Bedmates Soulmates
CHAPTER 357

'Is it kidnapping or domestic violence?" Austyn slapped her butt again. "You should get your story straight before you call the police." Bastard!

Kira was carried into the lift like a sack of potatoes.

Austyn didn't let go until he was at the car.

Kai opened the rear left door.

Kira was plonked onto the backseat.

The door was slammed shut.

Austyn stood next to the Hummer, talking to Kai.

Kira finally caught her breath.

When blood rushed back to the rest of her body, some sense of calm returned.

What was she doing?

She'd seen how Austyn acted in the restaurant.

Why was she provoking him now?

She thought she would be scared of him when she saw him again, but when he leaned in and she smelled his familiar scent, she reverted to her old attitude towards him. She even called him a bastard.

Kira sat up in the seat and straightened out her clothes.

The front car door was pulled open and then banged shut.

Austyn got in the driver's seat.

Kira looked out the window.

Kai had disappeared.

Kira kept quiet.

She could see Austyn was still mad, probably at her prison break attempt.

The rims of his eyes were red.

He was breathing heavily.

Kira shrank back in her seat.

Austyn noticed her move in the rearview mirror.

Her shoulder was pressed against the car window, as far away from him as possible.

His face grew colder.

'Come here,' he ordered.

Kira didn't move.

"You want me to carry you again?' Austyn twisted around in his seat to look at her. 'It's just the two of us here. Your beloved friend is not here to save you." Kira wasn't sure what the man wanted.

She scooted forward on the seat, making as if she was moving toward him.

Maybe that would placate him.

Austyn watched her move at a snail's pace

He was about to reach out a hand to help p her along when his phone rang

He paused when he saw the caller ID.

'Hello.'

"Have you found your wife? Gideon asked.

Cars honked in the background.

"I did' Austyn glanced at the woman in the backseat. "You seem rather concerned about my private affairs."

Gideon detected a hint of displeasure in Austyn's voice.

Had he called at a bad time?

After a while, he put a smile in his voice and said, 'Don't get me wrong. I was just calling to see if I could offer my assistance. Good to know you've got it under control." He thought he knew where Austyn was coming from.

He was showing too much interest in Austyn's wife.

No husband could stand that.

'If there's nothing else, I'm rather busy.' Austyn got out of the car, opened the rear left door and crooked a finger at Kira.

She climbed out reluctantly.

'Sure,' Gideon said. 'We can talk some other time.

Austyn hung up.

Gideon tapped a finger against the screen

He was getting more and more curious about this wife of Austyn's.

She had to be someone special for a man like Austyn to act so jealous and possessive over her.

I Want A Divorce

Kira sat in the front passenger seat, relieved and a little annoyed.

If Austyn wanted her to get in the front, he could have just said so

For a minute back there, he looked like he was ready to spank her.

Austyn tossed his phone over the dashboard and yanked on his tie to loosen it.

'Am I your chauffeur? Do I have warts on my face?

"What?" Kira looked at him blankly...

"Then why did you sit in the back?"

Kira opened her mouth.

He was the one who put her in the backseat.

The man was being so unreasonable!

But then she thought better of it and kept her mouth shut.

No good could come from talking back to him.

Kira lowered her head and busied herself with the seatbelt.

Austyn's face grew darker

How dare she ignore him!

He started the engine and stepped on the gas.

The Hummer shot out like a rocket.

Kira bit back a scream and held on to the grab handle.

She turned her face to the window, determined not to give him the satisfaction of seeing her scared reaction

'Imagine you're riding a roller coaster,' she said to herself, closing her eyes.

If she couldn't see how fast the buildings outside the windows were retreating from view, she wouldn't know how fast the car was

going

She'd read somewhere that the Hummer had a unibody steel chassis.

Steel meant if the car crashed, it wouldn't crumple like a tin can, right?

Kira willed herself to pretend she was riding the Matterhorn Bobsleds at Disneyland.

Austyn glimpsed her pale face and her clenched hand on the grab handle.

He eased off on the gas pedal.

Kira soaked herself in the tub,

The water had gone cold.

Forty-five minutes ago, Austyn pulled up in front of the villa.

Kira rushed upstairs and made it to the bathroom before she threw up.

She rinsed her mouth, then she took a shower.

It wasn't enough.

So she drew a bath.

The skin on her hands had wrinkled from being soaked in water for too long, but she was in no hurry to get out.

She needed the time to rehearse what she was going to say.

When she felt the temperature in the bathroom drop, she climbed out of the tub and got dressed.

Austyn was sprawled on the sofa in the bedroom when she came out.

The lights were off.

The only sources of illumination were the pale moonlight through the French window and the glowing cigarrite tip between his fingers. The room smelled like nicotine and menthol.

Kira sucked in a deep breath.

She approached the sofa.

Austyn's eyes were open,

He didn't look at her.

After going back and forth between three different speeches, Kira opted for the direct approach.

'I want a divorce.!

Austyn moved

up on the sofa slowly, eyes fastened on her face.

He sat up

The cigarette fell onto the carpet, burning a hole.

He didn't notice.

"What did you say?

Kira steeled herself

She couldn't back out now.

ont a divorce

"Austyn McCarthy.' She tried to match his cold, emotionless tone with hers. 'I want a

Her voice rang out loud and clear in the spacious bedroom.

Austyn got up from the sofa.

They were just three steps apart.

He covered the short distance in one stride, crushing the cigarette under his heel

He wasn't wearing his shirt.

Kira's eyes were level with his muscled chest.

His belt was unbuckled, hanging loosely over his pants.

Kira lowered her gaze and stepped back.

He advanced.

'Say that again."

His voice was almost directly o

Kira swallowed hard.

over her head, low and hoarse.

The room was so quiet, she could hear her own heartbeat.

She moved back again and kept her eyes on the floor..

She thought she could handle what she knew was going to be a difficult situation, but she'd overestimated herself.

Austyn didn't have to raise his list or voice to make her feel intimidated.

His presence alone could produce that effect.

Suddenly, he shot out an arm and shoved her.

Kira lost her balance and fell backwards.

'Ah!"

But she didn't hit the floor.

Instead, her back connected with something soft.

The mattress

Before she could breathe out, Austyn was on top of her.

He straddled her legs, his hands beside her shoulders.

His face hovered over hers.

Kira was forced to look up, She stared into his eyes. 'You want a divorce?'