Bedmates Soulmates
CHAPTER 435

Kayleigh looked up at him with pleading eyes. "Are you really going to abandon me like this?'

I'm not abandoning you, Austyn said impassively, "I made a promise to Finley to take care of you. Art will You will still have the apartment. You will still have money. Eventually, you will have your careerback Come to me if you need help. But I will never be with you He shifted her body away from the doos. "That's the way it's going to be. You'll just have to deal with it." Heopened the door and left.

Austyn ignored the teasing whistles from the men, left the cardroom and headed straight for the lounge. Kira wasn't there.

He checked the entire lounge, including the ladies' room.

"Have you seen the woman who was here just now?' He came out and found a waiter passing by

"Sorry, sir. I just came upstairs."

Scowling, Austyn came out of the lounge and dialled Kira's number

Kayleigh collapsed to the ground the moment Austyn left.

He must have heard it, but he neverturned back

Kayleigh took off her stilettos and flung them at the closed door.

She swept the chinkoff the low glass table.

They clattered to the carpeted floor but didn't break

Kayleigh wanted to scream, but the men outside could hear her.

She dragged her long nails through the carpet, hard enough to tear the fibre.

When she finally stopped, her manicure was ruined and her fingertips were bloodied.

She took no notice of the pain

Rage was all she could feel at the moment.

She wiped away the tears from her face, took out her phone from the clutch bag, found the man's number and dialled.

'Mr Santoro, are you here yet?"

The venom in her voice startled even Sean Santoro. "On my way. What's wrong?"

'just get over here as quickly as you can. I'll bring Kisa Hewitt to you." Kayleigh removed a compact mirror and checked her face.

she stretched her lips into a sinister smile. "You can do whatever you like with her. Get temmen to gang-rape her. Cut hrup into pieces, Feed her body to the sharks, I don't care. Just get it done' 1. aw. Sean laughed

His voice boomed in the narrow confines of the car. 'Remind me to ever cross you in the future, Miss Woods. I don't want to be on the receiving end of that wrath. "Cut the map! Just get over here!! "Aye aye, madam l'inten minutes out. Make sure our lovely Miss Hewitt is ready by then,

Kayleigh stuffed her phone back the clutch

She Hood her makeup and smoothed out her dress.

When she came out of the room, she was once more the beautiful, dignified actress.

She ram bad a smile on her face.

Austyn checked every room on the second floor.

Mu mantanvarsing her phone.

"What mischief didyeinget into this time? Andyould Hirough gritted teeth.

Kira was so sensible

I some times and so naughty at others

Antynconsidered getting her one of those GPS tracker bracelets for kidi. mraleash.

hte plocked a fhute of champagne i

me from a tray and downed it in one gulp.

Time to check downtalis

Khatredial talled to wiest heram from Gilden's hold

He didn't let go of her the entire way

He took another set of stairs, not the one Kira hud come up from

They were on the ground floor now, far away from the crowd.

She struggled harder when she saw he was dragging her towards an open door.

"Let go of Kiraled het voine:

Awaiter nearby passed, throwing curious glances theirway

don leased her am

Kira glared at him. 'What are you doing? told you, it's over between us detoverit

Gideon shook his head. 'Tean't do that."

'Do whatever you want. I'm leaving!

'There's only one way you can leave.'

"What?" Hira eyed the door.

It was ton far

Maybe she should go back to the main hall,

Gideon wouldn't dare make a scene in front of so many people.

'The only way you can leave me!-gideon leaned in and whispered in her ear-is over my dead body. Her eyes widened.

'Kill me, or come with me,' Gideon said calmly. Those are your only choices, Kira.

'You are insane!

"Perhaps. Gideon smiled. "So, what's your choice going to be? kill me? Or love me

Kira shoved him back

"I know you don't want me to die." He held her band in his. "Come with me, Kira. I can give you everything.'

Kira prised his fingers off her hand. "No!"

She was enraged, but he was euphoric.

He had never felt as happy as he did right now, except the day he became Kira's boyfriend four years ago.

She was right in front of him, large as life.

He got to kiss her, hear her voice, see her lovely face.

Her anger, herfrown and even her tant only endeared her to him more.

How could he let go of such a vivacious Kiss?

And he'd meant it-she had to step over his dead body to leave him

Young Master.

Main materialised out of nowhere.

He whispered something in Gideon's ear.

Glidean scowled. "Meet them yourself. I don't have the time right now.

'But you'r the head of the Gamer Lamily, Young Master One of them sits on the city council and the other is a personal friend of the mayo. If they see just au assistant, they'or going to feel slighted Kira Mule towards the main hall

Het Doppelging

Gideon saw Kita's attempt to escape and grabbed her hand.

"Young Master, it's hard to get an opportumly like this again Martin was persistent.

Gideonbethed out beavily. 'All right."

