Bedmates Soulmates
CHAPTER 380

A smile slowly spread across his face. 'You're right. You're not the same as You're a good girl. You won't do that." "Not every woman finds it fun to cheat, you know.' Kira sneered.

Then remembering Deborah had passed away, she grimaced. 'Sorry, I shouldn't have spoken ill of the dead."

Austyn shook his head. "Don't apologise. It's my fault. I shouldn't have doubted you. Or compared you to her. It's me who owes you an apology." Kira didn't know what to say.

She'd lost track of how many times the man had apologised to her today.

For a while, neither of them spoke.

A hush descended over the bedroom

Kira lay on her back, listening to the cicadas quarrelling with the frogs in the garden downstairs.

The sound of croaking reminded her of her 'gift' to Austyn

The man had been so scared that he almost jumped onto the chair.

Kira smiled at the memory.

Austyn leaned over her, watching her moonlit face

Kira was cocooned in his arms, enveloped by his scent.

It was so cosy, she almost closed her eyes and purred.

Austyn drank in the mesmerising view of her.

They were so close that he could count her long, t

He savoured their quiet alone time together.

thick lashes.

Austyn had- apologised to her more times in one night than he'd ever said sorry to all other people in his life, but it wasn't enough.

At the restaurant, he knew Liam was goading him into a fight, but he fell for it anyway

If it were anything else, he wouldn't have been so easily provoked.

But all sense of self-control flew out the window when it came to Kira.

He saw it was Liam who made the first move; he knew Kira tried to fight back and push Liam away; he knew it wasn't her fault. But he just couldn't control himself.

He was like a bull who saw a red cape.

The only thought left in his mind was to lash out

As a result, he'd

tura, physically and emotionally.

Austyn sighed quietly.

Kira shouldn't have forgiven him so readily.

She was too soft-hearted.

It made it easy for others to take advantage of her, to exploit her kindness.

Austyn loved her for it and hated himself for being one of the exploiters.

He propped himself up on both elbows and stared at her tranquil-looking face.

She was almost a decade younger than him.

Her face was full of the collagen of youth.

She was resting her head on the pillow, eyes half-closed, arms by her side.

Her body language was open and trusting.

Austyn asked himself, why her?

Why did he fall in love with Kira Hewitt?

It would be an exaggeration to say he could have any woman in the world, but at least in the city of Stamford, population 26 million, he could have his pick. Women younger than Kira, prettier, cuter, sexier.

Women more obedient than Kira, more intelligent, more sensible.

But none of them was Kira Hewitt.

Kira's eyelids drooped.

She almost fell asleep, but felt herself being watched.

Austyn's gaze was so intense that it was almost like a tangible beam of laser light, impossible to ignore.

She stole a glance at him; he caught it.

Kira's heart started thumping.

The room was so quiet that she was afraid he might hear her heartbeat.

Her lips went dry.

Her face began to heat up.

Kira pushed at his chest. 'Get get up.'

Austyn grabbed her slim fingers, tracing circles on the back of her hand.

He kept up his ravenous gaze.

'What's...what's wrong with you?'

Kira swallowed.

Her thighs were still sore.

She hoped the man was not serious about going for Round Three.

'You don't know what's wrong with me?" His chest vibrated.

Kira shook her head-

How could she know what he was thinking?

She wasn't a mind reader.

She bet even Professor X, with his exceptionally powerful telepathy, would be stumped by the labyrinth that was Austyn's mind.

Magneto would be jealous of Austyn.

"Can't you t

tell

what I'm thinking"

Austyn searched her eyes to see it she was playing coy and pretending not to understand, but all he saw was confusion in her big, round, sleep-filled eyes.

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'I can't,' Kira answered honestly.

She was drained, both physically and mentally.

All she wanted at the moment was to hug her pillow and visit dreamland, but she couldn't sleep with a man lying inches above her, staring a hole into her eyes.

She yawned, then she glimpsed Austyn gnashing his teeth.

What was the man getting worked up about?

Austyn stared at the perplexed look on her face.

For the first time, he felt that innocence might not be a virtue.

She was too unsuspecting, unworldly and naïve, sometimes even to the point of being gullible.

There were certain things that went unsaid between a man and a woman

A look, a gesture, or a slight tilt of the head was enough to communicate the unuttered message.

But Kira didn't get it.

She would never understand what he was thinking unless he spelt it out for her.

But Austyn had never done that.

He'd never confessed his love to a woman before.

With Deborah, she'd understood his feelings for her implicitly.

Austyn was strongly averse to the idea of baring his soul.

It made him feel exposed, vulnerable.

But if he didn't do it, this foolish girl, so smart in some ways but so dense in others, would never get the message. What should he do?

How Did Deborah Die?

Austyn dithered..

Kira watched notions chase each other across his face.

He was frowning one moment, gritting his teeth the next, then pursing his thin lips into a tight line

A sensation from her legs gave her an idea. 'I think I know.'

'Hmm?'

Austyn's pulse accelerated.

Could she have wised up?

"What do you know?" he asked with a trace of a smile in his voice.

Kira darted her eyes around. 'I lanow you have amazing stamina and all, but I really don't think we should do it again.

She shitted her legs so his manhood, excited again, wasn't poking her thighs

"Let's not overdo it. You're in your thirties, and you have work tomorrow. You don't want to show up at the office with heavy bags under your eyes, do you? Like Elsie said, let's enjoy all good things in moderation." Austyn's face fell.

He should have known better than to expect the girl to reach sudden enlightenment

He rolled to the side. 'Shut up.'

'Ol' Kira stopped talking.

He threw an arm around her waist.

Her back was pressed against his chest.

'Go to sleep."

Kira squirmed.

She was made the little spoon in their cuddle, but she wanted to sleep with her arms and legs stretched out,

Austyn's breath was hot on her neck.

Unable to sleep, Kira played with her fingers in the dark.