Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Chapter 32

Chapter 32

Chapter 32

“Where are we going?” Roman asked, his tone casual, but his grip on the wheel was anything but.

Blair barely looked at him. “The diner in town.”

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Silence settled between them, thick with unspoken tension. Roman followed Keira’s car as the town blurred past with old storefronts, familiar streets to her, but she didn’t pay them any attention.

Her fingers tapped restlessly against her thigh. Roman drove with one hand on the wheel, the other resting on his leg. exuding that infuriating calmness that only made her feel more unsettled.

Because he was the reason, she was still buzzing. She was angry with him, but she wasn’t at the same time.

She hated it.

She hated that even now, after everything, he could still make her feel safe and wanted and completely out of control.

Roman finally glanced at her. “You’re quiet.”

Blair huffed. “Maybe because I don’t know where to start.”

“Then just start.” His voice was steady. Unapologetic.

Her head whipped toward him. “Fine. What the hell was that Roman?”

His grip on the wheel tightened. “What part?”

She shot him a look. “Oh, I don’t know. The part where you nearly strangled Dan? Or the part where you dropped a nuclear bomb on my family when I told you I would handle it?”

His jaw ticked. “I was done listening to them speak to you like that. Done with Dan, thinking he could manipulate you. He needed to be put in his place.”

Blair’s chest clenched. “That wasn’t your decision to make.”

“The hell it wasn’t.” His voice was rough, clipped. “He deserved worse, and you know it.”

She did. God, she did. But that wasn’t the point.

“I didn’t need you to fight my battles, Roman.”

His eyes flicked toward hers, sharp and unreadable. “Maybe not. But I’m never going to stand there and watch people try to tear you down.”

Blair swallowed hard.

Damn him.

Damn him for saying things like that. For making it impossible to stay mad when she wanted to be.

told my sisters about us. I would have

“Laura wasn’t going to confess. You know

Yeah. She did.

the only

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decision without me, Roman. And that’s not-” She hesitated. “That’s not okay. Was this the real reason

“No, I really did go look

made

against the wheel like he

of the

fighting with him. And the truth was, she

Just… overwhelmed.

leaned back, watching him out of the corner of her eye. “You know, Keira was right. It was pretty hot

twitched. “That

rolled her eyes. “Don’t make me regret

then his expression shifted, eyes darkening as he really looked at her. “Say

Her breath caught. “What?”

you think I’m

that. The frustration, the irritation twisted into something

he pulled the car onto the side of the

react before his hand was in her hair, pulling her toward him, his mouth crashing against

soft. It wasn’t

It was desperate.

of kiss that erased the rest of

he angled her back, fingers tangling in her hair like he

her, she

breathless, Roman rested his forehead

“Feel better?” he murmured.

laugh. “I’m not sure sitting with my sisters feeling like this is a

lips quirked. “That’s

rolled her eyes, but she couldn’t stop the smile from pulling at her

“Drive, Roman.”

the car into

close

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Damn him.

for being impossible to

diner hadn’t changed at

floors. Same booths. Same damn

time to take it all in before her sisters waved them over from

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