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

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

“From what we can tell,

cheating on Laura and me… unbelievable. I’m surprised that he had

hotel receipts.

know?” Blair felt dirty… people like Dan they never stopped. If they got

isn’t something we can keep quiet. Dan and Caroline will be charged

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Chapter 87

Blair wasn’t sure she deserved this

finally. “We have

boring

and Ashley, Roman’s lawyer. Blair could see the surprise on some faces when she took

morning,” Roman began, his voice commanding immediate attention. “Thank you all for adjusting your

to Peters, who distributed folders to

“What we discovered was

the room. Roman waited for them to subside

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

summoned to a separate meeting that would start in thirty minutes. A meeting where they would be confronted with the evidence and fired, then escorted from the building while the police were

the police needed to

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

need this type of publicity?” One of the board members

the table. “We need to show that Kingtons isn’t a company to mess

the legal ramifications. Throughout it all, Blair remained composed,

to stay behind as the others

they were alone. Pulling her close and kissing

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