Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 1

“Natalie Wright!”

The sharp bark of her name jolted Natalie awake, and her eyes snapped open to meet a pair of brooding, dark eyes.

She blinked, disoriented for a few seconds, before realizing where she was.

Brian Howard’s gaze fell on her petite figure, and his pupils contracted sharply. Without a word, he grabbed a blanket and tossed it at her.

Natalie scrambled beneath the covers, her clear eyes quickly misting with tears.

She watched Brian rise from the bed, his back to her as he strode into the bathroom. Feeling adrift, she managed to utter a single word, “Brian…”

Her voice trailed off as Brian’s icy stare cut through her. “Brian?” His tone was too cold, too cutting, and Natalie’s heart skipped a beat, prompting her to correct herself hastily, “Mr. Howard…”

power outage. Brian dragged her into his room before she could make sense of it. She wasn’t sure if he was drunk or what, but she could smell a faint hint of

a blur, a

sight of a long, bloody gash across Brian’s muscular

look, Brian turned, grabbed her chin with a fierce grip, and growled, “Natalie, do you think you can win me

began to protest. But her plea was cut short by the look of distaste that

met his unguarded expression,

of the housekeeper, Sadie,

shirt, his voice commanding. “Put

her to leave with the house full of people,

clutched at Brian’s arm, pleading softly,

off her hand with a force that sent her tumbling back onto the bed, his face a mask of frost. “Natalie, you’re

stung more than the physical

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she was a child, she couldn’t understand or intervene in her parents‘ affairs. She only remembered begging them not to divorce, but they did