Chapter 71

Chapter 71

or the

resignation pape

papers to Kylan

She ripped her heart out when she gave

Katrina hadn't wanted to. She wanted to work with Rylan, to help Kylan, to know Kylam

The further she fell into him, sank into him, felt for him, the harder it became to step away. Which was the very reason she knew the needed to

only for now.

For now. Hopefully only

Kylan Ross was a beautiful person. He had a wonderful heart, a giving soul, and a smirk that could weaken even the most steel set of knees.

Kylan Ross was a broken man. He had a troubled mind, a soul lorked far away, and a frown that broke her own heart.

She recognized bits of herself in him. In his behavior and in his fear. There were remnants of her own trauma,

na, her own heartache from her mother walking out on her that are at her soul.

However, she had put in the work. She had strived with a therapist for years to get to a place where she felt stable. Where the felt cafe in the walls of her own mind.

It was clear Kylan had never confronted his demons, whatever they all may be. It was obvious he had yet to heal. To be angry be angry Really angry. And not only the surface-level kind of anger everyone knew he carried with him. What had he been throught What shackled his heart, his spint?

What were the contents of his nightmares! What fueled him to get his cardinal tattoo?

let himself

What made him pull her in, shower her with affection, with love, and with words that made her melt into him? What made him push her away. deny her leave her

out with him.

she had tried. Daman, if she

it all. if he wasn't ready to talk about things, if he didn't want to if he was too

to worry about herself.

her dad, had been both liberating and exhausting. She lost track of how many times she cried. How often she wallowed in her sadness. She couldn't count the number of instances she fought herself not to call Kylan. To lash out at him. To beg him to just talk

was exhausting. It was

the situation and herself clearly. She could both have compassion for Kylan and respect for herself. The two could coexist within her heart, but she had to let Kylan go. She had to let him know

kind soul that he was really held no animosity for Kylan. Nor after

for her. Had helped her. Had opened up to her. Had been vulnerable with

so simple. None of it was black

was a human being. Kylan was a human being. He was just Broken. Floundering. Drowning in grief he didn't know what to do

encouraged her to take a step back i Ross Corp, and from Kylan, it wasn't to

for

is still often taboo, my dear girl. You cannot fix someone if they are not ready to take that themselves. You can love them, but even from a distance. From a distance, until and if they decide for themselves that they are worthy of the love they owe

father's wisdom, his guidance it was everything. It was more than she needed to know that she was making the right decision by stepping away from Ross Corp. For

if the only thing he was really seeing was his

cared for him more than she ever karwar would. She

she loved herself, too. She cared for herself,

this was devastating. It was

Yet, she would

deserved to acknowledge that her part in trying to peel back the layers that were

walking into that office, feigning indifference as she watched his face fall

They held her as she cried. They reminded her of her strength

she would have done without them holding her together,

hurt her all the more, because who was

-0-0-0-

Day four.

her resignation papers to Kylan, and three days before

room. She glanced at the small watch adorning her wrist, taking note that she had one more

day and she was burnt out and ready for a

clouds and the iciness outside. He was rude to everyone lately. Absolutely anyone that he

dry. Curt. Robotic. His eyes had never been more hardened, his

to keep

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255