Contract Marriage with My CEO Boss

Chapter 32

Chapter

32

Katrina was drained the next morning while she got ready for work. By the time Kylan had taken her home and she showered, it had been well after msdnight. Which meant she only got a measly six hours of sleep before her alarm was pulling her nut of her slumber far

too soon. and groaning the whole

When she bundled up in her coat and slipped on

She went through the motions of getting ready reluctantly, yawning her flats, she was contemplating calling into work for the first time ever.

But she knew she couldn'. She needed to be there to help the contract get into the right hands. Kylan counted on her for tasks like this, more than he did most other things. She couldn't let him down, even though every fiber of her being wanted her to go back to the warmth of her bed.

Katrina absent-mindedly took the elevator down to the lobby of her building, waiting for Kylan's morning phone call as she did. She was staring down at her phone as she walked, not paying any mind to the people around her.

"You have a terrible habit of not looking where you're going," Kylan said to her left, and she jumped.

"You have a habit of startling me," she chastised him with a sigh.

Kylan shrugged and held a coffee cup out to her. She took it squinting her eyes at her hous. "You got me coffee?" she asked him slowly.

"You didn't get enough sleep," he explained with another shrug. He held now free hand out to her and she took it hesitantly.

He got her dinner last night. And now he bought her coffee this morning. Why was he being so nice to her!

Thank you. Sir

You didn't

t get enough sleep either, though," she pointed out to him as he opened the door of her building and guided her to the

Once inside and on the road, Kylan ran a hand through his hair and then shifted to look at her. "I don't need sleep." He brushed her off. "I'd like to talk to you about our next date, be changed the subject.

nodded and turned to look at him too. "Alright.

his jaw suddenly clenched. "As you know, Ross Corp. hosts a charity ball every year on the day before Halloween. It's themed, for some f*cking reason, and this year's theme is a masquerade." He didn't sound thrilled in the least as he

Ryan is insisting we go before our

back a laugh. He allowed himself to be put off by the strangest things sometimes,

already picked out your mask and gown. They'll coordinate mine. I have them dropped off at your apartment in time for the ball tomorrow." He was rushing now, no

responded calmly. Truthfully, a masked ball sounded like fun, really. She never got to go to any of Ross Corp's functions like this one,

once and then paused. "What are your plans for Halloween?" he

spend the day with Maine and Aaron, Sar. W We watch ridiculous old

chin as he usually did. She watched

looking out the window as he talked. It almost

be fine too," she told him

nodded and kept his gaze outside, staying

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throughout the day. By the end of the day, her lack of sleep was catching up to her and she was all too happy when Oscar finally took her home. She ate a bowl of cold cercal for dinner and glanced at Kylan's Litter before she took a shower and called it an early night. When her alarm roused her the next morning, she was far less grumpy than she had been yesterday.

now? Thank you. Sir. 111 go

but determined that was the extent of the conversation when he hadn't responded after a few minutes. She grabbed a role from within her closet and walked to her front door, unlocking it and then staring down. An overly large, white box with a black ribbon wrapped around it sat on her doorstep. She bent down and picked it up with both of her hands. surprised by how heavy the contents

a ball, it was always a big deal. Ryan never spared the expense to show off to the rest of New York City, not when it was the company's reputation

her stomach churning with anxiety the whole way. She set it down lightly and then she forced herself to untie the ribbon and pull off the

fell on what was in the box. Never in her life had she ever even seen something so ridiculously gaudy up close. With widened eyes and a racing heart, she pulled out the silver mask first. It was gorgeous and the material didn't feel

down, and then she used both of her hands to take out the incredibly fluffy ball gown next. It was beautiful, heavy, and all-black with lace designs throughout its skin. She didn't feel fit to wear a dress like this. It

evening, and she didn't know how to justify an expense like that, though she knew Kylan would only roll his eyes if she tried to protest the amount of money

of gown a princess wore, not a damn

on the door of her closet. She glanced at the

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Kylan prepare a few different standard reports that she had created with him

enough by midafternoon. "The f*ck is wrong with you today. Katrina?" he snapped at her as she zoned out yet

Sir. I'm distracted today," she told him apologetically. Kylan narrowed his eyes at her.

she admitted quietly. Kylan's fingers paused on his keyboard, and he looked back over at her. "Is it not to your liking?" he

have bought. something far simpler, and it still would have sufficed. Her face grew impossibly warm now, and