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
had tried. Daman,
didn't want to if
to worry about herself. Her own mental
often she wallowed in her sadness. She couldn't count the number of instances
was exhausting. It
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.
kind soul that he was really held no animosity for Kylan. Nor
her. Had helped her.
so easy. It wasn't so simple. None of it was
was just Broken. Floundering. Drowning in grief
father encouraged her to take a step back i Ross Corp, and from Kylan, it wasn't to spite the man.
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, until and if they decide for themselves that
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 now, or
fix Kylan. She couldn't make hun see reason if the only thing he was really seeing was his darkness, hus uner turmoil, and
for Kylan. She cared for him more than she ever karwar would. She wanted him to
herself, too. She cared for herself, too. She had worked
this was devastating. It was painful.
it. Yet,
part in trying to peel back the layers
was torture, walking into that office, feigning indifference as she watched his face fall before he could
to her house that night. They held her as she
would have done without them holding her
all the more, because who was holding Kylan together, if
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Day four.
her resignation
looked down at the tea steeping in the mug on the counter of the break room. She glanced at the small watch adorning her wrist, taking
overcast day and she was burnt out and ready for a break from Ross Corp. From
He was rude to everyone lately. Absolutely anyone
nearly zombie-like. He was dry. Curt. Robotic. His eyes had never been more hardened, his
to keep her
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