Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 43

“Brian, this is your son!” Natalie couldn’t fathom what had gotten into him, showing up in the dead of night to pick a fight. She furrowed her brows and tried to push him away.

It was the wee hours of the morning, and dawn had yet to break. Her cramps were so bad they haunted even her dreams.

He was abroad and it was inconvenient to deal with Nate’s issues, so Natalie kept Nate while he got cozy with Madelyn over there. Natalie promptly hung up the phone, sensibly stepping back. She believed she hadn’t done anything wrong!

“Yes! He’s mine!” Brian was through gritted teeth.

“So what gives you the right to come here and yell at me?” Natalie shot back without hesitation. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed Nate stir, seemingly roused by their argument.

Natalie immediately clamped her mouth shut and glanced over.

Thankfully, Nate was just uncomfortable in his sleep and had turned to hug his fluffy pillow, mumbling something before drifting back to dreamland. Until Nate was sound asleep again, neither of them made a sound.

After a while, Brian let go of Natalie and walked towards the living room.

Natalie watched his retreating figure, feeling a lump in her throat that made it hard to breathe.

in his hand, and sat down beside the

he was

her wrist. Natalie instinctively pulled away, but he

go of me!” she

looked ashen, lifting his

felt something wet touch her fingertip, followed by

cut,

the room once more.

a band–aid were gentle, reminiscent of the day he attended the parent–teacher

the m

her lips tightly together, enduring the

felt so utterly wretched and helpless that her fondness for

down, Brian raised his eyes to

eyes for a moment, and then his gaze dropped to

it was too late to dodge. She watched helplessly as he leaned in and kissed her. His domineering presence was overwhelming and his hand cradled the back of her neck, fingers entwined in her thick hair, leaving her

mind went