Deep And Dangerous Obsession

Kira turned away. She no longer had any sympathies for Gideon. He didn’t deserve them, after what he did to her. Kira’s phone rang while she was in the bathroom. It was a number she didn’t recognise. ‘Hello?’ ‘Kira.’ She heard Gideon’s tired voice. She’d blocked his number. He must have gotten a new one. ‘What do you want?’ ‘I called you last week. You didn’t pick up.’ Kira stared at her blank face in the mirror. ‘I was occupied.’ ‘With what?’ ‘That’s none of your business.’ ‘Kira, please, I just want to know if you are okay.’ ‘I’m not. I almost died. Henry McCarthy kidnapped me and tried to kill me. There, that’s what I was doing a week ago. Happy?’ Gideon was stunned into silence. A long while later, he asked, ‘Henry kidnapped you? Why?’ ‘Why else?’ Kira sneered. ‘I’m a threat to him. Now that Austyn’s back in town, he’s scared we’ll join forces and come after him. So he tried to get rid of us first.’ Kira didn’t want to talk to Gideon. She was about to hang up when he muttered, ‘Kir