Bedmates Soulmates
CHAPTER 398

Liam bore the diatribe with a stony face.

When Kira finally stopped, tired and thirsty, he gave a mirthless chuckle.

"Are you in love with Austyn McCarthy?' he asked.

Kira blinked.

Was she?

No.

She shook her head.

She didn't love Austyn.

She just felt sorry for him.

He looked like such a tough guy, larger than life.

Who would have thought he had once been a victim of a double betrayal?

Kira sympathised with him because she had been through something similar. Besides, she knew bett

woman.

better than to fall for someone whose heart already belonged to another wom

Liam took Kira's silence to be an answer in the affirmative, which irked him more than he cared to acknowledge.

When offended, he went on the offensive.

'He married you because he needed a placeholder, a trophy. You're nothing but a nice-looking piece of furniture. He sleeps with you when he has the needs. Don't you think you're like a blow-up doll, hmm?"

Liam burled the insult at her, hoping to get a rise out of the girl.

Kira just stared at him with her big, round, cold eyes.

y a word.

She didn't say a

"You treat him as your husband, but does he think of you as his wife?' Liam stepped up his attack. 'You know he keeps a woman on the side, don't you? Maybe more than one. He sleeps with you one night and screws another woman the next. I bet he keeps a roster. You're nothing but a member of his harem.'

Liam touched her cheek with his fingertips. 'Don't you think it's stupid to fall in love with a man like that?!

Kira slapped his offending hand away

Liam glared at her.

She glared back

"Who told you I love him:

You don't

"Of course I don't."

"Why?"

Why would she remain faithful to Austyn ev

even though she didn't love him?

'He doesn't love me, so I don't love him," Kira said simply.

Unrequited love wasn't love, it was

is obsession

It

made you feel insecure, inadequate

It made your whatever

you were, you were never going to be good enough for that person.

someone had already staked a claim to his heart.

Kira was keenly aware of the growing feelings she had for Austyn,

So she had to pinch her thighs each time her heart fluttered at the sight of him, and remind herself to rein it in.

Liam picked up a strand of her long hair and snitted it.

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Kira swatted his hand away.

He smiled. 'Does that mean you'll only reciprocate the feeling if someone declares his love for you first? I can do that. In fact, I already did that.'