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.

put together and ready to head down and meet Oscar. She grabbed her briefcase and locked her front door. choosing

her outside, just as he always was. She smiled brightly at him when he

you find everything on the list I gave you?" she

his place back in the driver's seat. "They didn't have the exact blend you wanted, but they had one similar. However, I did find the teapot you wanted. He glanced behind his shoulder to make sure the

usually asks me the name of the shop I got it from if it's a new one." She bit the inside of her cheek, now questioning her choice to forego finding a new coffee shop, in favor of making the tea

was picky about all things, but especially his

Mr. Ross, it's you.

rearview mirror. "If anyone is capable of steeping the perfect cup of

back at him, some of her anxiety fading a little bit. "What would I

Her

he was right about the damn cup of tea she would be making her

office, and Oscar explained where he had

tea-making supplies inside the br nervous for

break room. She headed

her office, and then she finally forced herself to walk to got her for Kylan's cup

o the b

fish

had seven minutes until Kylan would be expecting her in his office. She needed to work quickly, and there

Chapter 10

the silver rin filled to the brim with black tea leaves, she began the process, doing her best not to overthink each step as she

she hoped was a perfect cup of tea. She hadict added

ngle grain of

rain of sugar.

usual Styrofisam cup that Kylai's tra usually came in, she had Oscar pick

the hallway to Kylan's offer. She silently curved herself for wearing heels. balancing the tea precariously in

in the cup. She walked over in place, and then she sat in

free hand in the pocket of his grey darks. She decided

and

F*ck is this shit?" he asked

exactly devine from his usual routine very easily, if at all. "Black tea, sir, Steeped exactly

this cup? Did you make this, Katrina?" He bent his head down, inspecting the cup of tea with a scowl on

sit 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 at her. "If

a thing or two about how you want it made," she said with false bravado. Truthfully, she was scared shitless. While she had learned about his likes and dislikes, it was different when she was the one making him

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