My Lustful CEO

Chapter 17

Kane POV

Kris lets me touch her arm softly as I get her up and look towards her friends for directions. She is so drunk that I really think we need to take her to the hospital, but I have a bad feeling what will await us there if we do.

Gripping tightly onto me, Kris drags herself towards the bathroom and I lift her soft hair back into a ponytail. Kris starts to violently throw up in the toilet and I see her friend rub against her back up and down.

"Ivy, her best friend." She smiles lightly at me as who seems to be her fiance holds her hand worriedly. "You must be Kane." Not sure what to say back, I just give her a small nod.

"I'll grab her some water." I hear Hunter say as he dips out of her relatively well-sized bathroom. It's large enough to fit all of us at least.

"What happened?" I try to get to the bottom of everything. I left her for a couple of hours. Is she pissed that I took her to that spot at Long Beach. No, that would be ridiculous.

"It's the anniversary of Ethan's death." The detective friend of hers states with hesitation in his voice. This probably isn't something that Kris likes to share with anyone. But now it makes a lot of sense. She was married, but her husband died, so now she is a widow.

"How long has he been gone?" Liam ponders and the detective friend looks to him.

"Five years." s**t, it's been a long time. Why is she so worked up now? "She was getting better and truly trying to move on. I don't know why she drank so much tonight. Usually, she locks herself up in the apartment for the day."

"I know why." I state out loud, but I don't elaborate. Andrew, that son of a b***h. "How did he die?"

"Late stage leukemia." Ivy points out and grabs the glass of water from Liam when he returns. "They were only married for two days when he passed."

"Two days?!" Elijah is stunned at the response.

"They knew they didn't have very long left, so they decided to elope, but then he passed." Ivy explains to us and her fiance holds her tightly as she struggles to say even those words out loud.

"Don't." Kris leans back into my chest and gulps down hard. Her eyes are swollen and red from the tears and the alcohol. "Just go. I will be fine." This time her words are much calmer, but her voice cracks. She climbs towards the tub of her shower and turns it on. I hold onto her waist every step of the way.

"Kristiane." Ivy's warning tone doesn't go unnoticed, but Kris shakes it off.

"I just need to sit in here and then I will go to sleep." Her words are slurred, but I place her inside the tub and watch as she puts her head against the wall of the tub, barely able to sit upright.

"I'll take care of her." I tell all of them, but Henry has been looking hard at me this entire time and awfully quiet.

"I don't think that would be a good idea." He finally opens his mouth. God, I want to punch him in the face, but I restrain myself. There are bigger problems at hand right now. "We are her friends. We can handle it."

"No offense, but she didn't let you guys touch her. And I am her friend too." Woah, female friend. That is a first. Where the hell did that come from?

"He's right." Ivy states and it looks like her fiance and the detective agree with me. "She hasn't fought him off like the rest of us."

"But that doesn't mean she is in the right state of mind to decide who should stay with her." Henry argues back and then looks me up and down. Before I can say anything back, I hear Kris groan out an ache.

"Kane can stay. I'll be fine, I promise." Her eyes are still closed. Kris tries to start getting up to which I proceed to take off my light sweater to just my white t-shirt and jeans on. She needs me right now and for all the s**t she got me out of, the least I can do is be there for her when she is at her lowest.

"I will text you all in a bit." I usher them to get out and I close the bathroom door. Heading back to Kris, I see that she is still very tired and in pain. Going on instinct, I get in the tub behind her and start to take the hair off of her face. She starts to softly sob and leans back into me. Holding her tightly, I let the cold water hit us as Kris' heartrate slows down enough that I feel comfortable about moving her to her bedroom, if I can ever find it.

She can stand pretty well now and I can tell that the alcohol is still there, but she's not as drunk as before. We must have been in that shower for almost an hour. Her heavy eyelids are working hard to keep awake as she stumbles into her bedroom with her wet clothes.

Grabbing some clothes for her, she starts to change and I look the other way, not trying to stare at her. I'm not going to take advantage of her because she is drunk. When I hear the rustling done, I turn back to see that she is already making her way to the bed. I help her with the covers and she snuggles quickly into her bed. Thank God.

When I exit her bedroom, I see that they all left their numbers on the kitchen counter. Taking this opportunity, I take a look around her place. She sure loves uniformity because this is the same type of vibe I get when I am in her office. Shaking my thoughts, I grab my phone from the counter and let them all know they are fine. Now, I have to figure out what the hell I am supposed to do.

Kris POV

A spiking headache greets me as I struggle to open my eyes to the bright lights. Oh, God. What happened last night? Forcing myself to open my eyes, I see that I am in my room, but I have no recollection of what happened the night before. The last thing I remember is entering some bar or some club. s**t.

My clothes have been changed and I look curiously at my choice of sleepwear. I am wearing one of my favorite t-shirts and a pair of athletic shorts.

