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.

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

quiet woman in her thirties who’d been with the company for

“From what we can tell, they’ve

cheating on Laura and me… unbelievable. I’m surprised that he had the energy to even work.” Then Blair snorted. No, she wasn’t Dan was nothing compared to Roman

receipts. It’s been

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

she will after today’s meeting. This isn’t something we can keep quiet.

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silent, thinking about Laura. As much as her cousin had hurt her, Blair wasn’t sure she deserved this public humiliation. Then again, maybe it was karma. Blair did feel for their

finally. “We

for her boring life

Ashley, Roman’s lawyer. Blair could see the

commanding immediate attention. “Thank you all for adjusting your schedules. We have an urgent matter

Peters, who distributed folders to everyone

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

the room. Roman waited for them to

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

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

over all the police needed to

is criminal activity. We will be pressing charges. Ashley has prepared all the

of publicity?” One of the board

eyes the man before looking around the table. “We need to show that Kingtons isn’t a company to

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 the weight of everyone’s eyes on her. They all knew

concluded, Roman asked her to stay

he asked once they were alone. Pulling her close and

it was Dan, it just so… out–there.” Blair assured him. “What