Contract Marriage with My CEO Boss

Chapter 94

Chapter 94

Another week went by, and Oxcar was effectively discharged from the hospital and recovering at home. His treatments were working and his doctors were confident he would be okay eventually

With this in mind, the air around her and Kylan was more relaxed. More refreshing. Less filled with worry, and more focused on each other.

She stood in his kitchen, mostly watching him m make a complicated dinner that she had no idea how to help him with

He didn't really want her help, either. He enjoyed cooking without the stress of her trying to be involved.

He poured a bit of heavy cream into a saucepan, whisking it before adding in a handful of diced onions. She took a sip of the red wine the was casually nursing, scrolling on her phone while the sounds of sizzling vegetables filled the kitchen "My uh. My thera

I

My therapist gave me an assignment to do this week, Rylan suddenly spoke, his back to her while he focused on cooking

She looked her phone and straightened on her stool. "Oh! What's the assignment?" She kept her tone casual, just as she did any time Kylan talked about his therapy

"Are you able to take a week off work, any time soon?" was Kylan's only reply.

assistant know."

She cocked her head to the side, watching Kylan carefully, "I can probably manage that. I'll just have to let

Kylan turned and looked at her then, a shadow of a smirk on his lips. "Your assistant. I don't think I'll ever adjust to hearing that from you" he mused with a playful huff.

She smiled at him and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't think I'll ever be used to it, either. But I genuinely don't know what I would do without Yanna. She's the biggest help, she admitted sincerely.

"I understand. That's how I felt about you." Rylan returned his attention to the saucepan, sprinkling a bit of salt and pepper over the vegetables and

She felt her face flush and stood from her stool, walking over to Kylan. She wrapped her arms around his waist and rested her chin on his shoulder "Mmm. is that so! I was a big help, was 1" she whispered in his ear.

This sauce is going to burn, if you distract me, Kylan warned, his voice slightly strained.

She only smiled and planted a kiss against the side of his neck. "Let it burn," She cooed

Kylan scoffed, turning off the burner and moving the pan to a cool one. He turned around and wrapped his arms around her waist. "That's blasphemous, Katrina," he chastised, leaning down and swooping her up into his arms without warning. "Come on, then. He found her lips easily. kissing her and carrying her to his bedroom at the same time.

She laughed the whole way, allowing herself to fall into the domestic bliss, the happiness that Kylan gave her.

A few days later, she found herself in Kylan's Bentley, holding his hand while he drove her through the city. Her suitcases railed in the SUV trunk, and she wondered exactly where they were going.

T

stuff, Kylant It's nearly spring," she

responded as if it should be

don't get why I can't know

get to the airport. Now just relax. We have a stop to make," Kylan attempted to quell her curiosity yet

yet again but remained

watching the city fade and give way to more suburbs and

were they going? What was

for another twenty minutes, the only sounds being the jazz

lined by trees on either

minutes later, Kylan made a right turn and her

bringing her

breathed, grasping his

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The softness in Kylan's voice, the vulnerability, caused her to turn in her seat She couldn't fully decipher the look

at him.

in the

offered in

only him to bear witness to. Though he had let her in, and though their relationship was healthy and thriving in all the ways she had only dreamed it

you to Shit, I need you to.. help me do this." He was struggling to force the words

only had patience for him, especially when he talked to her

course, I will be she sofily vowed, her words a promise for more than just what she was

adjusting his shirt collar a bit. "They're both here. Just a bit away from each other"

he needed to operate, in order to get through situations like this one. Kylan opened the trunk, and she

Kylan explained tightly, gesturing to the mixture of

head in understanding. "I

I can carry one?" she

of the bouquets. She kept her distance from him, not

hold of her hand, she bit her tongue so she wouldn't sigh with relief. He

on how to find them. So

"You've never Been here, before

No. Kylan sounded almost embarrassed, and she held his hand tighter in

wasn't linear. There was no rule book for any of

loved ones yet, she wouldn't judge him for it. She

guide the way, careful where she stepped so she wouldn't defile any of

then she felt as Kylan stiffened beside her and came to

his gaze had landed, she

Yasmin Gale

the only other soul that Kylan had ever cared for as he