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.

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

her thirties who’d been with the company for years.

was hard. “From what we can tell, they’ve been having

disbelieving laugh. “Are you serious? Dan was cheating on Laura and me… unbelievable. I’m surprised that he had the energy to even work.” Then Blair snorted. No, she wasn’t

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

her head, processing this new information. “Does Laura know?” Blair felt dirty… people like Dan they never stopped. If

we can keep quiet. Dan and

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thinking about Laura. As much as her cousin had hurt her, Blair wasn’t sure she deserved

she said finally. “We have a

her boring life

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

“Thank you all for

who distributed folders to everyone

financial reports,” Roman continued. “What we discovered was

rippled through the room. Roman waited for them to

is conclusive. Two employees have been working together to steal from Kingston Industries: Dan Morris from Sales

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

over all the police needed

“This is criminal activity. We will be pressing charges. Ashley has

of publicity?”

show that Kingtons isn’t a company to mess with. We don’t sweep our messy under the

measures being implemented to prevent future incidents, and the legal ramifications. Throughout it all, Blair remained composed, though she felt

meeting concluded, Roman asked her to stay behind as the others

once they were alone. Pulling her close

me it was Dan, it just so… out–there.” Blair