“Your note said 3” she continued in surprise
He smiled disarmingly at her
“Things went a whole lot better than expected” he drawled before reaching out a hand to help her up from her seat.
“It does mean that things will be happening real quickly” he added watching her face to see if she registered any interest. Kira however had just smiled sweetly.
“Good…how is Paul” she had asked rising to stand before him.
He had put his free arm around her shoulder walking slowly with her to the lift as her arm had wound its way around his waist.
“A lot better.” He said with sincerity before pressing the button to go up.
From a corner of the room a pair of eyes narrowed watching the pair move across the foyer, the man standing silently in the shadows had been too slow. About to approach her he had been surprised as Craig had entered the building. He had scowled cursing his bad luck.
On arrival to their suit the phone in the study had began ringing. Craig had quickly moved into the room answering it. She had watched as his expression had become incredulous his eyes darting to her coldly
As he rang off he moved over to Kira, a cold glint in his eyes
“So Kira what have you been doing all day” he asked her a steely note to his voice
“What’s wrong” she asked in surprise
“Answer the damn question” he bit at her
Kira jumped in shock moving back slightly at the drastic change in him
“I explored the hotel and then sketched” she answered in total confusion her voice a little shaky
“What’s this all about” she asked
“Did you talk with anyone” he asked his eyes boring into hers
She shook her head the surprise tinged with fear in her eyes evident.
“Talk to who” she whispered,
“Stay here” he had said curtly before he had moved away from her entering the study room slamming it shut as she made to move behind him. Kira had stood in the middle of the room in stunned shock. She couldn’t understand what had happened, feeling the tears stinging the back of her eyes she had moved to the balcony standing miserably looking over the wall her mind full of questions not seeing the view as the bustling city moved below her.
In the study Craig sat furious with himself. Placing a phone call he had watched the downloaded video seeing how Kira had meandered her way around the hotel before taking her seat where he had found her. Frowning, and running his hand over his temple, the video had only confirmed what she had told him, as he watched her sketch the time stamp showing that she had sat there for nearly an hour before he had appeared before her, but still the doubt sat strongly in his stomach. He then watched another set of videos in which a man had entered the building hovering in the shadows before seeming to look to be ready to approach the woman sitting in the foyer. He had recognised him immediately, his mouth tightening angrily.
After viewing both downloads he had sat back in his chair his hand covering his mouth as his eyes frowned. Craig was not sure what to think, Kira genuinely had looked shocked, but he remembered how she had deceived him before and he scowled at the memory. Paul was no fool and he had quickly found out about Kira and it had taken him a long while to persuade him that she was not a threat. With a sinking feeling he cursed the fact that she had once more taken him for a ride, angrier at the repercussions for his friend. Neither had met, but that didn’t mean that they hadn’t meant to, remembering how surprised she had been at his early return. He picked up the phone making quick arrangements before standing up he had left the study searching for her. He found her standing on the balcony her back to him as she leant against the railing.#p#分页标题#e#
“Time to go Kira” he said
He had seen her jump slightly in surprise, before she had softly said
“I think I would like to go back to Bill now Craig”
He closed his eyes slowly a determined look on his face
“No”
He watched as her head had fallen forward
“I see” she said hardly audible
He moved forward grabbing her arm to turn her to face him. She hadn’t struggled but looked down so that he couldn’t see into her large hurt eyes. However he could see the way her lips trembled and her eye lashes were clumped together where the tears had fallen down her cheeks.
“I’ll give you 10 minutes to pack whatever you want to bring with you” he said more gently
“Then we have to go”
“I’m ready now she said” her eyes finally meeting his with a coldness in them along with the hurt
“There is nothing in this room that I want to keep” she had said “in fact the sooner I get away from it the happier I will be” she finished before moving out of his grip to go stand by the lift. The undertones of her words were not lost on Craig who looked over the balcony with a thoughtful expression in his face.