All Chapters of My Bastard Boss Wants Me In His Bed: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

~~ETHEL~~I used to think Maya was the freest person I knew.Maya did what she wanted, said what she wanted, and didn't care much about what people thought about it.But Sharon took that idea and launched it into the stratosphere.By the time we started walking back toward the rest of the house, I was slightly out of breath from laughing.She had spent the last twenty minutes telling me embarrassing childhood stories about Keanu.Apparently, Keanu once spent hours trying to convince their father that their dog could speak English and got hugely let down.Another time, he decided to cut his own hair because he thought the barber made him look like a mushroom. He hacked off chunks in the bathroom mirror and then tried to glue some of it back when he realized how bad it looked."Dad had to shave his head completely and he refused to leave the house for a week and wore a hoodie everywhere." She burst out laughing, and the image of Keanu completely bald made me join in.None of the stories

~~ETHEL~~"Because it was stolen by the bastard who murdered him in cold blood.""Keanu..." I sucked in a sharp breath as I stared at him in shock.I'd known that he lost his father ten years ago long before I even cared enough to know about him, but his father had been murdered?"I went to the cabin because we hadn't heard from him in three days. And there he was on the floor, stabbed four times in the abdomen." Keanu continued, his voice without inflection like he was reading an article. "The place had been ransacked. They stole the pendant and a few other valuables.""So he was killed during a robbery?" I asked carefully.He smiled. It was the kind of cold, wry smile that wasn't a smile at all."That's what the investigators concluded."I stared at him, the way he'd said it telling me everything. "You don't believe it was a robbery." I said more as a statement than a question. "You believe he was deliberately murdered."He didn't reply, but the tightening of his jaw gave me the ans

~~ETHEL~~We stayed connected while trying to catch our breaths. The night breeze had turned colder. I hadn't noticed it while Keanu was inside me, slamming into me hard enough to make the railing shake.Now it raked goosebumps along my arms and thighs, combined with the tremors still going through me.After what felt like too short a time, Keanu slowly pulled out. I sucked in a breath at the loss of him, my body still trembling as he turned me around to face him.His hand came up to cup my jaw before his mouth found mine. The kiss was nothing like the frantic one earlier.It was slower. Deeper. Tender in a way that caught me off guard.His tongue slid against mine, and heat rushed through me again when I tasted myself on him. My fingers curled into the front of his shirt. When he finally pulled away, his eyes were darker than usual.He reached down and carefully removed the condom before tucking himself back into his pants. I smoothed the skirt of my dress down out of instinct, thoug

~~ETHEL~~The incessant ringing of the doorbell pulled me from my hard-earned sleep. It kept ringing like the person wanted to break it.Groaning, I dragged myself out of bed and shuffled out of my room and to the door, still half asleep. When I opened it, Maya burst inside like a hurricane."Good morning, celebrity!"She held up a paper bag triumphantly. "I brought muffins and hot chocolate."I blinked. "What?"Maya was already dropping the bag on my coffee table and sinking into my two-seater couch."You are famous, Eth."She pulled out her phone and shoved it in my face. The screen was filled with a photo of me and Keanu stepping out of the car last night.My mouth almost dropped open. I knew the tabloids worked fast but not this fast. Then Maya cleared her throat dramatically and read from the screen."'Mystery Woman Appears at Keanu Martell's Side.'""Mystery woman?" I rolled my e

~~ETHEL~~A sharp pool of heat erupted in my belly and skittered south. "Keanu—""Have you eaten?" he asked, smoothly changing the subject."Maya brought muffins and hot chocolate."He raised an eyebrow. "That's not a meal." He looked around. "Where's your kitchen? I'll prepare something for us to eat."He began to move but I blocked his path. "You are not cooking in my kitchen.""Why not?""You're in my house now. It's my turn to cook for you."Interest flickered in his eyes. "Is that so?""Yes." I marched toward my small kitchen, very aware of him following behind me.The kitchen was barely big enough for one person, let alone two. Keanu filled the doorway, leaning against the frame as I started pulling out ingredients."How about you wait in the living room," I suggested. "It gets really hot and stuffy in here.""I like hot and stuffy," he muttered, his wandering eyes making me aware he wasn't only talking about the kitchen.He pulled up a stool and sat on it, staring at me expecta