Bedmates Soulmates

"Kira!"

Austyn was baffled.

She had seemed so excited a minute ago

Now she was on a strike?

'Don't yell at me!' Kira glared at him. 'I'm not leaving!"

Austyn felt the familiar throbbing in his forehead.

He massaged his temples. 'I wasn't yelling "

"Yes you were! And no, I'm not leaving."

"Can you at least tell me why?!

He'd rather not waste time playing the guessing game.

It was more efficient if she just told him what she was thinking

Kira crossed her arms. 'I just don't want to walk. My feet hurt."

The vein in Austyn's forehead twitched. 'You are wearing flats. How can your feet still hurt?"

Kira rolled her eyes and turned her face away.

She didn't want to look at him right now.

Was he being deliberately dense?

Wasn't he supposed to be whip-smart?

He ran a billion-dollar company with thousands of employees.

Wasn't he supposed to be good at reading people?

Why was it so hard for him to see why she didn't want to leave?

She wanted to eat ice cream!

Kira stuck out her lower lip, pouting

Let's see how long it took the super-intelligent president to figure out why his date was mad.

There was another young couple at the next table.

The boy was holding up a spoon and feeding his girlfriend ice cream.

The girl was all sweet smiles and gentle cooing voices.

'Honey, I want to try the strawberry one.

'Sure, babe, whatever you want. Let's finish the scoop of mint chocolate, then I'll go get you the strawberry. They have salted caramel as well. Do you want to try it?" 'But it's too many calories. I don't want to get f

[lat.!

Oh babe, your figure's perfect. You can never get fat in my eyes.

'Oh honey...

Then a loud smooch.

Kira rolled her eyes,

Too much PDM

But then, wasn't this what couples on a date were supposed to do?

She could never imagine Austyn saying anything like that to her, or using that lovey-dovey voice.

Compared to the lovebirds, she and Austyn didn't look like a couple at all.

The owner of the ice cream parlour, a man in his fifties, beckoned at Austyn.

Austyn glanced at him. "What?"

The man pointed to Kira. 'Is she your niece?"

"What?" Austyn scowled. 'Am I that old?"

'Oh 'The owner was stunned. "That means..."

"That means she's my wife!

"Oh.'The man grimaced, feeling sheepish 'Sorry, my bad. I thought since she looks so young, whereas you... Anyway, my mistake." Austyn was more than a little miffed.

Sure, Kira looked young, like the college girl she was

But no way was he old enough to be mistaken for her uncle!

He was right not to buy anything here; ice cream made by a man with such poor judgement must be no good.

Luckily, the owner didn't know what Austyn was thinking.

If he did, he would've withdrawn his offer of help.

"The young lady...I mean, your wife is angry with you. Don't you think you should do something about it?"

'I know she's mad."

"Then why are you still standing here?"

'I'm trying to figure out why she's mad. Once I identify the reason, I can solve the problem much faster.

A solution required a problem first.

He was trying to identify the problem.

The owner was astonished.

He had been selling desserts for twenty years.

This was the first time he met such a...

He struggled to find the right word.

The man in a suit certainly had an intelligent air about him, but why was he acting like an imbecile?

It took the owner a while to find his voice. 'You don't know why she's mad?"

Austyn said nothing

Wasn't the answer obvious?

If he knew the reason, he'd have done something about it.

To the owner, the answer was indeed obvious.

He shook his head, amazed at how dim-witted some people could be. How did this man

man get a wife?

"Your wife's angry with you because you didn't buy her ice cream.