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.
Content. Happy to
with him.
voice was a timid whisper, her eyes
felt Kylan shift a bit next to her, but she didn't 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 work. She would have
hers, though has was shaking a bit more. "Look, I won't sit 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 to be impacting my life
frowned up 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
but not to the extent that they were last night. "Taylor
she
cheek, allowing her thumb to stroke the skin
though. I want to just Be... With you. Can we do that?" He didn't look at
want me to." It seemed like a good idea, getting kylan out of his head after talking
of Kylan's mouth quirked into an echo of a simile, and he
surroundings. His shoulders were relaxed, his face was calm and serene, and his
see himself the way she saw him, even a fraction of the amount. She wondered
e knew h
special he
if that's what it took. She wanted to be the
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feet was supported with the proper beams and steel that it
to work the
Maine's persistent texts for now, not quite ready to talk to them just yet. She knew the conversation needed to happen, but she also wanted
had been slowly festering over the last week, grew to an unprecedented
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