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.

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

knew her a quiet woman in her thirties who’d been with the company for years. “Why

“From what we can

Dan was cheating on Laura and me… unbelievable. I’m surprised that he had the energy to even work.”

receipts. It’s been going on for

this new information. “Does Laura know?” Blair felt dirty… people like

yet. But she will after today’s meeting. This isn’t something we

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

finally. “We

boring life

tense when Blair and Roman arrived. The executive team was already assembled, along with Peters and Ashley, Roman’s lawyer. Blair could see

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

who distributed folders to everyone

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

Roman waited for them to subside before

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

that would start in thirty

already handed over all the police needed to make their

criminal activity. We will be pressing charges. Ashley has

we really need this type of publicity?”

“We need to show that Kingtons isn’t a

it all, Blair remained composed, though she felt the

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

were alone. Pulling her

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