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.

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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.

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

She felt 1 so harsh, only just

whiplash if she were honest. He had

really didn't sleep, did you?" he sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. "Check the calendar on

briefcase on the floor in front of her. She unlocked her phone and

that's today! How did I forged

her phone and let it drop onto

be next to me. He talked like it was no big deal and

door with a snap. "Relax, Katrina. I always handle the bulk of the talking at these

shirt with, fit him like a glove. He even wore silver cufflinks, which he only did on important days. Like today. Today was

this for mouths," she tried her best to

Chapter 21

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

more so because he had acted so normally outside the car.

was to keep up the proper she was

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 business venture, through and through, at the end of the

been the reason for her near-sleepless night, and instead she stared our the window at the

available coffee shop," Kylan hustructed

expression of concern. She sighed and shifted her gaze to Kylan.

another try," Kylan

him in confusion. "Sir, you've never given a

next to the curb and Kylan gave her a tight-lipped glare before he opened the door and moved to step out of the car. "Stay here. I'll get it,

into the shop, feeling

more confused than

in over her head, Kate?"

handle him. Oscar," she said

around

d in his seat

I'm as

worried about Rylan being able to handle me?"

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

careful eye on the front door of the

but laugh. "Oscar, Kylan doesn't have emotions. Not when it comes to me, anyway, she responded as if it should be obvious. Because it should be. Because it