempted to chase after her, but he checked himself.
It was his decision to keep a wary distance from her, at least until he'd sought independent verification of her story.
Kira Hewitt looked like a trustworthy acquaintance, but appearances could be deceiving
Austyn touched the bullet hole on his left shoulder and thought of the various scars on his body.
Then he lacked the door and went upstairs
He got washed up and settled into bed.
But sleep eluded him.
The clock on the nightstand said it was eleven twenty, almost midnight.
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She was a young woman from out of town.
Austyn knew she wouldn't get a tad on this street.
She would have to walk for at least another five blocks.
What if something happened to her?
Austyn rejected that thought.
Rinton was a pretty safe place with a low crime rate, especially of the violent kind
She looked like she could take care of herself.
She would be fine.
Austyn got up, washed down two Ambiens with a glass of water and willed himself to sleep
He woke up the next moming feeling more tired than before he went to bed
His face in the mirror was pale and haggard.
The sleeping pills were losing their efficacy
His sleep was filled with bad dreams and incessant worry.
His entire forehead throbbed as if someone was attacking it with a hammer.
The pain subsided after he took a couple of sumatriptans prescribed by Dr Lawson, the neurologist.
Austyn got washed up and skipped brealdast
He was still massaging his temple with one hand as he opened the door
Something fell on his leg with a dull thud.
Austyn stepped back and gaped at the figure lying face up on the floor.
Kira blinded war and sat up, still groggy.
She yawned before registering Austyn's presence.
'Morning.
She rubbed her bleary eyes.
""What time is it?
Austyn finally found his voice again. "You've been here all night?
Kira nodded.
*You slept on the floor for the whole night?"
"Are you out of your mind?" Austyn raised his voice, furious
Kira was startled.
She clambered in her feet
Her voice was bumble and home.
'I knew you didn't want to see me, so I left. But you only said to leave your apartment, not leave the building, right? I didn't want to disturb you. I didn't make any
noise.
She implored him with her eyes.
Austyn, I just wanted to see you. What else am I supposed to do?"
That last sentence struck him like an AITORI,
It opened achink on the door, behind which was his lost memories.
Austyn's mind buzzed.
The way she said his name just now, the way she looked at him, it was so Carullar
It was as if he'd heard the same voice many times before.
The same voice calling him Austyn.
Gwen said hisnime was Jason
After he started working at the company, others addressed him as Mr. Taylor.
But it was just a name.
There was noticing in his heart as he heard
Yet, when she called lilm Austyn, when she looked up at him with those hig, round, liquid eyes, his heart fluttered.
11 was almost as if his brain had retained muscle memory and reacted without conscious thought
Austyntedened his gaze on Kita.
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He lowered his voice.
'I wasn't yelling at you. I was just concerned. It's not good for your health to sleep on the floor like that. And for a whole night..." He regretted it the moment the words left his mouth.