Beneath Her Bastard Boss

apter 34

Blair stored her handbag and placed her phone on her desk before pushing open Roman’s office door, shutting it behind her with more force than necessary.

She barely gave him a second to react before stepping forward, arms crossed, her gaze sharp. “You gave us away.”

Roman didn’t look up right away. He just leaned back in his chair, exhaling through his nose like he’d expected this. Maybe he had.

His voice was calm, unreadable. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Blair narrowed her eyes, stepping closer. “Kara noticed. She saw it, Roman. The tension.” She’d admit it was partly her fault. “The way you acted. You walked in, handed over the mail, and didn’t even say good morning to me. No hello, nothing. And she knew. It was that obvious.”

Roman sighed, rubbing his jaw, finally looking at her. “I wasn’t thinking about it like that. I’m not used to hiding my relationships.”

“Exactly,” Blair shot back. “You weren’t thinking. And now she knows about us. She won’t say anything, but it’s only a matter of time before other people pick up on it, too. If we couldn’t even hide…” she waved a hand between them, “this in just one morning.”

Roman tilted his head, studying her. “This?”

Blair faltered. “You know what we…are doing together.”

“What is that?” There was a look in his eye she couldn’t quite read.

She sucked in a sharp breath, pulse hammering. He was so frustrating when he did this. The shithead.

Her fists clenched. “The point is, I don’t want everyone to know.” If things didn’t last between them, she wanted to hold her head up high. She certainly didn’t want to be some dirty little secret that Roman had dumped. “About us sleeping together.“.

Silence. Thick. Heavy. Charged.

Blair could feel the tension rolling off him, his whole body tight, restrained.

“Is that all it is?”

What did he want from her? Blair didn’t know. All she knew was that she wanted something she wasn’t sure he would ever give. And because she was so unsure of herself, she wanted to push him. Wanted him to react.

She wasn’t sure why she was pressing his buttons. It was like he was holding back from saying something, from doing something.

dropped, dangerous now. “We’re scratching an

true.

then maybe she needed to convince herself

across the floor as

the space between them.

a breathless laugh.

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bloomed inside her. Excitement over what could happen by

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was so close she could feel the heat radiating off him,

chin. “What are you trying to do? I’m not afraid

That did it.

his hands firm but controlled, pulling her flush against him. His lips crashed onto hers, all control snapping in a

was kissing him back, her fingers threading into

her with a rush

was trying to shut her up.

She wanted him to. She

She knew she wasn’t making sense. But so much had happened

throat, and she

The door rattled.

crime. It was like someone

to catch her breath just as the door

Standing in the doorway, her expression perfectly composed,

mouthing “I’m sorry” as she hovered

already stepped inside like she owned the

smoothly, tilting her head. “Hope I’m

whole body still buzzing. But now she was ice cold.

his head, clearly trying to collect himself. His voice was