In Bed With Her Shithead Boss (By Ellie Wynters) novel Chapter 267

She closed her eyes, exhaustion washing over her in waves.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Blair asked gently.

They were seated around Keira's small dining table, steaming mugs of tea before them. Roman had left after dropping them off, sensing the sisters needed time alone. Blair had told Roman they would get a taxi later.

Keira wrapped her hands around her mug, absorbing its warmth. "There's nothing to talk about. We got kidnapped, we got rescued, end of story."

Sutton raised an eyebrow. "And Prince Alexei?"

"He was there for me," Keira said, focusing on her tea. It wasn't a lie, just not the whole truth. "I wanted to thank him."

Blair and Sutton exchanged another of those looks that made Keira want to scream.

"What?" she demanded.

"Nothing," Blair said. "It's just... you seem different."

"I was kidnapped, Blair. That tends to change a person." But she knew what Blair meant… She had always been the smart mouthed one with the quick comebacks. Right now, the stuffing seemed to be knocked out of her and not surprising really.

"That's not what I meant." Blair reached across the table, covering Keira's hand with her own. "You don't have to tell us everything now. But when you're ready, we're here."

Keira felt tears prick her eyes. The urge to confess everything was overwhelming… how Alexei had tried to protect her, how if she hadn't been part of a wealthy family she might not have been so lucky, how they'd found comfort in each other's arms, how for a few hours in that horrible place, she'd felt something real with him. But the words wouldn't come. They may never come.

How could she explain something she barely understood herself? Especially now, with Alexei locked away behind guards.

"I'm just tired," she said finally. "And confused. And... and I don't know what happens next."

"You don't have to figure it all out today," Sutton said softly.

"But your job—" Blair started.

"I don't have a job anymore," Keira interrupted. "Alexei fired me." That was another thing she needed to talk to him about. She hadn't meant to blurt that out it had just happened.

Her sisters stared at her, shocked.

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