Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 32

Gavin had said he’d swing by, so Natalie left her door unlocked.

She waited with a sense of ease untii the prolonged silence behind her sparked a nerve. Something felt off.

She turned around, only to catch Brian leaning casually against the wall, his gaze fixed on her with an unreadable expression.

Despite bracing herself for any encounter with him, Natalie couldn’t help but shiver, instinctively taking a step back.

“Disappointed for my presence?” Brian’s voice cut through the tension, laced with a hint of mockery as his lips parted in a faint

sneer.

Natalie couldn’t recall when he had slipped in, silent as a shadow. The hotel’s partially open restroom had offered no clues, her focus having been on the running water and her reflection in the mirror. And then there was the voicemail she had sent to King. Had Brian heard that, too?

She remained quiet for a moment before responding in a low voice, “Please leave.”

does Gavin pay as he goes,

she was engaging in that sexual business? What did he

irritation. Pointing towards the door, she demanded with more force, “I said

her hand could retract, Brian grabbed it fiercely, pulling her towards him against

embrace, her other hand lashing out towards his face without a second

slap was dull,

brunt of it, and Natalie was momentarily

His eyes shimmered with scorn as

who had taught her. Now, she was using those very skills against

he gripped her waist tightly and lifted her

training with King’s security company, where even the toughest instructors had trouble with her agility. Yet, with Brian, she seemed to

captured both her hands with one of his, pinning them above her

were icy as

all. He was always cold, always biting, but never had he spoken such shamelessly vile words, never had he forced her to do anything she didn’t

at him,

with those eyes. I’m sick of it!” he snapped, taking a