Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Blair woke up feeling unusually energetic. Yesterday’s confrontation with Jessica had left her with a sense of closure she hadn’t realized she needed. If anything, she had been more of a problem for Roman than her. Blair just hated bitches, and Jessica had been a huge one.

The look on Jessica’s face when she realized she’d been outmaneuvered was something Blair would treasure for a long time

to come.

Roman was already up, sitting at the edge of the bed, reading something on his tablet. God, he was sexy and all hers. He looked up when he felt her stirring.

“Good morning, warrior princess,” he said with a smirk. “Sleep well?”

“Like a rock.” Blair stretched, enjoying the pleasant soreness in her muscles…a sweet reminder of how thoroughly Roman had “shown his pride” in her actions the night before. “What time is it?”

“Just after seven.” Roman set his tablet aside. “We should head in early today. The board meeting’s been moved up to nine.”

Blair sat up, suddenly alert. “Did something happen?”

“Peters identified our thief.” Roman’s expression was grim. “It’s worse than we thought, so I moved the meeting forward.”

“Who is it?” Blair asked, slipping out of bed naked before reaching for her robe.

Roman watched her. “Dan.”

Blair froze. “Dan? Are you sure, Dan?” He wasn’t smart enough for this.

Roman nodded. “Sutton found the trail. He’s been siphoning funds through a series of shell accounts for months. Small amounts gradually increasing. The total is over two hundred thousand dollars.”

“I can’t believe it,” Blair said, though somehow she wasn’t entirely surprised. “Actually, no, I can believe it. He always did live beyond his means, and Laura doesn’t come cheap.”

“There’s more,” Roman said, his tone darkening. “He didn’t act alone.”

Blair’s stomach dropped. “Who?” She had known… Dan could be charming and talk the talk, but he just wasn’t smart enough to pull something like this off.

the finance department. A woman named Caroline Mitchell. She’s been helping him

who’d been with the company for years. “Why would

“From what we can tell, they’ve been

Dan was cheating on Laura and me… unbelievable. I’m surprised that he had the energy to even work.” Then Blair snorted. No,

Peters has evidence–emails, hotel receipts. It’s been going

dirty… people like Dan they never stopped. If they got

will after today’s meeting. This isn’t something we can keep quiet. Dan and Caroline

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she deserved this public humiliation. Then again, maybe it was

she said finally. “We have a lot to

boring life to

Blair and Roman arrived. The executive team was already assembled, along with Peters and Ashley, Roman’s lawyer. Blair could see the surprise on some faces when she took a seat next to Roman rather than her usual position slightly behind

attention. “Thank you all for

to Peters, who distributed folders to

past three months, we’ve been investigating discrepancies in our financial reports,” Roman continued. “What we

room. Roman waited

have been working together to steal from Kingston Industries: Dan Morris from Sales

been summoned to a separate meeting that would start in thirty minutes. A meeting where they

had already handed over all the police

activity. We

really need this type of publicity?” One of the

to show that Kingtons

continued as Roman outlined the investigation’s findings, the security measures being implemented to prevent future incidents, and the legal ramifications. Throughout it all,

Roman asked her to stay

asked once they were alone. Pulling

When you told me it was Dan, it just so…