double-checked
misread th
t was ca
with her husband's
, both business and personal, including
y for Austyn and was
to polite greetings and an occasional no
was out o
happen to Austy
ide the pick up the ca
ly, Kira hurried out of t
on as she stepped outside, out of br
ute l
she'd stepped
t in the back row of the Humme
side the window only acce
e air w
the front and tried not to breathe too loudly, lest
s, she tried to figure out why
skin when Kai told her he and
e sensation Austyn's pres
tudents discovered her
ilk would bombard
would become a t
she'd scampered across the stre
f them sat in a
two of
as dr
e had some
'But what can I say? Have you eaten? H
mouth and was
d suddenly, throwi
ustyn and did a fac
a f
t u
oice had g
face, it was that of a man 'abou
rambled
h time with the m
hat that v
logise. 'I'm sorry. It was an acciden
n sco
it her
not bel
about to take the stand. 'I swear, if I intentionally tried to take
to
ice cut her of
,' Kira was beside herself. 'I may
o protest he
thought of as a pervert,
an ac
know her head would la
and planted my face in. Well, granted, part of the responsibility lies with me. I just got into the c
a look at A
wn had
she thought, demoralis
hirties and preside
d he be
nhaled deeply, exhaled
iqued by h
red a heartf
e could
o disagreeable,' Kira fumed, 'I
from his lap when a strong h
ked her head aga
d and bit b
ithdrew
through gritted teeth, 'What did you
ocked back
Austyn ordered, 'Sit over the
, Bo
a button on
who was sitting rig
' he commiserated wit
few words he did utter were often sha
nally u
et and scooted as far away as possible from
w up he
curl up into a ball if
side, poking an index finger at the w
e, Austyn caught every fidg
ng an occasional glance at him w
pened and close
of a bubble-bl
abbit he used t
l of fluff spent all d
gnawing on his book, he
ace was a mirror image
hat I did wrong, but you're the bos
le across A
r up had not been such a ha