"Good morning." A loud ringing goes through my ears. Oh, s**t. Who the f**k is that? Turning my head slightly towards the man the voice belongs to, I see a very blurry man silhouette standing against my door. Covering myself with the blanket, I hear a knock at my front door. Damn it, what is going on?

"Rise and shine!" I hear Ivy's voice coming into my bedroom.

"Geez, Ivy. Do you have to be so loud?" I groan out as I cover my ears that mask whatever words are coming from her mouth.

"I got you your favorite...." Ivy taunts me as I can hear her open the takeout containers. She got me pho, my favorite hangover food. Damn her. Ivy knows that food will get my ass up and the smell is strong enough to be noticeable.

"And your favorite drink." Nick's voice resonates out and I continuing groaning at them. I hear Nick put down the drink next to my bed and I grab it quickly only to be stopped by... Kane? What the f**k? Is that the guy that said good morning? He grabs the drink from my hand and replaces it with a glass of water from the bedside table.

"Water first. Coffe after." His strict tone makes it harder for me to argue with him. What am I going to do in this state? Nodding, I take in the whole glass of water and we exchange cups. He sits on my bed and I make room for him. Ivy brings me my soup container and I start slurping down those noodles. I hum in satisfaction.

"Thank you." I say to them as I continue eating. After a second big slurp, I swallow my food quickly before looking up at them. "What happened last night?"

"Depends what you remember last." Ivy shrugs at me as I think back to last night. I'm starting to remember that I was at the bars for awhile and then they came to drag me home.

"I remember you, Nicky, and Peter dragging me home." I suggest to them, but then I look at Kane who has been staring at me emotionless. "Why are you here?"

Ivy explains to me the parts leading up to him staying with me while the rest of them left. Kane doesn't say a word and continues to stare at me. What is his problem? Did he find out I am human and make mistakes too? That's kind of how life works buddy.

"Kane..?" I ask him to tell me what happened but he doesn't say anything.

"You're okay now. That's all that matters. I'll get going now. Call me later." He gets up from my bed and takes his leave. We are quiet until we hear Kane close my front door.

"Oh my God!" Ivy squeals and jumps onto the bed with Nick following calmly behind her. "You didn't tell me you and Kane were close like that!"

"We aren't." Clarifying it for her doesn't seem to convince her that it's true.

"Oh, please. He was practically ready to go ape-s**t when Henry tried to touch you." He did? Why?

"And you guys let him stay with me?" What if he had done something to me? I don't think he would, but they wouldn't have known that.

"To be honest, you were fighting us so much. Plus, I could tell that he cares about you. He seemed really concerned when he first saw you drunk at the door."

"Did he ever say why they all came over?"

"He didn't, but his friend Keegan did. Apparently Kane had some bad feeling that something was wrong and asked them to come along to check in on you." Woah. That's actually kind of nice of him. "Now, spill."

"Spill what?" I look at them curiously.

"You haven't cried about Ethan like that in almost three years." I look down to my food in my hands. Breathing out deeply, I meet their eye level once again. Nick leaves us in the bedroom and closes the door to give us some privacy. He always was good at taking hints.

"Lately, I feel like I have been I don't know attracted to Kane, physically." I do a side eye motion that lets her know what I mean.

"Like how attracted?" Ivy tries to get me to specify as I purse my lips together.

"I have been dreaming about us having s*x, really good sex."

"Oh my God." Ivy starts to laugh and I lightly punch her in the arm before laughing along too. "I mean I don't blame you. Seriously, if I didn't have Nick, I would be all over him." We erupt in another fit of laughter.

"I just... I don't know. I feel guilty because I think I am moved on, but it feels like I betrayed Ethan. And then Andrew-"

"No." Ivy puts her hand up to stop me. "Say no more." She knows more than anyone how pressing Andrew has been about going out, but I'm just not interested him in anyway.

"Anyway, something he said really set me off and it just made my guilt multiply by 1000."

"I swear I am going to kill him." I lightly roll my eyes at her as we giggle a bit.

"So, they know?" I confirm with Ivy if all the guys know about my little secret. She nods with a sheepish look plastered across her face.

"It's okay. They were bound to." After a few moments of silence, Ivy perks up.

"So, what are you going to do about Kane?" I shake my head at her.

"Nothing. He is still a client."

"I mean I know that." Ivy is a Registered Nurse (RN) so she knows what I am talking about. She can't date any of her patients, not that she was going to with Nick around. "But after?"

"No. I don't think I am emotionally ready to handle that quite yet and to be honest neither is he. Nora really f****d him up."

"So bad you won't go out with him?"

"No, so bad that I don't think he is emotionally available either."

"Okay, then what are going to do about your dreams?" I smirk at her.

"Well, there are other ways around that."