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?”

from the other end, his

after a moment of silence, looked back towards the bedroom. “Next Monday,

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

quietly said, “Mr. Howard, we might not make it in time. Should we delay the

like he had lost

year was set to begin, and he was the main organizer. Yet here he was, having flown

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

into the car, Brian looked up at the tenth–floor window.

it back an hour,” he

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

responded with

Around 11:30 last night, a suspected signal appeared in this building for a few

on the screen. FireWing must have caught on to the hackers following him, leaving such an obvious trace. Even without

was a ruse.

bunch of incompetents were played by

building last night,” he commanded, tossing

“Will do!”