Chapter 17

Chapter

17

The bulk of the day went by

Oscar to change.

by without any

Aan weaseled his way into her offer a few minutes before she neede

He entered her office without knocking g and plopped himself int

eyes at the expectant look on his face.

"Tea. Spill. Now, Aaron demanded seriously

haushing nne mote email

Katrina rolled her eyes at him a second time and sighed. She sent the email and turned in look at hun. "What do you want to ku Innocently. Aaron laughed. "Everything. He kissel you already!" he asked with a smirk.

She stood and grabbed her cout from off its hanger, slipping it on and then beginning in pack up I refusing to look at Aaron as she spoke. sip herhnelene. "It was hardly al

she mandled

Aaron perked up in his seat, "Oh It sounds like there's a story!

y behind your words" he asked with a mischnevars stile. She motioned for Aaron to get out of his chair. He listened, thankfully, and she turned off the light in her office and made her way to the elevator: "He's just oddly particular about kissing." Katrina explained with a shrug of her shoulders.

She pressed the "down" arrow on the elevator and checked the time on her phone. She hopeil Oscar had been able to find what she needed for the baseball game. She felt terrible for pawning more responsibility off on him, but Kylan had insisted she is present for all meetings and negotiititatis throughout the day, so she had no choice but to ask her driver for help.

What do y you mean? The man has probably slept with half the women in this city, at the very least," Aaron doors opened.

n said incredulously, just as the elevator

She stepped inside and Aaron followed her, Jeaning against the wall and crossing his arms. Tim not denying he has she replied simply "But that doesn't mean he isn't particular about kissing, she reiterated.

he finally rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. "Fine. Are you still feeling okay about the whole thing? Has your

her head. "No, I don't think he has any idea still. I want to talk to him in person, ideally. Maybe explain the whole thing, or at least as much as Kylan will allow me to." The elevator doors pulled open, and she walked

more questions. Thank you

around his waist

hand rested. "We better. You let me know if he d to make you uncomfortable, yeah?" he asked while

does anything

Aaron. "Gardner, get back to work." he snapped at him Aaron removed his arm from around her and she was thankful he didn't roll his eyes at Kylan. "On it, boss. He

looked at Kylan. "Are you ready

his head. "Absolutely not. Let's go. He stepped back so Oscar

her a brown paper bag. "The supplies she asked for," he

Thank you, Oscar" She looked at Kylan after taking hold of the bag. "I'll be about fifteen minutes. Do you want to

the inside of her apartment. She tried to remember if it was in acceptable condition for him to see it, and she thought

then he cleared his throat. "Alright," he grunted, opening the car

accepted it without nearly as much reservation as the first few times he did it. She remembered what she had both decided about if she was in public, and she wondered if this counted. Was he going to let go of her hand'

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bas lend, mut when he

car, she didn't let go of his

Thor luside, she stood side by side,

She redly colour think she would ever get ined to it, being so close to her boss, or feeling his binly against

was standing mutside her apartment. She fished his keys

she hesitated. She glanned at kylan, who was already looking

clean cough, she wild him

il tache dom. "Come and then, we have a damn baseball game

gel

to," he said briskly.

miles bed her front door. She named partiment. She adserved his face and was

as soon as she entered, watching as hylan took in her nice, but definitely

Please help yourself any sinks you mal in the kitchens. I'll go

took dust as good enough

Love pa of peas and diet best bits. She pours the comments of the bag out her bed and picked up the jersey for them. She upped the tag oft and then slipped it over her head, happy to see that

She sprayed han spray to finish her hair, Hutting up the

can her brush though her hair a ang some on the nude at her wrists for good measine. With one last glance in the bathroom mirror, she

and

dining rooms, his hands in the pockets of his pants, "I painted that commented, shipping on her sneakers near her door and then bending over to

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