Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 64

“Seriously, did you think some random fan who owes you nothing would go through hell and high water for you, without ratting you out?”

It was only now that Gracia realized Natalie was no longer the pushover they once manipulated

with ease.

Gracia had picked out a die–hard fan online, someone who always defended her, and contacted him. With a hefty sum of $200,000, she convinced the fan to take a run at Natalie. Even if they injured her, at worst, they’d serve a few years and then be out.

She assured the fan that she’d pull strings to get him out as soon as possible.

But who could have guessed he could crack so easily under questioning?

“Come here and apologize.” Natalie said, watching Gracia’s face turn ashen, and repeated the command.

“My patience is wearing thin. Or, let your mother apologize instead, that’ll do just fine.”

standing nearby, quivered with rage, pointing a shaking finger at her.

to Samuel, enunciating each syllable with a sense of finality. “If Gracia won’t apologize for me, then Lydia

scene when she was three, pushing open her parents‘ bedroom door

what it meant. But Natalie vividly recalled how that woman, now Mrs. Wright, Lydia,

divorce solely Audrey’s fault? Natalie never believed that.

only to drop her into another. It was tough for a divorced woman with a child to remarry, but Audrey never abandoned her. Audrey owed nothing to Samuel, and neither did Natalie.

offer a dime, nor did he visit. The moment Natalie said she lost

was

with Matthew nearby.

of disappointment and heartache. His greatest mistake in life was raising a worthless prodigal son who had turned a

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this disaster.

was certainly to blame, all enabled by Samuel’s indulgence. So any amount of