Rey continued to pretend that she was sleeping even after she heard the springs creek on her mattress as he got up from the bed.

She really wanted to say something to him. She wanted to ask him why he stayed but she didn't know if she was ready to have a conversation after what she had said to him the night prior.

In a way she was ashamed of herself for begging him to stay or at the least lie to her and tell her he was going to stay. She was embarrassed that she had threatened to cancel their last session that they had. She wasn't sure if that session was still going to happen.

She was glad that she had the courage to tell him that she couldn't pay him for their cuddling sessions any longer though. She wasn't sure how he would react to that information. If he acted indifferent she thought that meant that he didn't care about her anymore than any of his other clients. If he showed any emotion such as concern, sadness, empathy or anger she would know that he saw her as more then just joe schmo client.

However, she wasn't sure how to take his reaction to her begging. He gave in, he stayed the night. However, Rey wasn't sure quite why he broke his own rules. She wasn't sure if it was more then just sympathy for her. Poor Rey, who had lost her fiancée and then learned from her supposed best friend that her fiancée had been seeing another woman. It was a double betrayal, Finn knew all along and didn't tell her and Armie, who she thought loved her may have not even planned on going through with the wedding.

Rey felt unlovable. She mourned the wedding she never had. She mourned not having someone to show her genuine and unconditional love. She wanted that experience more then anything.

She peeked at him with one eye open and caught Kylo staring at her as he was pulling up his jeans over his hips.

He gave her a half smile. "Good morning Rey", he greeted. He leaned down to grab a pair of sneakers that were lying on the burnt orange carpet underneath her bed.

Rey sat up and propped herself on one elbow and sheepishly smiled at him.

"You stayed", she said.

He nodded at her. "I did.. I stayed and now I have to go".

"Would you like some breakfast, I have some cereal or maybe I can cook you up some eggs?", she asked as she sat up all the way, the sheet dropping from her shoulders into her lap.

Kylo shook is head, "I can't Rey, I have a court case at noon today and I have to get half way across the city to grab my suit and change and then drive up to the circuit court building."

"Uh well maybe just something to go then? I have some granola bars and canned pineapple juice. I can grab them if you just give me a moment.", she stated as she stood up.

"Thanks for the offer Rey but I am good really. I will grab something when I am at the office. I really can't be late. We'll talk later I promise". He told her.

She didn't want him to leave without giving her some type of explanation of why he stayed.

Rey's strap of her tank top slipped down her shoulders as they slumped in defeat of him rejecting her offer for breakfast.

She watched his back as he walked out of the apartment.

She thought that him offering to talk about it later is a good thing. That meant that he at least would speak to her again, maybe come to the last appointment that night. Rey wanted to stay positive and she wanted to see hope at the end of the tunnel.

Rey tried to not think about Kylo as she got ready for her day and for her shift. She took an extra walk around the block before she got into work. She also silence her phone and tried to will herself not to check for messages from Kylo.

She knew that she needed to be able to forget about him, get over him. She may get another night with him but after that there wouldn't be anything between them anymore.

Rey ran into Finn as soon as she walked in the door of the café. She hadn't bothered to pay much attention to her appearance before she went into work. She had thrown her hair into a messy bun and had splashed cold water on her face and applied chap stick.

Finn looked her up and down and stopped to stare at her face. "There's something different about you today. Its almost as you are glowing".

Rey let out a huff and a laugh. "I just rolled out of bed this morning Finn. I just got more sleep then usual but that's all that is different".

Finn stared at her eyes again and then dropped his eyes to her neck. He looked past Rey to where Rose was standing at the far back corner of the café. She was taking an order from two older men sitting in a booth. Finn leaned down and whispered in her ear, "You are red all over Rey..did you get laid? Did Mr. Grumpy pants cuddler finally pull his head out of his ass and wake up?"

Rey immediately felt a warm flush creep up from her neck onto her cheeks. She choked before finally getting out the words, "No Finn..I did not get laid as you crudely put it. Its not like that with him. He's completely professional. He holds me for a few hours and then he leaves. Its no more then that.

Rey wasn't ready to tell the whole truth to Finn but she didn't feel like she was lying to him. Kylo had indeed cuddled her and left but it happened to be all night long and into the early hours. But there wasn't sex involved so she wasn't telling a lie when she said he held her and left.

"No Finn", she said in a hushed tone. "I have not been intimate with him. What do you mean by him finally waking up?"

Finn waves his hand in the air. "That man looks at you like you are a shining star in the night sky. I've seen it with my own eyes.", he admitted.

Rey rolled her eyes at him and headed towards the kitchen, "Don't be ridiculous Finn. He acts completely ambivalent towards me. He is nice to me as I am sure he is nice to all of his clients. He makes time for me because I pay him to. Our relationship is nothing more or nothing less than transactional"

Rose came in to the kitchen through the other side of the cafe. "I heard that Rey, transactional my ass. You'll see Rey, one day you'll open your eyes and let someone into your heart again. Hopefully its Mr. Tall brooding and handsome but if not someone else that makes you feel safe and beautiful".

Rey scoffed and Rose's comment. "Rose, Kylo is not a romantic option for me. I wish he was. He does make me feel safe and my confidence has soared but he barely speaks to me when we are together. I don't know what is going through his head half the time. One moment I think that there's a spark between us and the next he's shut down again.", Rey explained.

Rey ran over to her first table of the day and was busy for the next few hours until she took her break four hours after arriving at work. Several o her regular customers pointed out her natural smile and glow as well.

