Consilium (Lawyer Kylo Ren x Reader)

Chapter 18

Kylo's POV :

Kylo Ren finally had a girlfriend and it just so happened to be the one woman he shouldn't be dating. Everything about your relationship together looked backwards and off kilter on paper (not to mention highly unethical), but in practice Kylo had never experienced such easy happiness.

There were trade offs, of course. He couldn't take you out on dates, tell anyone about you, or be seen spending too much time with you outside of work hours... but other than that, everything was just perfect. All relationships had their own drama and secrets, right?

Despite the niggling paranoia and hurdles that seemed to pop up left and right, Kylo found himself fighting for this relationship. He hadn't become one of the best lawyers in the country by sheer luck. Kylo Ren was as stubborn and hard headed as they came and he had made a promise to you. A promise that he would take a chance and he sure as hell was going to keep it - even if he had to fight tooth and nail for it.

This all required a few tweaks and modifications - dinners in instead of out, nature documentaries played on the television instead of romantic walks together, online deliveries rather than shopping. Kylo had even broken out the fine china to upgrade dinner and briefly considered buying a new home theater system (not that you let him get very far in that argument). He was a man living in the digital age and taking advantage of it, making use of what he had.

Unsurprisingly, the one who seemed to benefit the most from this whole arrangement was Babu, unbothered and carefree as ever, pleased as punch to discover that his new favorite playmate was here to stay. Kylo would be jealous if he wasn't so intent on having your attention for himself, finding that tight ball of anxious energy in his heart loosening ever so slightly every time he watched you play together.

Picking it apart one could easily find that the arrangement wasn't air tight, but he was making do, all the while doing his best to not let his anxieties and concerns leech into your time together. After all, there wasn't much to be suspicious about - as long as neither of you ever left the house.

Though the chances of it were low as long as you were both vigilant, Kylo still made sure to look over his shoulder every time he entered your apartment complex, scrutinizing his own personal security footage whenever he arrived home. One could never be too careful.

Kylo's main saving grace was that Hux was too cocky to hire a PI or suspect anything. According to Armitage's bragging, he had an easy case with nothing to lose. Why would he waste his time tailing the ex who needed housing from a social worker to stay out of the streets? As far as Hux was concerned, you weren't even a blip on his radar.

Thankfully, it seemed like Orson had given up after his first intimidation tactic, too. He'd either moved on, had only been looking to scare you, or had had any of his worries already shut down and dismissed by his lawyer. What mattered is that he was no longer sniffing around and dropping by, his ego probably propped up by Hux to the point that he no longer spared you any thought.

It boiled Kylo's blood that you could be so easily dismissed and underestimated, but in this case it worked in your favor. The less eyes on the both of you, the better. It was a good thing Poe was employed under his services or this would have already gone up in flames. No one was better than Poe Dameron - even if he was taking his sweet time coming up with something for the case.

Everything would be worth it if he could just hold out and wait out his adversary. As the court case loomed over his relationship, Kylo all but begged the powers that be that something useful would surface. Kylo didn't know what would happen if he fractured before then, torn between the light of you and the dark of his growing deception.