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.

"Fine. Are you still feeling okay about the whole thing? Has your dad freaked out yet?"

want to talk to him in person, ideally. Maybe explain the whole thing, or at least as

by the SUV for her, along with Kylan. She looked back at Aaron. "No more

arm around his waist to hug I him into her side

let me know if he d to make you uncomfortable, yeah?" he asked while he guided her over to

does anything

you know I will," she promised. She squeezed his side one 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 around her and she was thankful he didn't roll his eyes at Kylan. "On it, boss. He

Kylan. "Are you ready to go, Sir!"

Let's go. He stepped back so Oscar could open the door

and then handing her a

Kylan after taking hold of the bag. "I'll be about fifteen minutes. Do you want to come inside, so you aren't waiting in the car that long?" she

never seen the inside of her apartment. She tried to remember if it was in acceptable condition for

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

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

to the elevator, Thor luside, she stood side by side, shoulder to shoulder.

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then she was standing mutside her apartment. She fished

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to," he said briskly.

named partiment. She adserved his face and was relieved to see that he didn't

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

lude awkwardly. Please help yourself any sinks you mal in the

She took dust as good enough

upped the tag oft and then slipped it over her head, happy to see that it hit her fairly well. She pulled on a

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

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

and

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

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