Contract Marriage with My CEO Boss

Chapter 95

Chapter 95

Kylan let go of her hand, moving to kneel in front of this grave in the same way he did for Yasmin. Only this time. This time, he completely slumped forward, his hand grasping the grass in front of her grave, his knuckles clenched tightly. He dropped the bouquet of flowers, his shoulders shaking slightly.

She stayed where she was, giving Rylan the space and time to process what he needed to. To feel what he needed to. To break, if he needed to

She would be there to pick up the pieces, should he want her to

But this was. This was Kylan's moment. His grief that she couldn't begin to understand

so sorry" Kylan was mumbling the same words repeatedly, his voice little more than a whisper in the

"I'm so sorry I'm so sor

Slowly, she knelt next to him as she had at Yasmin's grave. She didn't touch him still, instead brushing leaves and other nature away from Karina's final resting place.

"This is. This is Katrina. Mom. She's Kylan sniffed, and she realized he was crying. She hadn't seen him

since Christmas Eve, and she stiffened. "She's the woman that. She's everything to me. I wish. Christ. I wish you could meet her." His voice caught at the end, and he shook his head bitterly.

I would have loved to have met her, Kylan, I'm certain she was beautiful, she whispered the words, trying to picture Kylan as a child in her mind.

She could almost see it play out in front of her tangibly. A small boy with stark black ir, smiling up at his mother with adoration and love as she bent down to pick him up, twirling him as he giggled happily. It was a beautiful vision. A beautiful dream

Je vais te rendre fiere, maman. Je serai un homme bon. Kylan kissed his fingertips, placing them on the headstone and adjusting the flowers into the vase connected to her grave.

"She's already proud of you, Kylan. I know she is, I am, too. I'm so proud of you, she gambled and wrapped an arm around his shoulders, kissing the side of his cheek softly.

Kylan looked at the flowers, tears in his eyes. "Thank you, Katrina. For being here, I mean." He sounded so small. So uncertain.

She hugged him to her gently, her hand brushing through his hair. "I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. Kylan," she murmured.

She stayed like that for a long time, the sun nearly disappearing behind the grey clouds that hung in the sky. She held Kylan, and he held her. Neither of them spoke, neither of them needed to. -0-0-0-

"Breckenridge, Colorado?" She eyed her boarding pass curiously, following Kylan after he finished checking in her bags

"Breckenridge," Kylan echoed, wrapping an arm around her waist, and pulling her against him. He seemed to want to be touching her in some capacity, ever since leaving the graveyard. Something had undeniably shifted between them in those quiet moments she shared in his grief. She felt closer to him. She felt like she knew him

so much more now.

"How long of a flight is that?" she asked nervously, pulling out her ID so she could walk through security.

"Nearly four hours. I'll be right next to you" Kylan assured her, rubbing circles into her lower back.

"You challenged yourself today. Now it's my turn," she responded confidently, lifting her head a bit higher on her shoulders.

Kylan chuckled at her, the sound low and almost affectionate. "Okay, darling Okay" He surprised her by kissing her cheek, and she smiled at him.

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The flight to Breckenridge was long, but she wasn't nearly as anxious as she would have been, had it not been for Kylan's steady presence and his hands on her the entire journey

was shocked when they landed and it was a near blizzard outside, suddenly understanding why Kylan had her pack the winner

cold as they made their way off

he was going it seemed, and she followed him first to baggage claim, and

hour later, she was piling into a white Escalade, strapping her seatbelt on, and turning the heat

of a drive," Kylan informed her, clicking his own seat belt in place and turning on her seat warmer for her, just as he

she teased him, reaching across the

resting her hand along

brought along, choosing

in her seat just as Kylan instructed, her eyes on his

beautiful in the moonlight, and she felt so. So hucky, to be with him. To get to love him. Because she did. She really did. She loved the hell out of him. She just didn't know how to tell him. She didn't want to scare him away with the depths of her feelings She must

sciousness.

here, Katrina," Kylan's low, conforting voice, called

Stuntered hei

yawning as she did. "Mom, where's here?" she mumbled, rubbing the

door and stepped out, the

blinked a few more times, attempting to gather her bearings. She climbed out of the car, stumbling a uneven, snow-laced ground.

her feer

o adjust to the

she turned around, her

was no way. No way Kylan

She couldn't speak.

love, with warmth, despite the

a cabin. A cabin covered in snow. A cabin situated in the mountains, surrounded by a sea of trees and the backdrop of

much like the painting that hung in

was real life, and it was

Kylan planned

world fell away from her, and the only thing she could see,

see anyone else by her side. She never wanted to see anyone else carrying her luggage, or comforting her on a plane. She

was wh

alone in her bed, sad and distressed after her mother left her. Kylan was her haven. Her

words left her mouth before she had an opportunity to filter herself. Her eyes widened, her

from the door of

You're everything to me. Now that she started talking, the words wouldn't stop falling from her lips. Her heart was an absolute disaster

this is a. A big step. So just... Let's go inside. okay?" She walked over to him quickly, avoiding his gaze while she waited for him to open

at her. She could feel it. She could sense it, more than

voice, and she was still far too

voice was too high-patched to be casual, but she was

of the cabin, pushing it open and finding a light switch

all situated right in front of her. A bathroom was located off to

what she was hoping it would be. Small, quaint, intimate. Only now, she wanted to run away. To disappear into the forest and

Kylan while she untied her boots and sat them near the front

Chapter 95

the fireplace and if you want,

believe she slipped up, after months of being so

smile, not actually looking at him. She hauled her suitcase upstairs, turned on a light, and took in

quilts, no end tables, a dresser, and a TV fixed to the wall, took up the majority of the space. A small chair sat in the corner

grateful there was also a bathroom upstairs, not quite ready to go and face Kylan again. She turned on a bedside lamp, setting her suitcase on top of the quilts, and opening it to

minutes later, she was sufficiently clean and wearing a sweater and a pair of Kylan's swearpants that she stole. Her hair was tied up in a wer bun and she pulled on a pair of slippers, feeling