Chapter 16
Chapter 16
The following morning, she woke up to several notifications on her phone, all from Kylan's Litter account. Her initial thought was that Kylan had deviated from the contract again and had gotten into yet another online argument Before die could overthink it any more than her mind was already doing. how many norifications Kylan hart
she opened the app.
fer eyes widened when she saw
Two hundred.
She clicked the first notification, surprised as hell to see a picture of her and Kylan from yesterday. It was from when her forehead rested against his, as she sheltered from the rain after dinner. Kylan had mentioned she had an audience, but it still caught
caught her off guard t topanost comments, pleased to see the response was still positive,
In see a picture like this one, circulating the internet. She
rrest the
She wondered if she would ever get used to seeing pictures of her and Kylan together, but if the response continued to be from mostly supportive people, she could deal with it
Pulling back her duvet, she yawned and stretched her arms over her head. She climbed out of bed, making it quickly, just av her phone rang in her hand.
She already knew it would be Kylan, and so she answered it while walking to her bathroom to take a shower.
"Good morning, Sir," she greeted her boss, placing the phone on speaker and setting it on the vanity. She stripped her shirt off, tossing it in the hamper at the corner of the room.
"Did you find a new coffee shop?" Kylan asked, his voice echoing annoyance already.
She sighed and shimmied out of her shorts and underwear. "I have your tea figured out, Sir" she responded, walking to her shower, and turning on the water. "I need to take a shower now. Did you have anything else you needed from me?"
She walked to her phone and stared down at Kylan's contact picture. It was the same one that was on his Ross Corp. bio. He wasn't smiling, but he didn't look entirely grumpy either. A far cry from what she knew he would look like in the time leading up to her date that night.
"Just don't fuck up the tea, Kylan grumbled into his phone.
She rolled her eyes down at his picture. "I have it covered. Sir. I'll see you soon. She hung up the phone and stepped into the shower.
and meet Oscar. She grabbed her briefcase
was waiting for her outside, just as he always was. She smiled brightly at him
gave you?" she asked
you wanted, but they had one similar. However, I did find the teapot you wanted. He glanced behind his shoulder
either. He usually asks me the name of the shop
about all things, but especially his tea. She
Mr. Ross, it's you.
anyone is capable of steeping the perfect cup of tea for som confidence in
of her anxiety fading a little bit. "What would I
Her
smiled at her once more, and she could only hope that he was right about the damn
office, and Oscar explained where he had
the br nervous for doing something simple, like making a cup of damn
She headed
her briefcase and coat off in her office, and then she finally forced herself to walk to
o the b
and fish out
would be expecting her in his office. She needed to work quickly, and
Chapter 10
the brim with black tea leaves, she began
perfect cup of tea. She hadict added a drop of
ngle grain of
rain of sugar.
usual Styrofisam cup that Kylai's tra usually came in, she had Oscar pick out an expensive, hopefully classy,
and walked far too slowly down the hallway to Kylan's offer. She silently curved herself for wearing heels. balancing the tea precariously in her hands and holding onto hope that she wouldn't drop
cup. She walked over in place,
in the pocket of his grey darks. She decided in open the calendar on her tablet, getting a head start
Kylan ending his phone call and came
is this shit?" he
usual routine very easily, if at
you get this cup? Did you make this, Katrina?" He bent his head down, inspecting the cup
up straighter in her chair. "I did. Sir, I would encourage you to try it before you throw it in the garbage." She crossed her left leg over her right one and watched him with a neutral expression faxed carefully on her face Kylan narrowed his eyes
she said with false bravado. Truthfully, she
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