Time To Fight Back

Austyn frowned. ‘What do you want me to do?’ Kira shrugged, feigning nonchalance. ‘It’s your call.’ He said nothing. Kira waited with a sinking heart. No answer from him. He was still protecting Kayleigh. Kira’s good mood from a minute ago was gone now. She smiled bitterly. She had been right. Austyn would side with Kayleigh no matter what the woman did. Kira suspected that even if Kayleigh murdered someone, Austyn would help her bury the body instead of calling the police. She should have known better than to get her hopes up. His silence was the answer she’d expected, right? So why was she still disappointed? Kira puckered her lips and tried to hold back the tears. See, this was why she didn’t dare love him. Deep down, she knew she had fallen helplessly in love with Austyn. She’d tried and failed to deceive herself. But she couldn’t confess that feeling to him. She couldn’t afford to let him know he had complete power over her heart. Kira’s heart was occupied entirely by thoughts of