Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Aaron and Maine stayed the night with Katrina and when the woke the following morning, she was sandwiched between the two of them on her hed: their much longer legs and arms entangled with hers. She groaned, pushing their arms away from her torso. Neither of

them moved, and she remembered that they both had way more alcohol than she did last night.

She staggered to her feet and then stumbled just as much to her bathroom. She stripped her clothes off and took a smoldering shower, taking extra time to enjoy how the water was bringing her body back to life slowly

As soon as she was done, she dried off and put on a pair of comfy clothes, not planning on going anywhere inday She brushed her teeth and then stepped out of her bathroom. Her eyes trailed to her bed, and she shook her head when she found Aaron and Maine stall fast asleep.

She grabbed her phone from her nightstand and took it off silent mode. She had a few miscellaneous notifications that she cleared and a text inessage. A text message from Kylan that he had sent nearly twenty minutes ago.

She ignored her suddenly racing heart and opened the message.

"The painting is rather heavy, 1 can help you hang it properly so that it doesn't fall and cause damage to your wall or flooring, if you would like Kylan texted.

She stared at her suddenly ton-bright phone screen in the dimness of her bedroom. He was offering to come back just to help her hang a painting. Did she want him to come back? She was conflicted, just like she was with everything else concerning Kylan these days. she fell b

herself frown and her shoulders slumped. Kylan was exhausting. He always had been. She found she didn't want to see him, not today

That's alright. Sir. Aaron and Maine are

here, just asleep in my bed. I'll entrust their help as soon as they w

wake up"

"They're asleep in your bed?

They are, yes. We always share a bed when they stay the night here."

"You slept in the same bed as them last night"

Her eyebrows furrowed, her fingers hovering over her phone's keyboard. He couldn't possibly be worried that anything more than sleeping happened, right?

Yes, I did. Sir. We all slept there.

"Aaron is not yet married, is he?"

Ob. That's exactly what he was worried about. Against ber better judgment, part of her wanted to mess with him, just a little bit. Just enough that he would know she was annoyed with him

Tve only ever kissed him twice, and both times were ages ago. I'm certainly not Maine's type, anyway. She's straight."

She wasn't lying, not technically. She had kissed Aaron twice in the past, but both times had only happened when she was drunk off her asses. There had never been anything when she was sober, but she wasn't about to tell Kylan that. Not right now, anyway. agree, Katrina?"

Tim confident you sleeping in a bed with another man, is a breach of our contract. Wouldn't you ap

ebony

She snorted, actually snorted at his words. He was going to talk to her about breaching the contract after he himself had done just that. The was incredible, and she only felt more annoyed because of it

She was at a new crossroads. She could either find the courage to bring up what happened after the masquerade, or she could choose to ignore his hypocrisy. She wasn't sure which route to go, not when she had so much time left for her contract "Nothing happened, Sir. We watched movies anal then we moved to my bed and fell asleep. If anything they probably groped each other after asleep."

a shit, Katrina. That was inappropriate You're mine and I caution you not to forget

"I don't give a shi

She read his words several times, her mind guang blank. He was acting so... so, possessive. And for what reason! She wasn't his, not truly. Not in all the ways it would actually count. She was his employer, and he was her boss. Her boss who had his tongue down her throat a couple of days ago. But that was a technicality she was willing to overlook right now. She didn't like the way Kylan was making her feel. It wasn't fair of him. "With all due respect, r, I didn't do anything wrong or even remotely inappropriate. Aaron and Maine are in a relationship, and you not really.

"I'm coming over to help with the painting"

and are not

Her eyes widened and her heart skipped a beat, which only annoyed her more. What the hell was he playing at? She didn't want him to come over. Dad she? Was that why she told him about Aaron and Maine, in the first place! She couldn't possibly be that ridiculous, could she

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back at Aaron and Maine, she

couldni, not right now

frone of he

number and put her

once I'm

her eyes, halfway disappointed he couldn't see her doing so. You don't need to come over here. Sir Keally happened. I already told you that" She worked to keep her voice steady hopeful that in rame across char way in Kylanı "Did you not

course I did. Ser she responded, her

say we would be exclusive to each other during

think me deeping in a bed, would be considered

I'm coming over

audibly sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose with her thumb and forefinger

you have more that you'd like to say to me, you can say it over the phone. It's Sunday

the contract, she figured she could at least call him

y minutes"

be there in twenty

the line click dead and she groaned, carelessly tossing her phone in the general direction of her im about where it

was relentless. And obnoxious. Possessive. Stoic.

Handsome. Weirdly sweet e

so often. A fantastic as hell

Nope. Not going there.

ran her fingers through her hair a few times. She looked around her apartment well aware that her space was up to da to

She sp

in her sink as garbage she found. She vacuumed the kitchen and living room and then lit a

house guests. It was better her than

a lot to rouse Maine and Aaron back to consciousness, but she finally did. She told them to take a sh bathroom, pushing, and shoving each other playfully the whole way. and

make

in my y shower, she called

bathroom door. She cringed and then made her bed, over

was good

not punctual, and that

the living room, wringing her

and she took a deep breath. This was

walked to her door and stood in front of it for a moment.

then she stared. Openly stared, right

more, and

most casual she'd seen him since the baseball gone. He sported a white button-down, dark wash jeans and à probably cost more than her entire

need to come over

simply motioning for her to get out

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eyes raked DYET She fought a roll to her own apartment, and she wanted for

her

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direction of the painting on the table. She followed him over to it, folding her arms across

room?" he asked, his gaze not

you want it in

her shoulders and sat on a stool near her kitchen counter. "Wherever you think it

to see this almost domestic side to him. He seemed to be all business, though

at her "Nothing happened,"

I'll put it here," he indicated to a wall near her

I said that

into her wall. Is that alright?" Again,

see my

anxiety steadily bubbling to the surface

then got back to work. He was silent, carefully measuring the distance between where the

and Aaron walking hand in hand. She looked back at Kylan and realized he was already staring the pair of them down, his eyes narrowed, and his jaw firmly set. Simultaneously, her friends realized that

We didn't know you were coming

that Aaron sent her way as

him not to come, she responded as a

walked over to her and planted

gesture, absolutely positive that

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