Contract Marriage with My CEO Boss

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Monday Dew by in a daze, keeping her mostly occupied in her office, or Kylan's. She noticed that the gummy worms on Rylan's desk were all gone by midday, and she promised herself she would get him a few bags to keep in his desk drawer.

She was glad she had been able to keep out of the prying eyes of the public for the entirety of the day. Not every day would be like this, and eventually, rumors and questions would reach the corner of the office, but she would take the unexpected reprieve while she could. She wondered if Kylan had her manufacture his schedule to be this private on purpose, but she didn't feel it was appropriate to ask him. By the end of the day, she only had the meeting with Ryan left, and both Katrina and Kylan walked to his office together.

She sat in a chair in front of his desk, with Kylan choosing to stand near the window, staring down at the still-falling rain, with his hands in his pockets once again.

"People uh... They seemed to be receptive to the kiss especially," she spoke quietly, attempting to fill the silence with idle small talk while she waited for Ryan to join her in his office.

"I thought you said it wasn't a kiss!" Kylan mused, not turning to look at her.

"I stand by that. It was hardly a real kiss," she said with a short laugh as she smoothed down the plains of her skirt

"I don't kiss people. Kylan spoke so softly, she luck to strain to hear him,

"What do you meant She asked, squinting her eyes at him in confusion.

Kylan sighed and turned to face her, his hands still in his pockets. "I mean exactly what I said. I can f'ck someone just fine, that's no problem. But something like kissing has to mean something to me in order for me to actually want to do it," he explained, his tone of voice no different than it typically was

Even still, she was caught off guard by what he was telling her. "I can't imagine you've kissed many people, then," she responded quietly.

Kylan shook his head. "I have not." He looked back out the window. "One, if you don't count the kiss I gave you at the gala," he added sofily, almost reverently, which surprised the hell out of her.

had a difficult time imagining him sleeping with wome but not kissing them before and during the process. It didn't make any sense to her because the act of kissing someone was somehow more intimate than actually sleeping with the person. "I thought you've never been in love?"

a necessary part of this arrangement, though, and 1 accept that. I just.. needed more time to prepare for a proper kisa." Kylan still looked out the window, but she could have sworn the tips of his ears were pink. He seemed on edge, and it made her on edge as well. "Sir.. If this is too much for

I'm fine. Sir." She did her

feel guilty, in a way, for the way she had

seriously. She couldn't help the way that knowledge softened her heart toward him, if only for a fraction of an inch. It was

that she herself had ever had in her life that had meant something more than a surface-level attraction to the person. How differently would a

was startled out of her daydreaming when Ryan entered his office a moment later. He quickly walked behind his desk and took a seat. "I'm sorry to keep you both waiting, my last meeting ran long," he said with

with it," he said impatiently, seemingly back to his normal

hands atop his desk and stared at both her and her boss in turn *Public

1 have been preparing the paper for your wedding and the reception to follow. We will hold that as soon as possible i continues. Any suggestions you want to make before we finish the

his eyes once again. "Just do whatever you want. I want everything to be done, once

"I have a request to make, then, as to where your second

asked curiously, crossing her legs and sitting up a

ancer

him look at Kylan skeptically. Rylan's eyes were narrowed, and he was looking at

to suggest what I think you are, you can f*ck right

smugness with which

I'm going there," he said tonelessly. "I'm not sure I follow" She looked between the two men, confused by the sudden houtility radiating off of

she were there with her "one and only",

a social perspective, there will be a large audience both at the stadium

of his desk, reaching inside and withdrawing a small, white

the envelope toward her, and she moved to grab it. Kylan put his hand on her forearm,