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

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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

nearly spring," she asked for the second time, playing with the tips of

still March, Kate," Kylan responded as if it should

get why

know as soon as we get to the airport. Now just relax. We have a stop

rolled her eyes yet

stared out the window, watching the city fade and give way

were they going? What was the stop they had

jazz coasting from the car speakers and

winding, lined by trees on either side,

a right turn and her

bringing her

grasping his hand a

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softness in Kylan's voice, the vulnerability, caused her to turn in her seat She couldn't fully decipher the look on his face, but he was definitely grim.

at him.

wait in the

she offered

area of Kylan's life that he kept hidden, locked far away for 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 could, this was still. More. A step,

and shifted it into the park, staring out the windshield. "I brought you with me because I want.. I need need you to Shit, I need you to.. help me do this." He was struggling to force the words out, but she made no mention

for him, especially when

words a promise for more than just what she

throat, adjusting his shirt collar a bit. "They're both here. Just

for him to come around to her side, she opened her own door and met him. He wouldn't look at her, but she took no offense to that. He was just.. Kylan, and she knew how he operated. How he needed to operate, in order to get through situations like this one. Kylan opened the trunk, and she waited near the hood of

tightly, gesturing to the

head in understanding.

can carry one?" she offered,

bouquets. She kept her distance

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

on how to find them. So just. Follow me." Kylan licked his lips and

curiously. "You've never Been here, before

Kylan sounded almost embarrassed, and she held his

a personal journey. It wasn't linear. There was no rule book for any

hadn't visited the graves of his loved ones yet,

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

Kylan stiffened beside her and came to a stop. His eyes were fixed on the ground, his face a

where his gaze had landed, she realized which grave

Yasmin Gale

The name of the only other soul that Kylan had ever cared for as he cared for her. It stared back at her silently.