Contract Marriage with My CEO Boss

Chapter 25

Chapter 25

The summit was just as tedious as cache one before it had been. She took vague notes on the different presentations, but her eyelids were growing. heavy as the hours wore on She knew she would have a break for lunch is about an hour and only needed to make it until then. Kylan's presentation was the list one before lunch, and she sat up more fully in her chair w the front of the room. She had a perfect view of him from her fifth row seal.

histum, watching as he walked in

ir stage a

It was interesting to watch him, now that she knew Kylan never wanted to be GEO in the first place, for whatever to people person, he was fantastic at public speaking, when he wanted to be,

Even with his shorter stature, the confident air about him, and the sure way he carried himself, commanded the attention of the precision, sounding slightly bored as he did so, but with enough fire that it kept people intrigued. The sprake wothi

She watched as he spoke of and motioned to the various projector slides she had long since put together for him. It was obvious he was passionate about the Nighthawk, just as he had been with each of its predecessors and every other product that Ross Corp came out with

There wasn't much Kylan showed appreciation for, bau Ross Corp's tech was one of them. Cleanliness and tea were probably the only other two things that she could think of

Watching Kylan in his element, seeing as his low voice carried both professionalism and poise, reminded her of why she had stayed with Ross Corp. for so long. Why did she continue to work under Kylan, even though he was difficult a lot of the time!

He was driven. It was contagious, and she only wished people outside of the business world could see and understand just what someone like Kylan constantly offered the world.

at a polite

She was so enamored with his presentation, that she didn't notice when it was over until the crowd around her was all clapping at a She dropped her pen in her lap and joined in

Kylan bowed his head in thanks and swiftly walked back to his spot next to her. The host of the conference called for lunch, and the hall low volumes of talking as people slowly left the room in search of the banquet room.

She stood from her seat and put her notebook and pen in her briefcase, "She did excellent, Sir," she told her boss honestly. Kylan

shrugged, his hands in the pockets of his suit pants. "Your slides were well prepared, he responded, leading the way toward lunch. She smiled at him, surprised by his open praise. "Thank you, Sir." volumic

filled with

They are inch quickly and then it was right back to the assembly hall for more presentations. She was no doubt biased, but by the end of the summit, she was certain that Kylan's speech had been the best one.

She stayed with Kylan as he spent a few n minutes meandering around after the summit concluded, talking to a few people he deemed "acceptable" enough to hold a conversation with

True to his word, he never once reached for her hand or anything of the sort. It was admittedly strange, being in public and not touching him for the first time in nearly two weeks.

It was dark outside by the time Kylan finished his last conversation. He turned to her, not bothering to hide how exhausted he was on his face. "Shall we go?" he asked with a tired I sigh.

"I'm glad these things are only once a year, was how Kylan chose to answer. He pushed open the door to the outside world and

she turned to talk to Kylan, but a group of five or six photographers bore down on her at once. She was le

people, but they were relentless and only followed her. She could hear Kylan nearly on the verge of shouting somewhere behind her, no doubt causing a

her waist and she smelled the familiar scent of her boss. He had caught up

off. Leave her the bell alone, Kylan snapped at

in the direction of the roundabout at the front of the hotel's entrance, and she is her best to keep her head

"Miss Morgan,

does it feel to be sleeping with New York City's most desirable billionaire? Surely, you must have i Tell us, did you start sleeping with him before you become his assistant! Or

Chapter 25

of her.

was getting overwhelmed by the amount of flashing lights there were. "Move.

to the same journalist directed to Kylan now, angling their camera and taking a photo of her only

won't repeat myself again.

"You want another lawsuit, Rose"

through here, she whispered to her boss, taking hold of his hand, and attempting to poll the crowd at

assistant. Or girlfriend. Which do you prefer

camera, throwing it on the ground and

that she hesitated to reach for his hand to you

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was serious? Was he serious? She had seen Kylan lose his shit plenty of times,

too late. Kylan had already brought his fist back, and he'd already collided it with meat of the journalist's face. She heard a disgusting "crack", and the man doubled over, holding his profusely bleeding nose. "Kylan Ross, let's go!" she shouted over the

ut of her

looked at her, a scowl on his face and his hair slightly disheveled

over to the man on the ground,

she told

turned

there. Kylan moved inside and looked back at Oscar, who she noticed was blocking the journalists from being able to look at her anymore. Gratitude overwhelmed her, but not enough to

and then pull over. I need to talk to Kylan in private," she didn't even care that she wasn't addressing Kylan with the proper

the curb without saying a word. Kylan was also silent, waves of anger and

later, Oscar pulled over near an alleyway. She stepped out of the car and waited for Kylan

once she was concealed by the shadows, did she turn and shove Kylan square in the chest. He looked at her in open shock and she stared back at him with much the same

could to play her part right, to

ling with her boss

be for nothing if Kylan couldn't control his temper. She couldn't be the only one putting in the effort and then dealing reprimanding her right after like he did yesterday when he

into their stupid behavior? You should never do that. It isn't worth it, not a single time." She was breathing heavily and

explain anything to you," Kylan answered