Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 55

Actually, it had been ages since she’d had a bowl of tomato soup. This was probably the first one she’d had since moving abroad.

Nobody knew her taste in food, so she’d long become accustomed to making do.

[Mission start.] Chowing down on her meal with one hand, she shot a message to King’s butler with the other. [Get ready.]

Brian had just finished tucking Nate Into bed after his bath and came out to find Natalie’s fingers dancing across her laptop keyboard at lightning speed. The screen was angled away from him, its light reflecting off her face.

Minutes later, Natalie snapped the laptop shut and got up to clear the dishes.

He stood in the doorway, watching her turn and head to the kitchen.

After a few seconds, he walked over to Natalie’s laptop, flipped it open, and took a peek.

He knew her password, a string of complex numbers. Sure enough, the laptop sprung to life.

What he saw was the game page she hadn’t logged out of.

top of the page, a banner scrolled, “BackOffMyBabe‘, Congratulations to you on a five–game

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computer games just like she had been for years. Back when she didn’t have her laptop, she’d always curl up in his armchair, sneakily playing games on his desktop, cracking every new password he

Brian got used to it and an unspoken rule was established in the house. No one

game. The desktop was immaculate, adorned with

it, then, out of some mixture of

had said Natalie seemed off.

couldn’t help but wonder about her. But her computer was clean,

hacker who lived on the sixth floor was a more

the kitchen doorway, holding a plate of neatly sliced fruit.

calmly, as if it didn’t bother her in the slightest that he’d touched her

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the shower, Natalie switched to her FireWing account and messaged the client who

My boss is not in the condition to proceed)

second later, she heard Brian’s phone buzz from

the frosted glass as