Kira glanced at the kids and whispered. ‘Remember I told you Austyn has a new girlfriend?’
‘Uh-huh.’
‘They are getting married in a month.’
Isabel swore under her breath.
She leaned in so her forehead was almost touching Kira’s. ‘For real?’
Kira nodded. ‘He just got a call from her earlier.’
‘But he can’t marry her!’
Kira sighed. ‘You know how Austyn is. Gwen saved his life. He’s indebted to her.’
‘But he can repay her some other way. Why must he marry her?’ Isabel was indignant.
Kira forced a smile. ‘Maybe he’s in love with her.’
Isabel frowned. ‘That’s impossible. If that’s the case, why would he come to Stamford to look for you?’
Isabel’s family went way back with Austyn’s.
The two of them practically grew up together, though they moved in slightly different social circles.
Isabel refused to believe Austyn was the two-timing type.
He could be cold, distant and sometimes downright cruel.
But he was not the type to cheat.
Kira had no answer to her friend’s question.
She thought she kn