Bedmates Soulmates
CHAPTER 418

'Okay,

okay!!

Kira would have said yes if he asked her to skydive with him-anything to get her out of the current crisis

'Stay back after office hours. I'll come and find you."

'Okay, sure, whatever. Just let me go!"

She was sweating now.

As soon as Austyn released his grip, Kira took off like a hare with a hound after her.

She almost knocked over Kai, who was standing guard at the end of the hallway.

Kai winced

Young Madam's elbow dug into his left flank.

"Boss, are we heading back to the office now?!

"I am. You're going shopping*

'I am?"

Kiran

needs a dress for the party tonight. And call Vincent. Ask him to clear his schedule for 6-8 pm. I'll bring Kira to his studio for hair and makeup.

The party was an annual get-together arranged by Stamford's Chamber of Commerce,

The city's leading business figures and high officials would be in attendance.

The Chamber director sent an invitation to Austyn every year, but he always declined in the past.

He had more important things to do than to chit-chat with people he would meet at work anyway.

Kai was curious. 'Boss, if you want to make your relationship with Young Madam public, you could arrange a press conference. The party is going to be filled with people, almost all of them strangers to Young Madam. She may not feel comfortable attending such an event.'

Hall of the attendees there wanted to talk business with Austyn.

The other half wanted to marry him

If they saw Austyn show up with a woman on his arm, Young Madam was going to become public enemy number one.

Austyn tossed his assistant a look. 'She's my woman. Nobody will dare touch her,"

Kal wasn't convinced

Based on what little he knew about Young Madam, she did not seem like the type who embraced the spotlight.

The lunch earlier was a case in point.

"You don't know her like I do," Austyn said, seeming to read Kai's mind. 'She'll freak out if I hold a press conference. I need to do it slowly and gradually. Introducing her to my social circle is step one. Eventually, the news will spread and she'll get used to being addressed as Mrs McCarthy."

Kai nodded.

He still had reservations, but then, he was just the assistant slash chauffeur slash sometime legman, not a relationship consultant.

Martin knocked on the door of the study and waited for a reply before he entered.

'Any news?' Gideon stood in front of the French window overlooking the lake.

He didn't turn around.

'Sorry, Young Master. I tried my best."

Just tell me what you know."

'Miss Kira Hewitt is a Year Three Communications & Media Studies student at Stamford University. It's the summer break now. She's interning with a company in Stamford. That's all I can find." "You can't find her home address or her phone number?"

"Sorry, Young Master. Her school records are sealed."

'Did you offer them money?

'I did, but the dean turned me down. Said his hands were tied.'

Gideon scowled.

Kira was an ordinary student.

Why would the dean guard her personal info so fiercely?

Was this the doing of Kira's mysterious sugar daddy?

Gideon saw red just thinking about the possibility.

'Did you at least find out the name of the company she's working at?" yes. The M Group.

'The M Group?" Gideon cocked an eyebrow. "Are you sure?!

'Yes, I double-checked Is Young Master familiar with the company?'

'Of course. It's the largest conglomerate in Stamford, ranked number five nationwide by capitalisation. The owner and founder is Austyn McCarthy."

'If Young Master is acquainted with Mr McCarthy, perhaps we could reach out to him for help."

Stamford was not Ourhlana.

Martin couldn't just snap his fingers and have Miss Hewitt's dossier delivered to him within the same day.

Gideon pondered the suggestion

'Thad not wanted to trouble him for my private business, Gideon said. "But now it seems that I have no choice. If Kira's working at Austyn's company, going to him is the quickest way to get to her." Martin nodded.

He set an embossed invitation card down on the desk. 'A representative from the Chamber of Commerce delivered this yesterday. It's for a party tonight. It will be attended by the city's upper echelon in business and politics. If Young Master wants to gain a foothold in Stamford, this will be a good starting point."

Gideon didn't look at the invitation. 'Is it really necessary?"

He wanted to call Austyn right now.

't think attending the party will prove worthwhile."

Martin wasn't just

st Gideon's personal assistant.

He had a duty to see the Garner family prosper.

Young Master had a good head on his shoulders, but-lately, he had been a little too distracted by this affair of finding Miss Hewitt. When he sensed Gideon's hesitation, Martin added, 'Mr McCarthy runs the biggest company in Stamford. It's highly likely that he'll be there tonight."

"In that case, I should probably go as well."

"It's a black the event. I'll prepare the tux, Young Master.'

Knowing Gideon probably wouldn't read the invitation card, Martin reminded him, 'Young Master, it's customary to bring a plus-one."

Gideon wasn't in the mood to hear the details. 'Just make the arrangements. You know what to do.'

Kira started packing up her stuff when the clock struck six times.

Her colleagues left one after another.

Kira waited for her turn to clock out.

Her phone vibrated with an incoming text message.