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.

expressed with regret, “Due to urgent repairs that began at five and are still underway, we’ve lost power. It may be at least another half an hour before it can be restored.

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

take the emergency stairs. They lived on the tenth floor, which wasn’t too high.

was warm against hers, but not overly

Nate managed to open his eyes and flashed a

something else before settling back into sleep

Nate feared being

stirring a sense of pity.

floor, Natalie heard a sound from one of

gave Natalie an uneasy feeling, prompting her

her a target, and her instincts told her something

back down. Every three floors there was a utility room. The sixth might

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

the next second, however, she was