Bedmates Soulmates

Orioles in trees celebrated the arrival of dawn with their flute-like songs.

But Kira was in no mood to appreciate the music.

She had not had a good night's sleep for two days, ever since Austyn stayed away from the villa.

Sitting at her workstation, she kept nodding off and almost knocked her forehead against the desk.

When she came back from the restroom and yawned again, Lexi rolled her chair over and whispered," Kira, you can't keep going like this. You can have too much of a good thing, you know."

What? Kira gazed at her colleague stupidly.

She was suffering from brain fog.

"Living like Catherine the Great,' Lexi said.

Kira didn't understand.

'Do the dance with no pants."

Kira continued staring.

"Having too much sex! Lexi hissed, rolling her eyes.

Kira's mouth opened.

Her colleague had gotten the wrong idea.

Flustered, she hastened to explain in an undertone, 'It's not what you think. I didn't sleep well. That's all.'

'Come on, we're all adults here. There's no shame in talking about sex."

'I know, but it's really not that."

'Then what's the matter? Couldn't sleep?"

Kira nodded.

'Relationship trouble? Argument with your BF?'

"No, not that. The storm was too noisy last night. I couldn't fall asleep."

Kira didn't have a BF.noveldrama

Austyn was not her boyfriend.

He was her employer, benefactor, and legal husband.

But not a boyfriend who belonged with her.

Hoa Foogu His Treasure!

Last night's phone call was a stark reminder.

"Ah, but you didn't deny the part about the BF, Lexi observed Kira's face. 'So you do have a boyfriend?

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'How I envy you college kids, Vanessa, seated across from them, chimed in. 'You have time to go on dates after work. Unlike us. We are chained to our desks and slave away in the office. I can't remember the last time someone took me out for a nice dinner." "What about that guy from the office across the street? Lexl asked. 'You said he was making eyes at you at the coffee shop. Did he ask you out?'

'If only," Vanessa pouted. "I made three coffee runs yesterday, but he was nowhere to be seen. He didn't even leave his number after our chat last time."

"Maybe he was in a rush. Don't worry, you'll get to see him eventually..."

Vanessa and Lexi started exchanging opinions on men they'd seen at work and forgot about Kira.

Kira, grateful for Vanessa's timely intervention, forced her mind back to the work on hand.

"...or you could give him a call,' Lexi said. 'Men are turned on by women who take the initiative."

"Really? Vanessa sounded doubtful. Won't he think I'm desperate?'

Was that what Austyn thought?

Kira cast her mind back to the phone call last night.

He was giving her the silent treatment.

She called him, out of desperation, actually.

Did Austyn look at the caller ID with disdain, before handing over his phone to that woman, probably instructing her to get rid of the nuisance caller? Kira had hoped for a warm shoulder to lean on, but she didn't get that.

Instead, she was in for a rude shock.

Austyn's doctor friend was right.

She shouldn't entrust her heart to someone like Austyn

Or her heart would be returned to her, shattered to pieces.

Maybe it was a good thing she had not fallen for him.

But, was she being honest with herself?

If she didn't care, why was she foaming at the mouth every time she saw or heard him with another woman?

Kayleigh, the gorgeous long-haired woman from the hospital, and that woman who answered the phone Jast night... Kira shook her head.

Stop this madness!

She threw herself into work and didn't leave her workstation till half past five.

After saying goodbye to Lexi, Kira left the office.

3/

It was Friday night."

Kira dialled Glana's number.

They hadn't seen each other for almost two weeks.

A catch-up dinner was long overdue.

Besides, she dreaded returning to that empty villa for another lonely, nightmare-filled night.

The streets were crowded with people out on the town

Kira had to dodge and weave in and out of traffic as she waited for Giana to pick up the call.

Less than ten metres away, a black BMW 7601 xDrive had pulled up in front of the traffic light. Gideon was in the front passenger seat.

He glanced out the window, absent-mindedly running his eyes over the hustling pedestrians. A figure caught his attention.

It was a woman in profile, skipping down the sidewalk.

She was shorter than most of the other pedestrians, and her face bobbed in and out of view.

That face..

Gideon's heart skipped a beat.

In front, the light had just turned green.

He pushed open the door and chased after the woman

'Young Master!' Martin Patton exclaimed in shock

He wanted to get out of the car and run after Gideon, but other drivers behind him were already honking at him.

What was going on?

There were too many people on the street.