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
it out with
had tried. Daman, if
he wasn't ready to talk about things, if he didn't want to
to worry about
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
exhausting. It
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
really held no animosity for Kylan. Nor after she told him everything. Not
her. Had opened
so simple.
was a human being. He was just Broken. Floundering. Drowning in grief he didn't know what to do with it
back i Ross Corp, and from Kylan, it wasn't to spite the man. It was to help him. And
for
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
to know that she was
if the only thing he was really seeing was his darkness, hus uner turmoil, and the shakus that haunted
ever karwar would. She wanted
cared for herself,
like this was devastating. It
she did it. Yet, she
deserved to acknowledge that her part in trying to peel back
office, feigning indifference as she watched his face fall before he could correct it.
They held
without them holding her
her all the more, because who was holding Kylan
-0-0-0-
Day four.
submitting her resignation papers to Kylan, and three
the mug on the counter 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 ready
was another gloomy, overcast day and she was burnt out and ready for a break from
and the iciness outside. He was rude to everyone lately. Absolutely anyone that he came in contact with. Everyone,
was dry. Curt. Robotic. His eyes had never been more hardened, his gaze never more unreadable than it was each time she
attempts to keep her
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