Chapter 27: Ayla
I wiped the tears from my eyes as I held my side. The laughter hurt, but I couldn’t stop.
“You cheated,” Kingston said again. “There’s no way you could have figured that out.”
I gasped for air. “I told you it wasn’t the husband.”
“But the gun and tire treads…” Kingston said, looking through the list of clues again. “Everything leads back to the husband.”
“Sure, but it was the daughter,” I said with a shrug, taking a sip of my drink to calm my giggles.
“But that’s not possible,” he protested. “She was out of the country at the time of the murder. Her passport was stamped.”
“It was.” I leaned forward and picked up the stack of fake passports. “But so was her twin sister’s. Coming into the country the morning of and flying out of the country the morning after the murder. So, Alpha, why would someone with an airtight alibi fly into the country just to create another airtight alibi? And how did she get on foreign soil in the first place?”
Hooked at him expectantly.
“She used her sister’s passport to come back, murder her mother, set her father up for it, and leave the country again,” I said. “Using her own to establish an alibi.”
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Kingston looked at the paper that held the name of the murderer again. “Well, damn. I guess you win.”
“Without cheating, right?”
“Yeah, yeah, I guess you didn’t cheat,” he conceded.
“Nope.”
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He sighed, leaning back into the couch cushions and throwing an arm over my shoulder.
“I admit defeat.” He pulled me against him. “I say we turn on a movie and forget this whole thing happened.”
He was teasing me.
“Oh no, there will be no forgetting,” I replied, laying my head on his shoulder.
He began to trail his hand lightly up and down my arm.
“Well, as long as you enjoyed yourself.” His tone was gentle, without any teasing.
“I did,” I replied, looking up at him.
He looked back at me, and our eyes locked for a moment. He leaned in and his mouth touched mine. I didn’t have time to stop him. I didn’t think I wanted to stop him. The touch was tentative but firm. His hand went to my face, and he deepened the k*ss, his tongue grazing my l*ps.
I opened for him, meeting him happily. The hand I had resting on his chest moved up and around his neck, holding him to me. It felt good. He felt good.
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The pain in my chest had been gone for hours, thanks to Kingston’s proximity. I noticed he made an effort to maintain contact with me the whole evening. Just light touches. His leg resting against mine. An arm over the back of the couch, grazing my shoulders. Little things. But they were enough.
Along with the painkillers, I felt fantastic. It was the most pain–free I had been in weeks.
But it wasn’t just that.
Whenever he touched me, my stomach would flutter. And his k*ss made my heart skip, followed by racing as he pulled me in tighter. His hand moved from my face and down my b*dy.
I pulled away with a hiss. He had hit my sore ribs.
“Ayla, I’m sorry,” Kingston rushed. “I didn’t mean to hurt you. I didn’t even intend for that k*ss to happen. I know it’s too soon for you.”
“Kingston, it’s okay,” I assured him with a smile. “It’s fine, really. It really didn’t hurt that bad. It just hit suddenly, is all.”
“I know,” Kingston urged. “I know. And I know my k*ssing you doesn’t make anything less complicated. But I guess I gave
“Okay,” I said.
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