Contract Marriage with My CEO Boss

Chapter 81

Chapter 81

Chapter 81

Katrina shared the afternoon with Kylan, talking or sitting in a silence that grew more comfortable with every passing moment. She were drained from the night before, while also being equally frazzled and in a daze while she processed the information that Kylan shared with her about his hustory

it was a lot. All of it. It explained so much of who Kylan was, and why he operated the way he did.

was a lot. She knew it was a

She was on guard, and likely would be for a long time to come. But she was also hopeful and excited, even. Hopeful that Kylan really did want to keep letting her in

much to

She wasn't naïve enough to think it would be that simple, especially when Kylan himself warned her that it wouldn't be. There was so mu figure out. So many variables. So many unknoĦTIS

Not the least of which included her job at Ross Corporation. She gave her resignation. She worked it out with Max. She severed the contract What did all of that mean for her? Did she still want to quit Ross Corp Would Kylan allow her to stay

What was healthiest for her and for Kylan!

What were she and Kylan, anyway?

They were going to take it slow, but what did that mean!

She stayed on the couch with Kylan until the sun had begun its descent behind the skyscrapers surrounding his building.

Her hand rested on kylan's leg, and his arm had long since found purchase around her shoulders.

comfortable. Content. Happy to

with him.

often do things like last night happen, Kylan?" Her voice was a timid whisper, her eyes locked

retract her words. She needed to know what she was getting herself into. She needed to understand how deeply Kylan's trauma impacted his everyday life, if she were going to be a part of it more than she already was. He had always been able to mask it, for the most part, while at

here and act like you didn't pick me up off the literal ground last night, Kate. I won't pretend it wasn't bad, or humiliating, because shit... I'm embarrassed. I'm too old to be allowing my baggage

at Rylan, noticing how tense his jaw was, how taut his shoulders were pulled, and the heavy set of his gaze on the wall in front of him. "Kylan, there's no age for this kind of thing. You either deal with it, or it'll fester for the rest of your life," she pointed out

more, but not to the extent that they were last night. "Taylor Owen.

she

her thumb to stroke the skin there gently. "Call

Can we do that?" He didn't look at her while he spoke, and she didn't push for him to. This Kylan, this vulnerable and

however you want me to." It seemed like a good idea, getting kylan out of his head after talking about so much today, and she knew

mouth quirked into an echo of a simile, and he

only came from being familiar with one's surroundings. His shoulders were relaxed, his face was calm and serene, and his hands didn't seem to bother him in the

she saw him, even a fraction of

e knew h

special he was.

tell him every day, if that's what it took. She wanted to be the one

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variables had been sorted through, when the foundation under her feet was supported with the proper beams and steel that it needed, she wanted to be the one

work the next day was.

talk to them just yet. She knew the conversation needed to happen, but she also wanted to figure more out with Kylan

didn't pick her up that morning, and the worry that had been slowly festering over the last week, grew

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