Bedmates Soulmates
CHAPTER 271

'No idea, but then, I'm not the one who has to write a cheque."

'Yeah, don't do the crime if you can't pay the dime!' Someone jeered.

"What's going on?' This came from a latecomer to the show.

"Those two ladies ganged up on the young woman in the red dress. They did some "Mean Girls" stuff and have backed themselves into a tight corner. It's great fun to watch." Georgina was shaking.

Her face was beet red.

'Kira Hewitt! Don't push it!'

'Push what?' Kira shrugged. 'I'm just demanding my due.'

She smiled again, her eyes twinkling with mischief. 'If you can't afford to pay, I have another suggestion.

'What?' Alissa asked, a little too eagerly.

With so many witnesses, she couldn't just run away.

But neither did she want to pay.

Her father would kill her if he knew about this.

Maybe the woman had a way to resolve this without money changing hands.

Meany Cats Have To Pay

Kira savoured the look on Georgina's face.

"I don' your

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money, but neither can I let you two get off scot-free. How about this?' She

'What?' Alissa took an involuntary step forward, hanging on to her every word. Payback's A Bitch

As the Good Book says, "Do

unto others as you would have them do unto you." Since you

guys

like to splash drinks on others so much, I can only assume you enjoy having the same done to yourselves. So, if the two of you pour a drink or each other, I'll call it even." Kira watched Georgina's friend's face.

The woman was visibly struggling.

Kira added, 'If you do this, you can walk away from this without having to pay a cent.'

She'd taken a page out of Austyn's playbook.

The last time she ran into Georgina and Helen in the hospital, Austyn taught the two women a lesson without getting his own hands dirty.

He turned mother against daughter and drove a wedge between them that would continue to fester long after they left the hospital.

It was neat, legal-well, not illegal-and satisfying as hell to watch.

Dad had cautioned Kira to watch the company she kept.

She didn't think much of it at the time, but now she realised that Dad was right.

The more time she spent with Austyn, the more she was becoming like him-cunning, ruthless, wicked.

Georgina was trembling with both anger and humiliation.

She'd gone to great lengths to get into this party.

She spent a week shopping for the perfect dress, but Dad had frozen her credit card.

In the end, she had to opt for a rental.

Wine was going to ruin the fabric, then she couldn't return the dress.

Besides, if she did as Hewitt asked, she would become the butt of jokes in Stamford.

She looked at her bestie.

It was Alissa who suggested teaching a lesson to Hewitt.

Alissa ruined Hewitt's dress; Alissa should pay.

But Alissa refused to lock eyes with Georgina.

Her dress was a rental as well.

She'd lose her deposit if it was damaged.

But compared to forking over tens of thousands of dollars, Alissa would rather choose the

lesser evil.

'Can't you just let this go?' Georgina said through gritted teeth.

Then she lowered her voice. 'For Mom's sake.'

Kira smiled mirthlessly.

The mention of Helen only made her more determined to punish Georgina.

After the divorce, Helen and her new husband lived in Milton for a while.

She visited kira sometimes, bringing Georgina along.

She said she wanted to check on how Kira was doing, but really, she just wanted to flaunt her new lavish lifestyle and rub Kira's nose in it. Kira was just a teenager back then.

Dad was often away at work, leaving her to fend for herself.

Thinking back, she realised what a doormat she had been, letting Helen and Georgina walk all over her.

Today was a perfect opportunity to settle old scores.

Kira crooked a finger at Georgina.

She whispered when Georgina leaned in, 'Payback's a bitch, Sis.'

Georgina's eyes widened. 'How dare you!"

Kira stepped back, out of harm's range in case Georgina decided to get physical.

"There is a third solution."

Kirá didn't turn around.

She recognised Austyn's deep, commanding voice.

Besides, she'd glimpsed him in the crowd just now.

The crowd stirred and parted.

Georgina flinched at the sight of the man.

Memory of the humiliating experience at the hospital flashed through her mind.

The man was terrifying.

Austyn came to stand next to Kira, throwing an arm around her bare shoulders.

His eyes swept over Georgina's heavily made-up face.

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