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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Maine, she walked

not right now Not while

frone of he

number and put her phone in her ear. He

talk once I'm on

come over here. Sir Keally happened. I already told you that" She worked to keep her voice steady hopeful that in

course I did. Ser she responded,

would be exclusive to each

be considered cheating Sir." He was pushing every single

I'm coming over

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

me, you can say it over the phone. It's Sunday I'm continuing this

she

y minutes"

be there in twenty

carelessly tossing her phone

was relentless. And

Handsome. Weirdly sweet e

EVery so often. A fantastic as hell

Nope. Not going there.

She looked around her

She sp

as garbage she found. She vacuumed the kitchen and living room and then

up her house guests. It was better her than Bylan. that he wouldn't storm his way into her bedroom, what

Maine and Aaron back to consciousness, but she finally did. She told them to take a sh bathroom, pushing, and

make

y shower, she

and a wink before he closed the bathroom door.

was

of time, anyway. Kylan was nothing if not punctual, and that meant he was surely on his way up to her

room, wringing her hands together with

series of knocks resounded un her front door, and she took a deep breath. This was no big deal. No

another breath as she walked to her door and stood in front of it for a moment. pushed the deadbolt back, and

Openly stared, right

once more, and

probably cost more than her entire wardrobe. He looked Damn it, he looked good she fell some

to come

responded simply motioning for her to

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She noticed that he was holding a hammer and several long screws. His eyes raked DYET She fought a roll to her own apartment,

her

8

She followed him over to it, folding her arms across her chest

room?" he asked, his

you want it in

and sat on a stool near her kitchen counter. "Wherever you think it will look best" she responded

different blank spaces on her walls, partially amused to see this almost domestic side to him. He

"Nothing

here," he indicated to a wall near her

said that nothing happened,

that alright?" Again, Kylan wasn't looking at her

don't see my

responded, anxiety steadily bubbling

back to work. He was silent, carefully measuring the distance between where the screws would go and then meticulously checked to ensure each one

turned her head toward it, finding Maine and Aaron walking hand in hand. She looked back at Kylan and realized he was already staring the pair of them down, his

didn't know you were coming

sent her way as he nervously

come, she responded as a

He walked over to her and

the gesture, absolutely positive that Kylan

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