Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 69

“If you’re so keen on flirting, I can give you a small lesson,” he said, darkening his gaze as he leaned in and whispered to Natalie.

Natalie couldn’t help but frown. “It’s just a colleague, nothing more than a chat between actors from the same cast.”

“Is that so?” Brian curved his lips into a faint and mocking smile as he looked at her.

It was clear from the sarcastic and cold glint in his eyes that he didn’t buy her explanation.

She fell silent for a few seconds, gripping her yogurt container tightly, trying to hold back her frustration as she said firmly, “Brian, he’s not at fault, and you have no right to punish him.”

“I don’t need someone else to tell me that,” he replied, his gaze never leaving hers.

Natalie knew he was serious, and she felt a pang of dread for the male actor.

The more she tried to defend someone else, the angrier Brian seemed to get.

Biting her lip, she held his gaze in a tense silence. A cocktail of urgency and annoyance brewed within her, but she found herself at a loss for what to do next. Suddenly, she turned on her heel and walked toward the trash can, tossing the yogurt container forcefully inside.

didn’t want her to drink it,

spare the innocent actor, she was willing to compromise. No matter how Brian chose to torment her,

teeth as she said. softly.

mouth, he straightened

her slender body in shadow. “Natalie, it would be so much better if you just learned to behave,”

you are

know my place,” Natalie

had signed a one–year contract with Brian. It was

much she hated being indebted to anyone. He had all her

also well aware

outwardly to compromise.

whispering in her ear, “How do you know there wasn’t something in that drink he

eyes briefly, steeling herself before replying, “I’ll be careful not

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I didn’t plan on drinking it anyway. I don’t

put on an act. It was her profession, after