“Just thought I recognised an old face in the crowd… thought I would say hi”
His bored tone in sharp contrast to the keen way his eyes were watching her
“You look good Kira” he murmured softly, a familiar note entering his voice.
By now Kira had managed to recover much of her composure, her slightly ragged breathing the only real sign of her inner turmoil, as she looked coolly back at him, her heart beating so quickly. Her voice now calm she had met his gaze with as cold a look as his.
“Thank you. Well it was nice of you to drop by Craig. Please don’t let the door hit you on the way out”
He chuckled softly, a note of humour in his voice for the first time since he had appeared in her room
“Now that’s not very friendly, I might think you want me to leave”
Staring back at him her expression emotionless while her insides continued to churn alarmingly she had replied softly
“Please feel free to think that”
Silently the two had looked at each other, the tension high in the air between them, broken only by the sudden sound of a soft tapping at the door.
With a small smile curling his lip he quickly moved back, pulling open the door to let in a surprised Bill, who stared at the tall man before him.
“Erm….hi….you OK Kira” he asked in surprise, a note of concern entering his voice as he looked over at her
“I’m fine Bill” she replied gently
“Mr Kent was just leaving” she continued, her eyes never leaving the tall man before her. Looking in surprise from one to the other, Bill was shocked at the venom which she used to say his name.
“Goodbye Kira, I’m sure we’ll be seeing each other later” Craig had smiled softly, his voice low, his eyes narrowing, and without even a look at the other man who he had opened the door to, he left pulling the door closed behind him
“Who was that” Bill asked his eyes open wide in surprise
Kira however had rushed into the bathroom and Bill could now hear her being ill. Standing in total confusion he had not been sure what to do. When she had finally returned he was concerned to see how pale and upset she looked
With a hard edge to his voice Bill had demanded
“Did he do anything to you….because”
“No” she moaned, a long anguished sound breaking from her lips, before sinking down onto the bed and bursting into tears. Bill had stood in complete shock. In the two years he had known her, he had never seen anything which could shake the young woman before him. She had been someone who could always be relied on in an emergency due to her cool head and ability to put emotions aside to get on with any job. And now she was falling apart right before his eyes.
Slowly he sat down beside her, patting her shoulder as she sobbed uncontrollably her face buried deep in a pillow. It took several minutes for the sobs to stop racking her slender body, but finally she was able to sit up her eyes blotchy with the tears which streaked down her lovely face.
In a sombre voice Bill looked at her with deep concern
“What’s going on Kira” he asked
She looked at him her expression one of complete misery
“Oh Bill, Alex…” she said before another sob escaped her.
Realisation suddenly came upon the older man, who gently pulled her into his arms patting her shoulders in a fatherly way while telling her it would all be ok.
Bill stayed with her for over an hour pouring her several drinks and talking with her until he felt that she was calm. He had ordered room service for them both, as she was in no condition to go out to the restaurant in which he had booked a table, wanting to make sure that she ate something. Not that this made much difference, as she merely pushed the food around her plate. Finally he had left ordering her to make sure that she had a long bath and an early night. She had smiled thankfully at him
“Thanks Bill…for everything” she smiled weakly but warmly.
At the door he placed a small kiss on her forehead “goodnight Kira” he said softly, pulling her into his arms for a reassuring hug,#p#分页标题#e#
“It’ll be fine… wait and see”.
In a large office Craig Kent lifted the phone. On the other end a security guard informed him that the male guest in the room he was interested in had now left, and they were patching the video through. Looking at his watch Craig’s mouth tightened. The thought of a man spending more than an hour alone with her in her room causing him to feel a white hot anger which ate at his insides. As he watched the video of the unknown older man kissing her and holding her in his arms the anger coursed even hotter through his body
He couldn’t understand why this bothered him so much. He had put Kira Black behind him three years ago, or at least he thought he had, but when he had seen her standing in the foyer of his newly acquired hotel the emotions had washed over him like a tidal wave. He could feel the cold hatred he still held for her once more rising within him, his feelings proving that he would never be able to fully put this episode of his life behind him until he had dealt with Kira Black. Well fate had dealt him an opportunity to do just that and with determination and a sudden purpose he lifted the receiver and began to make calls.