Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 29

The staff whispered back, “Only a bit part really, not clear on the details. All I know is it might have something to do with the trending topics these past few days…”

“A bunch of losers!” Gracia retorted, delivering a resounding slap across her agent’s face, “Five million can’t fix it, then what about- ten million? Is scrubbing from the trending list that hard?!”

She had been resting for nearly two months now, not a single script had come her way. Among the rising young starlets, she was the only one with such a gaping hole in her schedule!

Rumors were swirling that Brian was done with her. With all sorts of gossip and insinuations, even whispers implying that she had a penchant for seducing directors, the Howard family looked down on her as dirty. The rumors were detailed and damaging. Finally, she had gotten her hands on a script from a high–profile director, a chance to make her mark. If this opportunity slipped through her fingers, the consequences could be dire!

“The server at Twitter is acting up or something. They couldn’t pull it off and the five million was refunded. It’s not like we didn’t communicate well enough!” Her agent stammered, clutching his reddened face. “And it’s been three days…”

For three days, the tide of public opinion had turned irreversibly negative.

Through the slightly open door, Natalie caught a glimpse of Gracia in her frenzied state, then turned away to pull out her phone and head for the elevator.

through her contacts, she was about to message King when he beat her to it, [Did you ace the audition?] [Of course.] Natalie paused, then shot back, [Was the trending topic on Gracia your

family was even stronger than hers. He couldn’t bear to see Natalie slighted in the slightest. After a while, King’s profile picture dimmed,

to step into the elevator, a child’s

with a pair of innocent and clear orbs. She recognized him almost

son.

same mold. His face was a perfect echo of Brian’s from the time they first met over a decade

her reaction. As the elevator doors opened, she

running, his little feet carrying him toward Natalie. But it was a

Nate thought, “The lady I just saw and the one in Daddy’s

front of the closed elevator doors, Nate murmured to himself, a mix

she be Mommy? Or just

from her agent, inviting her to dinner with some executives from the production company that evening. Gavin was expected to attend, along

got herself ready ahead of time, and

was a sprightly young woman in her mid–twenties with a sweet appearance and a no–nonsense attitude. Her name was Rosie, cute and fitting. It seemed Gavin