Contract Marriage with My CEO Boss

Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Katrina didn't deep well that night, and the couldn't quite place why. She only knew she was uncomfortable, Incomfortable, and completely on edge. The wound up, with nowhere to place any of the confusing feelings that overwhelmed her mind into the early hours of the morning

she finally drifted off into a dreamless, yet restless sleeps, only to be woken up by the unwelcome sound of her alarm blaring loudly felt like shit, really. Like she hadn't fallen asleep at all

When she checked the time, she realized she had only gotten maybe there hours of broken res. She polled over to her tar drop aimlessly onto her chest, as she stared up at her bedroom ceiling with heavy eyes. allowing her phone to

Yesterday had been a wladwind. The last week and a half had been, really. She barely knew how to operate around Kylan anymore, and that was before he acted the way he did last night. Now, she had no idea how she was meant to keep up appearances,

I had been made more than obvious to her, that Kylan only booked at her ava means to an end. A conveniently placed person in his life, and not

anything more then that.

That shouldn't bother her. It wasn't appropriate for her to be anything more, and Kylan was never going to be an open person, by any means. Katrina had been fine for three years, and she would continue to be line.

catra strong th

She pulled herself out of bed and got ready for work, yawning periodically as she did. She made a mental note to make her coffee extra morning. She pulled on her jacket and heels, grabbed her briefcase, and left her apartment..

She glanced down at her phone, surprised to see that Kylan hadn't called her yet, Was it going to be another one of those days, where he was in amood! She wasn't sure she could handle that today. His everyday personality was already exhausting enough, and that was when she was well-rested

She reached the lobby of her building and pushed open the doors to another rainy, fall morning. She glanced down at her phone again, frowning as she contemplated calling Kylan henell.

"You're going to wander right into the road if you're not careful, a low voice said to her right.

She jumped on instinct and clutched her phone to her chest. "Christ!" she squealed without thinking.

Kylan stood far closer to her than she thought he would. He looked at her, his brow quirked in quiet amusement Annoyance? She wasn't sure yet. I'm sorry, Sir. I wasn't expecting to see her here," she explained breathlessly, looking up at him slightly. Her heels today were three inches in height, which meant she was two inches taller than her boss's shoulder while wearing them.

Kylan didn't say anything, but he stepped closer to her, his grey eyes as unreadable as ever. He reached a hand forward and she watched him with a slightly widened stare, while he gently skimmed his thumb under the skin of her left eye. "You look tired, be murmured.

She forced herself to swallow. He ran the same thumb down the expanse of her cheekbone before he cleared his throat and stepped back once. "Did you not sleep last night?" he asked quietly

Katrina shrugged, readjusting her briefcase in her hands. "I slept, but not well," she admitted just as softly.

"We can stop and get coffee on the way, he suggested, reaching for her hand, and then

She felt 1 so harsh, only just last night.

she had whiplash if she were honest. He had

sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Check the calendar on your phone." He motioned for her to get

fixed the hem of her skirt and set her briefcase on the floor in front of her. She unlocked

did I

let it

He talked like it was no big deal and

her and closed the door with a snap. "Relax, Katrina. I always handle the bulk of

he was wearing his newest suit, a crimson-colored the resting against a pristinely pressed white button-down. The black suit jacket he topped the shirt with, fit him like a glove. He even wore silver cufflinks, which he only did on important days. Like today. Today was the tech summit, where they would be prescuing the Nightfall

for this for mouths," she tried her best

Chapter 21

for a long time. She knew the Nightfall and its components like the back of her hand. She knew how to get in the proper headspace for public speaking if she needed to, but she was still thankful for the strive to the hotel. It was strange, sitting next to Kylan after he talked to her the way he did last night. She hail been reprimanded several tunes by him, but not quite in the way he had spoken to her

only even more so because he had acted so normally outside the car. He mouched her face. No,

been in public, and it was to keep up the proper she was

relationships with her boss! The contract was no different than anything else she had done for Kylan before, even if it involved hand holding and the occasional kiss It was a

for her near-sleepless night,

over at the next available coffee shop," Kylan

noticed was looking at her with an obvious expression of concern. She sighed and shifted her gaze to Kylan. "That's one you've blacklisted, Sir, she reminded her boss. chaps

another try,"

him in confusion. "Sir,

and Kylan gave her a tight-lipped glare before he opened the door and moved to step out of the

into the shop,

confused

in over her head,

can handle him. Oscar," she

turned around in curious

d in his seat

at her directly. "It's not you I'm as worried about anymore," he admitted quietly, looking

about Rylan being able

I've been privy to areas of his life that not many others have been. All I will say is that I caution you to be mindful of how he

he kept a careful eye on the front door of

to me, anyway, she responded as if it should be obvious. Because