He said to Kira, "Don't go anywhere, okay?11 be back soon

He looked silly at Martin 'Keep an eye on her. Make sure she's still here when I get back

"Yes, Young Master. Martin nodded, remembering what happened at the hospital last time.

The young lady had managed to give him the ship.

As soon as Gideon disappeared from view, Kira started towards the stairs.

She had to get back to the lounge in case Austin came looking for her.

Alter a few steps, she stopped, spun around and glared at Martin, "Why are you following me?!

I'm just following Young Master's orders,' Martin said placidly.

"He's your employer, not a slave owner. You don't have to do everything he says, you know."

Martin just bowed slightly and said nothing.

The young lady was quite feisty,

Was that what attracted Young Master to her?

Kira stood with her arms albo. I'm going to the Ladies' room. Stop following me if you don't want to be called a pervert,"

She followed the signs and headed for the nearest stroom.

Martin hesitated for a second, but went after her anyway.

Kira stood in front of the sink and washed her hands for the fourth time.

she poked her head outside the door and shrank back immediately when she saw Martin standing guard in the hallway The man was relentless

He probably wouldn't leave till she came out,

Kasighed.

The restroom was huge, with twenty stalls and two rows of back to-back sinks

She found a plastic chair in a corner, probably the janitor's,

Kira plopped down on the chair and started thinking.

She wanted to call Austyn, but her phone was left in the clutch bag, which was left in the lounge when Gideon dragged her away.

e sighed again.

It seemed that her only move, for now, was to wait it our

Maybe Gideon's assistant had to answer the call of nature at some point and be forced to leave.

Kira heard a toilet fish

The door of the second-to-last stall opened

woman walked out.

She wore a black knee-length dress with sequins,

Herbeels clacked on the tiled floor with a crisp sound:

Kira Broze when she saw the woman's face.

She must be hallucinating

The woman had a face exactly like hers

Was thina dream?

The woman didn't appear to love noticed Kins in the comer

the washed herlands, dried them with a paper towel, checked her makeup and then left.

She did not once look in Kira's dires tion.

Kira ensalted motionless in the chair

Hep moutlowes hanging open

the panded her cheek.

She had just met her doppelgänger

King shot to her feet and chord after the woman.

Martin was still there, but his head was lowered, his eyes on a pack of cigarites.

Kira seized the opportunity and tiptoed away from him, thandul for the carpeted floor which absorbed the sound of her footsteps.

She started rumming as soon as she left the hallway.

She glanced back

Martin wasn't coming after her.

He must not have noticed her

Kirascanted the hall.

She spotted the woman in the black dress ahead of her, moving towards a large balcony.

Kira approached slowly.

She marvelled at the woman's face in profile-it was almost a carbon copy of hers.

It she didn't know any better, she would've thought Helen had given birth to identical twins.

But Kira soon realised they were not really klentical

The woman was about half a head taller than her, with a fuller figure and longer hair

She was standing in front of the calling, looking pensive.

"Um, hello. Hira ventured a greeting.

que tumed her head.

Kica was taken aback, not by the striking similarity of their faces, but by the complete lack of surprise in the woman's reaction.

Herpes didn't widen, her brows didn't shoot up, her jaw didn't drop.

Kira recalled her astonishment when she first saw the woman's face, but her doppelgänger didn't appear surprised, not even a little bit.

Did this mean she'd seen Kira before?

Owen recognised Kira Hewitt on sight.

So this was Gideon's beloved, the woman of his heart, the woman he'd been searching for for the past two years.

Gwen gave her a once-nver

It was like looking into a minor.

Other than their height difference and Hewitt's slightly more youthful air, they could have passed for identical twins.

Owen inclined her head. 'Hello."

Kira pointed to her own face. This may sound a bit weird, but, m, are we somehow related?

Maybe Dad had a younger sister or brother somewhere, and this woman was Kira's cousin

Their faces were so similar that they had to share DNA somehow.

Gwen looked at her with a faint trace of a smile. 'Miss, this is my first time meeting you. If you are a relative of mine, wouldn't I have seen you before?"

Kira scratched her head.

The woman was right.

Kira's question came from nowhere and m

Imust have sounded a little impertinent to her.

Sorry, I was just surprised. I've never met my doppelgänger before."

"I'm not your doppelgänger, Gwerthought. Tim your stand-in!

Kira shifted her gaze away, but she couldn't help stealing curious glances at the woman.

The more she looked, the more she was astounded by how similar they were

But she also noticed subtle differences not visible fromatar.

For instance, the woman's smile, though charming, was a little too symetrical and too perfect.

Both comers of her mouth were raised by actly the same degree

Only the muscles around her mouth moved.

The was no slight inkling of these, no tiny wrinkles around the eyes.

Kira looked away.

Omennoticed Hewitt's inquisitive gaze

When she sensed Owen looking at her, ira utred a polite, sheepish grin.