《My Bastard Boss Wants Me In His Bed》全部章節：第 51 章 - 第 60 章

~~ETHEL~~ My heart raced as Keanu's footsteps approached the study. If he hadn't told me anything about Maura, it was because he thought it was none of my business. And now I had invaded his privacy. It took me a couple of seconds to find the gap in the bookshelf. I shoved the picture frame in just as the study door pushed open. Keanu entered, still magnificently naked. "You disappeared on me." His gaze settled on me. "What are you doing here?" "Uh, I..." I swallowed, forcing a smile. "I just came down to get some coffee and thought I would check out your home office since I've never seen it. I hope you don't mind." He didn't respond immediately. Instead, he took a slow step forward. Then another. "Find anything interesting?" My hands tightened around the cup as I tried to keep my fingers from twitching. "No... I mean, it's very beautiful and you have so many books, but I didn't see anything else." I wanted to punch myself. Why did I have to add that last part? "Nothi

~~ETHEL~~ All the way through the drive back to the penthouse, I stared out the window, Sharon's words echoing in my head. 'The love of his life.' 'He pushed her away.' 'Found her in bed with Nikolai.' 'Hasn't let anyone close since.' 'Until you.' 'He looked at you the way he used to look at her.' I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but I felt like doing both. Whatever way Sharon thought Keanu looked at me, it certainly wasn't with the pure adoration that had been on his face in that photograph with Maura. It had been the look of a man in love. A look that was never going to be directed at me. Not that I wanted it to be. What we had was just an arrangement, completely different from what he'd had with Maura. I stared at the ring on my finger, the ring Keanu had given to me to fool everyone into believing that he wanted to spend his life with me. Had he given a similar ring to Maura? Or an even fancier one? Had it fitted her finger as perfectly as it fitted mine?

~~KEANU~~ I went still, my hand curling into a fist on top of the file. I could feel my jaw tighten, my teeth grinding together. Ten years ago. I knew exactly what he was talking about. That period when I'd been a complete idiot, utterly consumed by a woman. "That is different," I said, my voice hard. Edwards opened his mouth, but I cut him off before he could say anything else. "Drop it." Edwards didn't miss a beat. "Understood." Slowly, I unclenched my fist and relaxed my jaw. "There's something else," he said, his voice shifting back to business as he reached into the inner pocket of his suit jacket and pulled out a smaller folder. "On the other case." My attention sharpened. "What did you find?" Edwards opened the folder, sliding a document toward me. "Stephen Martell has at least three burner phones. Possibly more. Two weeks ago, he received a call on one of them. The call lasted two minutes." My hands were steady as I picked up the document, but I could fe

~~ETHEL~~I sat beside Keanu at a table tucked into a private room, my tablet balanced on my lap as I took notes. Across from us sat Senator Richardson and his chief of staff, both men in their fifties.We were at a members-only club restaurant. Everything was exclusive, including the people who were allowed here. It was the kind of place someone like me could never set foot in until they were with someone as powerful as Keanu Martell.Keanu had first played golf with the men— and of course he was good at it, like everything else—before we'd finally come to the restaurant to talk business."The permits are already in motion," Senator Richardson was saying. "Once Martell Corporation selects the primary contractor, we can fast-track the environmental assessments and zoning approvals."Keanu leaned back in his chair, completely at ease. "And the opposition from the local municipalities?""Minimal." The senator smiled. "Most of them are on board with the job creation. The few holdouts can

~~ETHEL~~I took one more step closer, and his hand shot out, grabbing my wrist and pulling me between his legs."You're such a tease," he growled, his hands sliding up my bare thighs."I'm just modeling the clothes like you asked.""Bullshit." His fingers hooked into the sides of the panties. "You're trying to drive me insane.""Is it working?"Instead of answering, he spun me around and pulled me down across his lap, my stomach against his thighs, my ass in the air."Keanu!" I gasped. "What are you—"His hand came down on my ass with a sharp smack. The sound echoed in the quiet room as pleasure and pain radiated from where he'd hit me."That's for being a tease," he said.He spanked me again, harder this time, and I bit my lip to keep from moaning."Anyone could hear us," I protested weakly."Then you'd better be quiet." Another spank, this one making me squirm. "Or do you want them to know what we're doing in here?"His hand came down again and again, each slap sending heat straigh