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?”

replied after a few words from the other end, his voice low. “I’ll

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

in bed, listening to the sound of Brian leaving the apartment and closing the door.

descended, he quietly said, “Mr. Howard, we might not make it

he had lost his mind.

he was the main organizer. Yet here he

mid–sentence. Reid closed his mouth and bowed his

looked

an hour,” he said firmly.

car Natalie had borrowed was hardly fit to be a toy

with due

a few days. Around 11:30 last night, a suspected signal appeared in this building for a few seconds between the sixth

screen. FireWing must have caught on to the hackers

was a ruse.

bunch of incompetents were

last night,”

“Will do!”