She went in the kitchen and sat in a chair in the small managers office in the back and looked at her phone. She had a message. It wasn't from Kylo though, it was an unsaved number.

Rey played the message and was shocked that it was a voicemail from Bazine Netal asking her to come into the office for a second interview. She mentioned that Rey would meet the partners at that interview. She was going to interview with Kylo.

Bazine had told her that Kylo recommended her but she wasn't sure what he had stated was her connection to him. She knew he wouldn't say, "Oh she's a client of mine from my cuddle buddy side hustle". She wasn't sure if she should say anything at all about how they knew each other but would rather wait and let Kylo lead the conversation.

She quickly called the Office back and an appointment was set up for her to come in on Monday. Three more days.

Rose walked by and noticed Rey staring blankly at her phone. "What's up Rey? Why do you look like you just lost your puppy?"

Rey bit her bottom lip and chewed on it nervously. "I have an second interview for the paralegal position at Kylo's law firm. I just set it up for Monday."

Rose raised her eyebrows and smiled at Rey. "That's fabulous Rey. I wish you the best of luck. Its not that we won't miss you around here but you are made for the paralegal job. You were much happier in general when you were working at the last law firm".

Rey smirked at Rose. " Yeah, well don't get too excited. I haven't interviewed yet and there is no guarantee that I will get the position".

Rose winked at her, "Oh I don't think you really need to worry much. This man has set you up with an interview at his firm. He obviously wants you to be closer to him. He's not going to fumble the ball now".

At that moment inn walked in to the entranceway in front of the office, "Did I just hear a football reference", he asked smiling.

"Can I tell him?", Rose asked.

Finn raised his eyebrows. Rey shook her head. "I will tell you later Finn. My break is almost over anyways and there were at least 10 customers in the dining area when I walked in here.".

Finn grinned, "Ok Peanut. I can't wait to hear your news. I'm assuming it has something to do with the person that has you glowing all day today".

Rey smacked him with a dish towel that she picked off of the stove earlier. "We aren't talking about that right now. I promise I will fill you in soon".

Rey walked back into the dining area and headed to one of the tables to hand the couple sitting at the table their check.

Later on that night after she had eaten dinner and changed into a tank top and grey cotton pajama bottoms. Rey was sprawled out on her couch watching a Netflix movie and stuffing her face with microwave butter popcorn when she heard her phone buzz.

It was already past 10 pm and she hadn't heard from Kylo. She assumed that he wasn't showing up. After all she had told him not to come. She had given him a free pass not to see her again. Which with her upcoming interview didn't feel possible anymore.

She hadn't fixed her hair, it was still piled into a messy bun with a claw clip. She had put on some lip gloss and mascara in the off chance that he did show up.

Rey looked down at her phone and only saw a single line

The text read: 'Open your door'

Rey got up off of the couch and made her way to the door. She opened the door to find Kylo on the other side with a bouquet of pink tulips in one hand and a bottle of Moët & Chandon champagne in the other.

He was grinning at her. Rey rolled her eyes from his chest up to his face. He was wearing a navy pinstripe suit and cranberry red silk tie. His raven black hair was slicked back behind his ears. His ears protruded out just slightly. Rey stared at a freckle on his earlobe.

He handed her the bouquet of tulips and placed the champagne bottle on the kitchen table.

Rey held the flowers and inhaled their scent. She looked up and him. "Why flowers tonight?", she asked.

"Its our last cuddle night tonight and I wanted to get you something special. I saw you have several posters of tulips or tulip gardens in your bedroom and I figured that tulips were a good choice"

Rey realized that Kylo had been more observant then she thought that he was. It was true that she loved tulips, especially pink tulips. Armie had traveled to museums all around Europe and brought her several posters whenever he found one featuring tulips.

"Thank you", she whispered as she turned to go hunting for a large enough vase to fit the flowers under her kitchen sink. When she found a suitable vase she displayed them in the center of the table.

Rey waved a hand towards the champagne, "Are you trying to get me drunk tonight?", she teased.

"Save the champagne for now. We can use it to celebrate with later", Kylo stated.

"What will be celebrating later?", she asked innocently.

Kylo bit his bottom lip and smiled. "I have to have some Surprises, Rey. It would be no fun if I revealed them all tonight".

Rey looked at Kylo curiously. "Tonight's supposed to be our last night", she said looking at him with confusion in his eyes.

He nodded at her. "For our Cuddling sessions, yes it is.", he confirmed. Rey thought that he was going to say something else but he just placed his hand on her lower back and led her towards the bedroom. As she got closer to the bedroom he flipped the light off in the kitchen and went back to Rey, this time grabbing her hand and moving forward towards the bed.

Rey looked up at him and he looked down at her and smiled. "Shall we make the best of tonight. Is there anything different that you would like me to do tonight that I haven't done before? Maybe a backrub or head message?", he questioned.

Rey looked up at him. There was so much that she wanted to ask for from him. She wanted much more than just a back rub or a head message, but she knew that she couldn't ask him for those things.

She thought about it and knew what she could reasonably ask for.

Rey glanced up at Kylo's profile, "Actually, there is something that I would like."

He nodded at her, "Just go ahead and ask me".

Rey took a deep breath and sat on the edge of the bed as he stood in front of her. She exhaled and smiled at him. She knew it wouldn't hurt to ask him to do what she was really earning for him to do to her, but it may cause embarrassment.