You Can’t Have Both Of Them

Austyn narrowed his eyes. Kira had a gutsy friend. Giana took his silence as an admission. Her face fell. ‘Mr McCarthy,’ Giana drew herself up. ‘I know you’re rich and powerful, but that doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want, like having an extramarital affair.’ Her voice shook a little, but she ploughed ahead. ‘Cheating may not be illegal, but it’s immoral as hell. I’m sure a man of your stature won’t stoop to such an unethical, dishonourable, just plain wicked act.’ Giana didn’t press Kira when she refused to give a straight answer about Kayleigh and Austyn’s relationship, but that didn’t mean she would turn a blind eye when her best friend was getting bullied in her secret marriage. In her view, might did not make right. ‘Kira is a good girl,’ Giana continued. ‘You married her, and you’ve, ahem, been intimate with her, then you should treat her right.’ Austyn stared straight at Giana, who hid her trembling hands under the quilt. She was prepared to give the alleged cheater a pie