Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Chapter 81

Chapter 81

The car ride home felt like she was suffocating slowly.

Every red light stretched out what she knew was coming. Roman was like a dog with a bone.

Blair could feel his eyes on her. It made her hands clenched in her lap. She felt the need to fill the silence.

“That was a nice evening,” she said, tight and way too casual.

“Was it?” Roman didn’t turn and look at her but kept his eyes on the road. He sounded chill, but she knew that voice. “Because you looked like you wanted to kill someone the last two hours.”

Her stomach twisted. “I don’t know what you mean.”

“Don’t you?”

It wasn’t the words–it was how he said them. It made her skin crawl in a way she hated, like he already knew the answer and was just waiting for her to admit it.

Roman pulled into the driveway and shut the car off, but neither of them moved. The silence was thick, stretching long enough to feel like it might snap.

“Blair.” His voice was quiet, low, but not soft. It carried that dangerous calm he got when he was just barely holding it together. “Look at me.”

She didn’t want to. But she did. Slowly.

His eyes were dark and steady, and she felt that look straight in her chest.

“We’re going inside,” he said, like it was a decision he’d already made for both of them. “And you’re going to tell me what the hell happened tonight?”

“Nothing happened-”

“Don’t.” That one word was sharp. Final. “Don’t lie to me. Not now. Not after everything.”

Blair opened the door and got out before she could think twice. Her legs felt shaky, and she didn’t need to look behind her to know he was following. He always followed.

Her hands fumbled with the keys at the front door.

“Having trouble?” His breath was warm against her neck.

“I’m fine.”

“No, you’re not.” His hands closed over hers, steady and grounding in a way that just made it worse. “You’re wound so tight I can feel it from here. The question is why.”

She didn’t answer. Just pushed the door open and walked inside, kicking off her heels like that would somehow help her feel normal again.

Roman shut the door behind them with a quiet click. The sound felt way too loud in the silence.

“Talk to me.”

“There’s nothing to talk about.”

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changed after

they moved, how tense he looked even doing something simple. Even angry, he was

“Maybe I’m just tired.”

laughed once, no humor in

“Roman-”

too close, backing her against the wall. “I think something happened tonight. And now you’re shutting me out.

head. She was trapped, even

out. No one

His face was inches from hers now. “Then tell

Her stomach dropped. “What?”

heard me. Something happened. Did someone say something to Sutton and you won’t tell me? Then there was the

start to rise. Of course he noticed. He

said,

even now. “From where I’m standing, it looks like you’re

hurt. She had to end this. Had to distract him.

So she kissed him.

It was desperate and rough, meant to shut him up and shut

a second. Then he gave

like he was starving. Like he was furious. Like kissing her might

work,” he said against

“What isn’t?”

to distract

his hands were already on her body, sliding down over silk like he couldn’t

but he found that spot

low, teeth grazing her skin. “You’re trying to make me forget. Trying

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hitched as his fingers found the zipper

“Maybe,” she admitted.

it down achingly slow.

heels. Roman looked

Blair. You’re going to be the death of

die happy,” she whispered, reaching for his

them above her head, hard enough

here,” he growled.

she

love you,”

“I love you too.

“Yeah?”

isn’t over. You

sank, but she shoved it aside. Morning could

the edge of the bed

move,” he said. Low. Rough.

as he unbuttoned his shirt one button at a time. The air

undone with that sharp

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