Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 19

“I messed up this time. I owe her an apology!” Gracia said with tears in her eyes.

“An apology won’t cut it.” Natalie’s lips curled into a faint, cold smirk as she glanced at Gracia.

She’d seen enough of Gracia’s slick–talking since they were kids to know what to expect.

The bracelet was broken anyway, and she would love to see how they would explain it to the Howard family.

Lydia and Gracia were like two folks who shot themselves in the foot – absolutely absurd.

“Maybe I should call the Howard family on behalf of my dear sister, trying to smooth things over?” Natalie hooked her mouth in a sardonic smile at Gracia and whispered. “After all, it’s just a bracelet. Mr. Howard could give you something worth a fortune without a second thought, so this little trinket is no big deal, right?”

“Who the hell do you think you are to call the Howard family?” Lydia snapped, her face red with anger and embarrassment.

has nothing to do with me.” Natalie said as she waved her phone at them. “I’ve recorded everything. Don’t try to pin this on me later.” With that, she turned and stormed back to her room, slamming the

his gaze from the scene and looked at Lydia and Gracia, his face

Gracia to wear the bracelet to Nate’s

explain this to the Howard family

his voice a hushed urgency.

turned ghostly pale, and she clutched Lydia’s arm in panic. “Mom, what do we do? Brian’s going to be

Samuel pointed at Gracia with a stern voice. “Figure out your story before you come downstairs!” With that, Samuel stormed off to meet Brian, trying to

incident just happened. Brian

at Natalie’s closed door. She lowered her voice and said, “Just insist that Natalie is to blame,

lit up. Indeed, Brian would

was already

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sat beside him, visibly uneasy, his palms

so intense that even without speaking, everyone