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.

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

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

She looked back at Aaron. "No more questions. Thank you for asking how I'm doing. but I'm

wrap an arm around his waist

better. You let me know if he d

does anything

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

Kylan. "Are you ready to go,

not. Let's go. He stepped back so Oscar could open the door for them, and then he let her

them to her apartment, stopping outside and then handing her a brown paper bag. "The supplies she

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 asked

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

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

to help her, and she accepted it without nearly as much reservation as the first few times he did it. She remembered what she had both

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car, she didn't let go of

her giande hun made the bouilling and to the elevator, Thor luside, she

ever get ined to it, being so close to her boss, or feeling his binly

reall her then and then she was standing mutside her apartment. She fished his keys out of hey bitch as with her

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

cough, she wild him

and

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to," he said briskly.

She adserved his face and

light as soon as she entered, watching as hylan

lude awkwardly. Please

good enough and walked to her bedroom with the brown bag

the jersey for them. She upped the tag oft and then slipped it over

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

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

and

on the wall in her living and dining rooms, his hands in the pockets of his pants, "I painted that commented, shipping on her sneakers near her door and

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