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
wanted to stick it out with
she had tried. Daman, if she
he didn't want to if he was too
that point, she had to worry about herself. Her own mental health. Her own
couldn't count the number of instances she fought herself not
exhausting. It
away from the chaos with Kylan, opening up to her father, and telling him everything helped her see both 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
soul that he was really held no animosity for Kylan. Nor after she told him everything. Not after she
stood up for her. Had helped her. Had opened up to her. Had been vulnerable with
It wasn't so simple. None of
Kylan was a human being. He was just Broken. Floundering. Drowning in grief he didn't know what to do
i Ross Corp, and from Kylan, it wasn't to spite the man. It was to help him. And to
for
is a challenge. It 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,
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 now, or
make hun see reason if the only thing he was really seeing was his darkness, hus uner turmoil, and the shakus that haunted the halls of
Kylan. She cared for him more than she ever karwar would. She
loved herself, too. She cared for herself, too. She
like this was devastating. It was painful.
it. Yet, she would
trying to peel back the layers that were Kylan Ross was over unless he decided to work on
that office, feigning indifference as she watched his face fall before he could correct it. It was horrendous. The
came over to her house that night. They held her as she cried. They reminded her of her strength and what
would have done without them holding her together,
because who was holding Kylan
-0-0-0-
Day four.
day four since submitting her resignation papers
of the break room. She glanced at the small watch adorning her wrist, taking note that she had one more minute left before the tea would be
another gloomy, overcast day and she was burnt out
outside. He was rude to everyone lately. Absolutely anyone that he came in contact with. Everyone, that is, apart
He was dry. Curt. Robotic. His eyes had never been more hardened, his gaze never
to keep her
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