Bedmates Soulmates
CHAPTER 377

His hands were on the steering wheel but his eyes kept flicking to Gideon in the rearview mirror.

Before he became Gideon's right-hand man, Martin was the Garner family's majordomo.

He knew Liam Cane back then, and he was seething now.

Young Master, Liam Cane caused the deaths of your mother and your sister. Why did you let him go? Why did you agree to his deal?" smoothed out the serviette on his lap. 'Who told you I was going to let him go?"

'But, back at the restaurant...

"This is Stamford, not our turf-Before I find Kira, it's best to keep a low p him live. For now.

profile. Besides, Cane is useful to me at the moment. I'll let

Martin nodded. 'I see. Are you sure we can trust h

trust him, though? What if h

if he gives us false intel?!

Gideon fingered the serviette. "He's not that stupid. How long till we're at the hospital?"

Martin checked the map on the digital dashboard. 'About forty minutes.'

'Step on it."

"Yes, Young Master,'

An Old Pal From Her Past

Kira kept one eye on the TV and the other on her phone.

five pm

Austyn had not come back yet.

She sighed and returned to watching the period drama with a brainless plot.

The female lead and male lead were rivals from feuding families who fell in love with each other and had to fight against all odds to be together.

The screenwriter aspired to be Shakespeare but did not have the writing skills to match his ambition.

The only saving grace, in Kira's view, was that the female lead was not Kayleigh Woods

'You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey

Kira looked down at the phone screen.

'Giana!" she answered the call. 'Fancy getting a call from you. Are you checking to see if I'm still alive?"

"You still mad about the other day?!

"Of course I'm mad! You watched me getting kidnapped by bad guys. Hmph!

"The bad guys were your husband and his assistant. I tried to stop them, didn't 1? But one man had more money than me and the other more muscle. The enemies were too strong."

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talk to me. I guess I'll just hang up then Pity, I had some news to

"Oh well, it you're still mad at me, then you probably don't want to talk to share..."

Giana heaved an exaggerated sigh

"Wait! What news?

'Doesn't matter now. I'll call back when you're no longer mad at me.'

'I'm not! All's forgiven. Water under the bridge.

"Really?"

"Really. Now come on, spill. Don't leave me hanging."

"All right, here goes. A man called me today, said he was looking

you. Claimed to be an old pal of yours from your hometownL

"Who is he?" Kira's heart started beating faster.

A man from her hometown, an old pal...

It couldn't be Gideon, could it?

"How old is the man?"

"I don't know. I didn't meet him. I guess mid-forties, judging from his voice on the phone. Why?"

"Nothing Just a random question. Go on."

"I asked for his name, but he gave me a non-answer. All he would tell me was that he came to Stamford to look for you but couldn't find you. Somehow, he heard that I'm your friend, so he wanted ine to tell him your home address." 'Did you?'

'Of course not. I asked him more questions-how he knew you, why he wanted to see you and all that He beat about the bush. I got suspicious and hung up."

Kira thought about it. 'Probably a scammer. You did the right thing. Ignore him.'

'I know. It's not my first scam call!

So, that was the exciting news you wanted to share?

'I sald news. I never said it was exciting.

"Oh. Never mind then. Anyway, are you free this Saturday?"

'Sorry, Noah's taking me out to the movies.'

"Aw, come on. What's so interesting about seeing another popcorn movie? Can't we go ice-skating?

'Silly girl, it's not about the movie. It's about who you watch it with. But you're right. Ice skating does sound more see if he's bought the tickets yet. You coming with?'

"And be the third wheel? No thank you. You and Noah go ahead. Just don't forget to invite me to your wedding'

A noise came from the door.

I gotta go. Talk to you later."

Kira hung up.

As soon as Austyn came through the front door, he saw Kira getting up from the sofa.

His eyes fell on her for a second, then he headed straight for the stairs.

Kira bit her lower lip.

Since divorce was off the table for now, Kira decided she should patch things up with Austyn.

Knowing how proud the man was, she knew she had to be the one to extend an olive branch first.

'Hey, how was your day?" She went with a tried and true opening gambit.

Austyn paused. 'It was okay."

Kira went up to him. "What did you do in the afternoon?

"You keeping tabs on me?"

"Uh, no, just taking an interest in your life.'

Austyn eyed Kira.

She offered a polite smile.

'I went to the office.'

'I see. Things must be pretty hectic there, huh?!

"Uh-huh."

'Did you drink a lot of coffee?'

'Mhm.'

Kira wanted to roll her eyes.

Could his answers be any shorter?

She took a deep breath. "Are you hungry? Elsie made baked eggplant parmesan.*

"I'm not hungry.' Austyn was on the stairs.

il call Noah,

Kira marched over and stood on the steps, blocking his path. 'Austyn McCarthy, what more do you want? So I mentioned your past. Do you really have to do this?' 'Do what?"