Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 54

Brian stopped mid–sentence and rummaged through a bag nearby, pulling out a bottle of fever. reducer that Reid had brought, the kind Nate always took. He poured a cap of the reducer and coaxed Nate to drink it down.

Nate clung to Brian’s neck, listless for a while, but regained some energy.

“Tonight, we’re having a steaming soup,” Brian said, turning to look at Natalie with a low voice.

Natalie helped set the table and took a seat opposite Brian and his son. She didn’t touch her utensils for a long while, her eyes glued to her phone under the table.

Brian glanced at her twice and asked, “Why aren’t you eating?”

Natalie simply silenced her phone, flipped it over, and laid it on the table.

Nina had been bombarding her with video calls on King’s phone and even sent a photo of King lying in bed with bandages covered in blood. King must have sustained severe injuries.

“I’m not very hungry.” Natalie managed a weak smile and responded to Brian.

If Brian ended up staying at her place, it would be a disaster. For starters, she had another job to finish in the next few days, and she couldn’t make her moves under Brian’s watchful eye.

know why King was so badly hurt. He hadn’t told her and she was a bit

next minute, all smiles and business as usual. He must be

was truly anxious..

a couple of potato pieces from the soup. and dropped them into her

favorite was the potato slices in the

enough of them.

steaming soup. She

Natalie said, unable to resist any longer. After a single

her rush out and close the balcony door behind her, darkening

in Natalie’s direction for a bit, then

mouth, “Can’t you see that she doesn’t care about us? Why did you still go out of your way to find her address to please her? Was it any use when she was in trouble?

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words dripped with

Nate didn’t quite understand the meaning behind

seconds, and then asked, “Has

his head and pointed first to