I Didn’t Sleep With You; You Drugged Me

A man lounging on a sofa spoke. ‘I think I saw Mr Garner just now. I invited him to join us, but he appeared to be in a hurry. He was going from room to room, looking for something or someone.’ Austyn cocked an eyebrow. ‘Gideon Garner of the Garner family in Ourhlana?’ ‘Yes,’ the man replied. ‘You know him?’ ‘Sort of.’ Everyone else started speculating. The Garners’ home base was Ourhlana. Mr McCarthy’s was Stamford. If the two of them were talking, could it signal a change in business plans for either? Was Mr McCarthy expanding into Ourhlana? The players exchanged quiet looks with each other. ‘Austyn.’ A woman’s soft voice raised heads in the cardroom. Austyn turned around. Kayleigh stood in the open doorway, looking abashed. She wore a floor-length off-shoulder white dress with a cut-out at the side. Austyn stood up, pushed back his chair and walked over to her. ‘What are you doing here?’ ‘I’m sorry. Am I interrupting?’ ‘Yes.’ His curt reply flustered her. She blushed. ‘I…I called yo