Contract Marriage with My CEO Boss

Chapter 59

Chapter 59

When they walked back to the car a while later, Katrina fell light and airy, filled with hot chocolate and the last remnants of the warm fire She talked about their trip to Ireland as Kylan drove her home, reminding him to make sure he had the correct wall plug adapter

pairs of socks

and several extra

n was. She kn

knew he was always quietly thankful for her

She ignored the way he would sigh at her reminders, knowing that was just how Kylan was efficiency when it came to traveling.

He pulled up to her curb and walked her inside, holding hands as she rode the elevator up to her floor She stopped in front of her door, shifting to look at him after she removed her key from her lock. His cheeks were still rosy, his hair slightly disheveled from the amount of snow that had laced it throughout the afternoon. He with that same softness in his eyes that she had seen a few times that day.

was staring at her

She was overwhelmed with the desire to hug him, and she decided to say damn it, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, burying her face there.

"Thank you for today, Kylan," she whispered into his skin, inhaling the familiar scents of pine, soap and Rylan Kylan stiffened

momentarily and then wrapped his arms around her waist, sighing and pulling her close to him. That same electricity that always crept in when they were close like this, slithered its way into the moment, e She pulled back slightly, her breathing a bit ragged. She noticed that Kylan mirrored her almost exactly, his eyes roaming her face.

engulfing it entirely and all at once.

She wanted to kiss him. She really did. But there was no reason to. She wasn't really in public, after all.

Along with that, the lines had been blurred so many y times before and she wasn't sure where they ended or began more often than not Kylan seemed to be more confused about things like that than she was, and it was frustrating. Frustrating and unfair, of being honest in her heart and mind.

r, if she allowed herself the grace

of her face gently and angled to press his lips to hers, her breath caught in her throat and her hand

And she realized that she needed that. She really needed that "No, Kylan," she breathed, moving her lips away from

he released her and stepped away so quickly, she nearly lost her balance. His face was a mixture of emotion

one is around. Where's the

second

more of a challenge, than anything. But maybe she wanted to address the proverbal elephant in the room. Maybe she wanted him to know that she wasn't okay with how things were. With how back and forth he was. With how he hurt her more than he had any right to, back

know, Katrina. Forgive me." he mumbled to her, turning to leave like he always did when shit got even a

turned the knob on her

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their trip to Ireland. Kylan didn't listen to her, of course. He had sent her three-thousand dollars after her date, but she hadn't yet transferred a dime

packing the night before she was set to leave, all while Aaron and

you have condoms?" Aaron asked

dropped the curling iron she had been holding, wincing when it hit her bedroom floor. "For heaven's sake, Aaron. Just because you and Maine are rabbits, doesn't mean we all are." She was flustered and she knew it, her

you, and now that he took you

Chapter 59

with yet another Litter notification. Between the picture she posted a few days ago, and the rather charming article Nishel

do not have the hots for my boss. He himself is just well.

underwear into her suitcase to organize later. "Back off, both of you or I swear to God I'll put

she couldn't help but smile at them, knowing her threat was

mind, though he never truly vacated the space entirely, and

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her driver, buckling her seat belt after climbing

her luggage in place. He sat behind the steering wheel and smiled at her. "It's a long plane ride.

to ask you ever since Kylan mentioned you went to the doctor a bit ago." She plopped a sour orange into her mouth while Oscar joined the flow

a few tests on my thyroid,

chewing stopped "What sort of tests?" she pressed, her

good trip. I especially want you to promise me that you're not going to let Kylan treat you poorly, while you're gone. Oscar was obviously attempting to shift the focus from himself, and it only

Oscar insisted, looking

sandpaper in her throat and nodded at him. "O-okay, Oscar," she breathed

the drive, her mind filled with worry, but her heart wanted to believe