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.

dangerous now. “We’re scratching

true.

only saw this as physical, then maybe she needed to convince

the floor as

He closed the space

a breathless

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what could happen by pushing him.

was

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was so

lifted her chin. “What are you trying to do? I’m not afraid of you,

That did it.

against him. His lips crashed onto hers, all control snapping

before she was kissing him back, her fingers threading into his hair, her body pressing into his like she couldn’t

her with a rush of heat and

was trying to shut her up. But also like he couldn’t

wanted him to. She wanted

had happened in just a few days,

moved down her throat, and she tilted her head back, giving him

The door rattled.

committing a crime. It was like someone had poured ice water over her

to catch

in the doorway, her expression perfectly composed, except for the sharp amusement

her, Kara looked horrified, mouthing “I’m sorry” as she hovered in

already stepped inside like she

her head.

she was ice cold. The bitch was back. And she still didn’t

to collect himself. His voice was sharp. “What