Beneath Her Bastard Boss

Chapter 91

Chapter 91

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Blair leaned back in her office chair, rubbing her temples as she tried to focus on the reports in front of her. She’d been at it for hours, and the numbers were starting to blur together. Taking over her parents‘ company had been challenging but rewarding, and three months into her role as CEO, she was finally finding her feet.

Her phone buzzed with a text from Roman: Dinner tonight at 8. Don’t be late. I have news.

Blair smiled, typing back: Intriguing. Should I be worried?

His response came immediately: Only if you’re worried about how much I’m going to make you enjoy yourself afterward.

Heat crept up her neck as she read his message. Three months of marriage, and Roman still had the ability to make her

ush with just a few words.

Grinning.

Promises, promises, she texted back.

Setting her phone aside, Blair returned to the reports, but found her concentration slipping again. She’d been feeling off for the past few days… tired, slightly, and inexplicably emotional over the smallest things.

Probably just stress, she told herself. Running this business even with Roman’s help and excellent management teams was no small ask.

Her office phone buzzed. “Mrs. Kingston, your 2 o’clock is here,” her assistant let her know.

“Send them in, Rebecca,” Blair replied.

The meeting with potential designers went well, but Blair found herself fighting a wave of nausea halfway through. She managed to maintain her composure, impressing the young group of designers with her vision for Warner Industries‘ future, but the moment they left, she slumped in her chair, feeling exhausted.

“You okay, boss?” Rebecca asked as she stood in the doorway. “You look a little pale.”

“Just tired,” Blair assured her. “I might head out early today.”

Rebecca raised an eyebrow… Her had never left early before but nodded. “Your calendar is clear for the rest of the afternoon. Want me to call your car?”

“That would be great, thanks.”

As she packed up her things, Blair’s phone buzzed with a text from Sutton: Baby’s officially one week overdue. If this child doesn’t make an appearance soon, I’m not sure if my belly will stretch anymore.

Blair laughed, texting back: Stubborn like its mother. Hang in there. I’m here if you need me.

On the ride home, Blair found herself thinking about babies. Sutton was about to become a mother, and though the situation with Luca remained complicated, they had reached a place of cautious friendship, bound by their shared excitement for their child.

Blair had always wanted children, had always imagined herself as a mother someday. She and Roman hadn’t discussed timing specifically, but they both knew it was part of their future plans. They hadn’t always use a condom. Sometimes Roman used ones for entertainment purposes.

As the car pulled up to their home, Blair was hit with another wave of nausea. She barely made it inside before rushing to the nearest bathroom, emptying the contents of her stomach.

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she muttered, rinsing her mouth afterward. Maybe she was coming down

on the sofa, intending to rest for just a few minutes. When she next opened her eyes, the room was dark, and Roman was gently shaking her

Sleeping beauty?

groggily, disoriented. “I

as he sat beside her. “Rebecca said you weren’t feeling well. What’s

sitting up slowly. “And a little nauseous. I think I might be coming

hand to her forehead. “No

“Breakfast. I skipped lunch–the young designers‘ meeting

though he didn’t look entirely convinced. “Why don’t you freshen up while I order

“What was your

“It can wait until you’re

again. This time,

in the doorway, his expression now openly worried.

a bug,” Blair

Roman

his doctor, Roman hung up, looking slightly calmer. “He says it could be a virus,

allowed Roman to help her back to bed, grateful for his

presence.

he brought her, Blair watched Roman move around the bedroom, removing his tie and changing into more comfortable clothes. She loved these

what was your news?” she

who leaked that story about Peter’s arrest and how Blair

their wedding, a sensationalized version of the events surrounding Peter’s arrest had appeared in a gossip magazine.

encounters.

it?”

jaw tightening. “She sold

did,” Blair

“The story’s already out there, and taking legal action would just drag it all back into the spotlight. Besides, the article made you look like a

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public image. I don’t think it came out the way she

laughed weakly. “My public image. God, that’s weird to

“Get used to it, Mrs. Kingston. You’re

her nausea, Blair felt a rush of pride. She had come so far from the uncertain woman who had walked in on her fiancé cheating just

you thinking about?” Roman asked, noticing her pensive

how much has changed? How lucky

kiss to her forehead.

while Blair drifted in and out of sleep. When she woke the next morning, the nausea hit her immediately, sending

was right behind her, holding her hair back as she retched. “That’s

miserable to argue, Blair

doctor, a kind man in his fifties who had been

be a virus, but there’s another possibility

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