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

with a sense of finality. “If Gracia

was three, pushing open her parents‘ bedroom door

it meant. But Natalie vividly recalled how that woman, now Mrs. Wright, Lydia, had slapped her face, threatening her to never tell

solely Audrey’s fault? Natalie never believed

drop her into another. It was tough for a divorced woman with a child to remarry, but Audrey never abandoned her. Audrey owed nothing

surgery. Samuel didn’t offer a dime, nor did he visit. The moment Natalie said she lost the child, he blocked her number without a

Natalie, this family was the

with

full of disappointment and heartache. His greatest mistake in life was raising a worthless

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into this disaster.

Lydia was certainly to blame, all enabled by Samuel’s indulgence.