Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 38

When Natalie got home, she was feeling tired again. The last couple of days had been rough with her relatives visiting. It was a recurring nightmare every time they showed up over the

past three years.

If it hadn’t been for Nate, she would have gladly stayed indoors the entire time.

She made herself a cup of hot chocolate to soothe her pains and crashed on the couch. As the warmth offered a faint comfort, she slipped into a restless sleep.

“…your guardian has to come, it’s mandatory,” the voice echoed in her hazy dreamn, transporting her back to when she was fifteen.

The teacher had been insistent. One of her parents had to show up.

“There’s no way I’m going to that parent–teacher conference. You’re not even a Wright anymore. Let your mom handle it.” came Samuel’s irritable voice over the phone.

Natalie gripped the receiver, her silence lasting a few seconds before she spoke, “My mom… she left the country a couple of days ago. It wouldn’t be right to ask Kenneth to go.”

Kenneth Howard now, isn’t she? He’s your dad now. Stop bugging me

to herself. She stepped out of the

booth?” a group of snickering girls from her

irk the girls, who took it as a slight. They couldn’t understand why Natalie, whose mother was rumored to be quite influential, didn’t have

with that guy for ten years without marrying him. What’s

mom nor her dad wants her. She doesn’t even

had let out early at four, and students had brought their parents back to the classrooms. Natalie, however,

she made her way towards

whispers and taunts

boarding student, Natalie would head home once a week. Her bag was so heavy it left red marks on her

cross to the bus stop on the other side,

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pulled up in front

in the back seat glanced at the girls behind Natalie before turning his attention to her and asked

seconds before softly calling out to the man,