double-checked

misread th

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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

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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

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mouth and was

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ustyn and did a fac

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face, it was that of a man 'abou

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hat that v

logise. 'I'm sorry. It was an acciden

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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