Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 44

“How long has it been?” he asked, his brow furrowed and his voice grave.

Never before had Natalie been so grateful for her period. Even the usual discomfort seemed trivial now.

“Two days,” she replied tersely, pressing her lips together.

His aura turned stormy in an instant. Even without seeing his face clearly, Natalie could feel the irritation radiating off him.

Just then, his phone buzzed in the pocket of the discarded clothes nearby, indicating an incoming call. Seeing that he made no move, Natalie bit the bullet and nudged, “Your phone.”

Brian wasn’t deaf. He waited for the phone to ring a second time before he yanked it out, barely containing his fury.

He was about to shut it off, but as he glimpsed the caller ID, he paused.

After a fleeting look at Natalie, he draped the blanket back over her and stood up, walking towards the living room.

Although he took the call out on the balcony, Natalie could still faintly hear a woman’s voice on

the line, “Brian?”

the other end,

after a moment of silence, looked back towards the bedroom. “Next Monday, come to my office to sign the

lay in bed, listening to the sound of Brian leaving the apartment and closing the door. She let out a

the rear car door downstairs. As Brian descended, he quietly said, “Mr. Howard, we might not make it in time. Should we delay

he had

half a year was set to begin, and he was the main organizer. Yet here he was, having flown back from abroad, all

Reid closed his mouth and bowed his head.

car, Brian looked up at the tenth–floor

back an hour,” he

The cheap car Natalie had borrowed was hardly fit to be a toy for Nate.

with

signal appeared in this building for a few

to the hackers following him, leaving such an obvious trace. Even without thinking hard, Brian

was a ruse.

incompetents were played by FireWing.

last night,” he

“Will do!”