Who was calling?
Why was Austyn acting all mysterious?
It couldn’t be Deborah, could it?
They’d just left her house!
How needy could she be?
Kira vented her frustration by kicking a pebble down the path.
‘Come on.’ Austyn had returned.
He held her hand. ‘Let’s go eat.’
‘Again?’
They just had brunch less than an hour ago.
How could he be hungry again so soon?
But Austyn didn’t give her time to ask questions.
He hustled her into the car and started the engine.
Kira put on the seat belt reluctantly. ‘You’re the president of a big company. Don’t you need to work?’
‘The point of becoming the president is so that I control the schedule, and not let it control me.’
Austyn had called Kai and postponed the meeting.
He could set up a videoconference with the department heads later in the evening.
‘Do you want to know who called?’
‘If you’re willing to tell me.’
‘Luca.’
‘Ah, Captain O’Neill!’
So it wasn’t Deborah.
Kira broke into a smile.
‘Are you that happy to hear his name?’ Austyn asked with a