Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 49

Natalic slipped through the door, ready to gently wake up Nate when the teacher pulled her aside and whispered, “Nate had a bit of a fever this afternoon. We couldn’t reach you, so I gave him some fever reducer.”

Natalie paused, surprised, “He was fine this morning, what happened?”

“It might’ve been during the after–school activities. The kids were playing with water guns, and Nate didn’t have a change of clothes. The caretaker didn’t get to him in time to switch into dry clothes and he caught a chill,” the teacher said with a hint of guilt in her voice. “But after the medicine, he’s been better. We’ve checked his temperature three times and the fever’s gone.”

Natalie reached out cautiously and felt Nate’s forehead. It wasn’t as hot as before.

“Thanks for taking care of him,” she said gratefully.

Nate was sleeping deeply. With the medicine having taken effect, it didn’t stir as Natalie carried him to the car.

Arriving at Prestige Penthouses, Natalie discovered a power outage.

“What’s going on?” she asked the security guard.

five and are still underway, we’ve lost power. It may be at least another half an hour before it can be restored.

back at Nate, whose cheeks seemed to be getting redder. There was nothing in the car to

she decided to take the emergency stairs. They

against hers, but not overly

managed to open his eyes and flashed a weak smile. “Lady… we’re

something else before settling back into sleep against Natalie’s shoulder.

feared being neglected

stirring a sense of pity. Perhaps the Howard family

ninth floor, Natalie heard a sound from one of the stairwell

in the stairwell gave Natalie an uneasy feeling,

instincts told her something

quickly, she turned to head back down. Every three floors there was a utility room. The sixth

hand suddenly grabbed her from behind. Startled, she reacted instantly, grabbing and twisting the intruder’s hand with enough force to

next second, however, she was pushed hard