Chapter 55
Chapter 55
Walking behind the pair of them as Kylan showed Nishel Titan Enterprises, was nothing short of humiliating agony
Were Kylan actually her husband. Katrina could imagine how much it seemed like he didn't care about her. Not with the way Nishel had her hand practically groping the bottom of Kylan's back.
"The f*ck is this shit?" /
Aaron hissed from next to her
She looked up at her best friend, finding he was staring at Nishel and Kylan with a pointed glare. "It's nothing, Aaron. It's fine. I'm sure he's just trying to be polite," she whispered back to him, not fully believing the words as she said them.
"He's being a dick, Kate. I know things have been weird between you since Portland, but this is disrespectful. Let me say something to hum, please. 1 don't give a f*ck if he fires me because of it." Aaron sounded like he did mean what he was saying, and she would be lying if she didn't think about taking him up on his offer.
"It's fine, Aaron. Really. It's fine." she murmured to him, turning down another row of machines behind Rylan and Nishel
"Gardner, up here with me. Nishel has some questions," Kylan barked back at Aaron.
Aaron sighed but then listened to their boss
She watched the three of them walk, feeling entirely alone as she did.
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Oscar drove them to the French restaurant that Kylan had taken her to at the beginning of the contract. She ignored the way he stared at her in the rearview mirror periodically.
Kylan wasn't sitting next to her in the SUV, instead, he was next to Nishel whilst she sat by Aaron. She was in the row behind them, watching as Nishel sat far too close to Rylan. Watching as she openly flirted with him. Watching as she put an arm around the back of his seat, and he didn't push it away.
She felt sick to her stomach. Dizzy. So dizzy and untethered.
Aaron leaned forward without warning and sneezed directly onto Nishel's arm. She stared at him, her eyes wide and her mouth open in shock.
"Oh God, I'm so sorry. Gotta be winter allergies. Terribly sorry, Miss. And so sorry, Sir." Aaron feigned innocence, but she knew he had done it all
on purpose.
In worked, though. Nishel withdrew her arm with a disgusted glance back at Aaron. Kylan also made sure Aaron saw his own disdain, but Aaron merely smiled at him sheepishly.
And then Aaron put his hand on her knee and squeezed lightly. She put her hand over his for a moment and squeezed back
It was nice to know someone was thinking of her. Even if it wasn't the person who should have been taking her feelings into consideration in the first place.
Kylan didn't sit by her side at lunch, either. Instead, he sat across from her and let Aaron sit next to her once more. She ordered a bowl of soup and Kylan didn't a glass of water, hardly having the stomach for anything more.
about herself too much, the Nightfall too
much.
most eligible billionaire! He's fantastic in bed, isn't he? I myself couldn't walk for two-days after our night together." Nishel was staring at her, her blue eyes bright and glinting in the low lighting
Cold Aloof. Arrogant." She shouldn't be saying any of it. She should be praising him. "He's full of surprises, Kylan Ross. One minute his tongue is down your
finally looking at
at her, leaning forward to see her more fully. "My, my, Kylan, I can see
to remain calm. To not unleash a month's worth of frustration
enough, Nishel," Kylan
was frowning, his grey eyes completely unreadable "Oh, thank you, Sir Thank you for speaking up on my behalf" Her
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I'll be in
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a napkin and then
shook her head. "Enjoy your lunch,"
ahead and not back at the
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from Kylan, from Nishel, and from her best
up to his offer. Aaron took his leave along the way, quietly promising her
She
around Kylan's desk and stood near where he was
end of the week. Nishel rested a hand on Kylan's shoulder, seemingly not caring that Katrina was still around. She stranghaened up and cleared her throat, smoothing down her dress. "Do you still have my number, Kylan?" she asked
openly propositioned her husband.
on his desk. "I do
into her bag, and withdrawing what looked to be a business card. She placed it on Rylan's desk and then leaned down near his ear.
A man like Kylan Ross is far out of
say anything to her. Katrina blinked, her mouth
let her talk to her
uncharacteristically quiet
in her lap, her fingernails digging into her skin. Her heart was racing. So many feelings, so many unsaid words. All of it was swirling within her. All of it was begging
up, immediately finding Kylan's. She'd never yelled at her boss. Never talked back to him, not really. Never
Kylan. And he had done next to nothing to stop any of
voice a mere whisper right now. He was Kylan right now. Not her boss. Not her superior, Just
do that?" Kylan asked
heard herself laugh sarcastically. "Why the f*ck would you do that? Why the f*ck would you do that! She was hanging on you all day! You didn't
felt like an avalanche was cascading in her mind. In her heart. Her soul. She was tired of pretending
her, his eyes ablaze in a
her if you didn't realize. I don't give a f*ck
her to stop. You should have pushed her away. You should have
a bed with two of my friends. Yet you allowed that woman to touch you and caress you in wars you haven't allowed me to do for a month now. You let
nearly chest-so-chest with her now. She glared at him and took a
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