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

true. Not for

only saw this as physical, then maybe

nostrils flared. His chair scraped across the floor as he stood abruptly. The chair

hesitate. He closed the space between them. “Careful,

a breathless laugh. “Or

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Excitement over what could happen by pushing him. Even though they

this was the worst

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curled into fists at his sides, his chest rising and falling. He was so close she could feel the heat radiating off him, see the tight pull of

are you trying to do? I’m not afraid of you,

That did it.

but controlled, pulling her flush against him. His lips crashed

time to react before she was kissing him back, her fingers threading into his hair, her body pressing into his like she

consuming her with a rush of

her like he was trying to shut her up. But also like

she let him. She wanted him to. She wanted to

so much had happened

throat, and she tilted her head back, giving

The door rattled.

committing a crime. It was like someone had poured ice

catch her breath just as the door

doorway, her expression perfectly composed, except for

“I’m sorry” as she

already stepped inside

tilting her

But now she was ice cold. The bitch was back. And she still didn’t have a handle on how Roman

trying to collect himself. His voice was sharp. “What the hell