Chapter 44

Chapter 44

So much for not being ready to see that again. Now it was all standing in her face, quise literally.

Kylan, shat Why do you always make me jump?" she chastised him, averting her eyes from his naked chest in favor of putting her tiny clothes near her suitcase.

"That was the one and only doctor appointment I had you come with me if you forget," Kylan ignored her jumpiness, stepping inside the bathroom and over to one of the two smks

She rolled her eyes and wandered back into the bathroom herself, stopping in front of the adjacent sink. "Yeah, because you know I'm not going to bullshit for you, not when it comes to her health."

Grabbing her brush, she tugged it through her curls and then wrapped her hair back into a bun, finding an elastic in her toiletry bag and securing her hair in place. She started the process of wetting her face to wash it, acutely aware of Kylan's eyes fixed on her

"I didn't need you to bullshit for me. My insomnia wasn't that prevalent at the time," Kylan insisted, reaching into a bag of his own and withdrawin a bottle of an expensive-looking face wash.

slather a generous amount of the cleanser over his skin. She sighed and did the same with drugstore cleanser, taking care to remove all

to be the most exposed, the most unmade up she had ever appeared around Kylan, and the thought added to her nerves. She did

that You were coming to work with dark circles under your eyes and you were angry Way angrier than you normally are, anyway" She found a small washcloth on a shelf

from the sink, squirted far too much toothpaste over the

her by leaning forward and removing a set of contacts from his eyes with namble fingers. She had no idea Kylan needed corrective lenses, to begin with. He deposited the contacts in a holder on the counter that was filled with solution. He then opened a small, black case and withdrew a pair

face

in her mouth her eyes fixed on Kylan. Who looked. Well, damn. He looked good. The frames were perfect for the shape of his face, the black contrasting with both his pale skin and also the darkness of his hair and eyes

washed her hands and made her way to the bedroom, pausing when she reached the bed. She stared down at it, taking notice of the ridiculous amount of

isn't going to bite you,

he walked around the bed and stopped on the opposite side from where she stood. He bent down and plugged his phone in near the nightstand. Then, he ran his fingers through his hair and turned to look at the ground in front of

nose precariously. She tried, really tried to ignore the way his back muscles pulled together or the way his

you're willing to touch the floor at all," she mumbled, walking back over to her side of

pushups every night, Kate," Kylan granted from his place on the

the alcohol. The alcohol and sleep deprivation She rolled her eyes, her checks feeling warm and her head feeling light and airy. And not because of the half-naked run on the other side

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