Contract Marriage with My CEO Boss

Chapter 78

Chapter 78

"She was. She was. Her life was taken from her, while I was at work. While I wasn't. Wasn't there to protect her."

Kylan cleared his throat again, dipping his head so that his bangs concealed part of his face.

Katrina said nothing. Did nothing, though her heart was breaking for him.

"No possible witnesses gave a shit, not in that neighborhood. I found her body a few hours after she was already. Gone. The police didn't give a

f*ck about prostitutes or that side of town. The only one who did was.. Ryan. He gave a damn about those like us. He tried to find the perpetrator. He tried to help. But with the police force not behind him after only a few days of pretending to find the f*cker who did it, it was practically useless. After

laughed bitterly, shaking his

I fell off the deep end. I started drinking more heavily. I stopped giving a shit. If I hadn't already graduated a few months before she

realized how little the police force gave a... a damn about those people, he glanced at Katrina who smiled in encouragement and gratefulness at him, "even though they are the ones who need the protection the most. I uh, came up with the idea for Ross Corporation about five years later, when my ass was a linle more put together, and approached Ryan about it first. He helped me perfect the idea of the stealth drone, of the cameras. He helped get our foot in the door with different police departments through his connections. And then he also moved to New York, and we approached my uncle about the concept. If it weren't for Kenny's belief in

York so that she could be close to Keith, specifically. They were. They were good friends. Her and her brother." His knee was bouncing ever so slightly, and she physically had to sit on her hands to prevent herself

I agreed to be the CEO of Ross Corporation, even though I didn't want to. I never wanted my face in the news, my life in

areas where you have drones circling in the sky? Do you know how revered your technology is How many terrible acts have been solved because of you?" she spoke earnestly, trying to will him to believe her. To trust her words. She was

voice was shaking and Katrina bit her inner cheek. She hated not touching him, but she didn't know if he even wanted that from her. -That wasn't her fault. None of it was. It wasn't your fault, either. Her profession or a different one, it still wouldn't have been your fault. There was no way you could

of what makes me a monster." His shoulders visibly tensed, his knee bouncing more vigorously. "Tuh, don't know how to talk about the

p to the

incredibly grateful you opened up at him, if only