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

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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.

his gaze at her before he finally rolled his eyes and shrugged his shoulders. "Fine. Are you still feeling okay about the whole thing? Has your dad freaked out yet?" he

explain the whole thing, or at

waiting by the SUV for her, along with Kylan. She looked back at Aaron. "No more questions. Thank you for asking how I'm doing. but I'm still good. We'll go get drinks soon,

wrap an arm around his waist

shoulder where his hand rested. "We better. You let me know if he d to make you uncomfortable, yeah?" he asked while he guided her over to the

does anything

more time with her hand, and then she let go as she reached the car Kylan glanced up from his phone, his eyes narrowing to slats when he looked at Aaron. "Gardner, get back to work." he snapped at him Aaron removed his arm from

then looked at Kylan. "Are you

bridge of his nose and shook his head. "Absolutely not. Let's go. He stepped back so Oscar could open the door for them,

her a brown paper bag. "The supplies she

"I'll be about fifteen minutes. Do you want to come

to remember if it was in acceptable condition for him to see it,

looked at her for a moment and then he cleared his throat. "Alright,"

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' Should she bet go

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out of the car, she didn't let go of

the elevator, Thor luside, she stood side by side,

think she would ever get ined to

apartment. She fished his keys out of hey

Andalion she hesitated. She glanned at kylan, who

clean cough,

and gesture il tache dom. "Come and then, we have

gel

to," he said briskly.

face and was relieved to see

as soon as she entered, watching as hylan took

the topped his hand a lude awkwardly. Please help yourself any

udded dir response. She took dust as good enough and walked to her

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

han spray to finish her hair, Hutting up the pieces afterward She spritzed some

She can her brush though her hair a ang some on the nude

and

his pants, "I painted that commented, shipping on her sneakers near her door and then bending over

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