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?”

few words from the other end,

towards the bedroom.

and closing the

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

like he had lost his mind.

been planning for half a year was set to begin, and he was the main organizer.

Brian stopped Reid mid–sentence. Reid closed his mouth and bowed his

getting into the car, Brian looked up at the tenth–floor

back an hour,” he

a car service for Natalie to take Nate.” The cheap car Natalie had borrowed was hardly

with

appeared in this building for a few seconds between the sixth and

at the blinking red dot on the screen. FireWing must have caught on to the hackers following him,

was a ruse.

were played by FireWing.

building last night,”

“Will do!”