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 hide

thirties who’d

hard. “From what we can tell, they’ve

I’m surprised that he had the energy to even work.” Then Blair snorted. No, she wasn’t Dan was nothing compared to Roman

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

“Does Laura know?” Blair felt dirty… people like Dan they never stopped. If they got away with

isn’t something we

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wasn’t sure she deserved this public humiliation. Then again, maybe

“We have a lot to deal with

for her boring life to

with Peters and Ashley, Roman’s lawyer. Blair could see the surprise on some faces when she took a seat next to

Roman began, his voice commanding immediate attention. “Thank you all for adjusting your schedules. We have

nodded to Peters, who distributed folders to

the past three months, we’ve been investigating discrepancies in our financial reports,” Roman continued. “What we discovered was a systematic embezzlement scheme that has cost this company over two hundred thousand

Roman waited

been working together to steal from Kingston Industries: Dan Morris from Sales and Caroline Mitchell

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

over all the police needed to make their

termination issue,” Roman said gravely. “This is criminal activity. We will be pressing charges. Ashley has

type of publicity?”

eyes the man before looking around the table. “We need to show that Kingtons isn’t a company to mess with. We don’t sweep our messy under the

meeting continued as Roman outlined the investigation’s findings, the security measures being implemented to prevent future incidents, and the legal ramifications. Throughout it all, Blair remained composed, though she felt

asked her to

they were alone.

just shellshocked really. When you told me it was Dan, it just so… out–there.”