Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 78

“Of course I have,” the other party said with a sly grin, “but…”

Brian’s eyes narrowed with irritation at the words.

The guy was notoriously shady, never playing by the rules. It seemed he was planning to exploit FireWing’s reputation to gouge Brian for a hefty sum.

But Brian didn’t play that game. He didn’t like anyone strong–arming him.

Without letting the man finish, Brian reached out and pressed the ground floor button on the elevator.

As the door on the ground floor reopened, Brian didn’t wait for the man’s pleas, stepping out briskly. He had no taste for these tiresome verbal chess matches. Anyone who had dealt with him knew that.

“Mr. Howard! Look at this!” Reid called out just as Brian approached the revolving doors. handing over his phone.

Frowning, Brian stared at the blinking red dot on Reid’s screen.

missing for a full day and night,

to the tracker, she was then mere blocks

was to a city hundreds of miles

of caution and counter–surveillance was

had joined the crew, Brian had taken advantage of her sleeping to implant a stealth tracking bug in her phone. Once her phone was on, he could pinpoint her exact location. As Brian

of muffled, deafening explosions erupted

market, Natalie snapped her laptop shut, pulled the SIM card from her phone, wiped down her equipment to clear any fingerprints, and stood up. Casually, she tossed the still–warm laptop

reached the curb, ten minutes had passed.

of curiosity as

him a Tetris handheld game. “Nina has been hounding

her phone, planning to download some classic pixelated games on the road to load onto

Chapter 78

alarm blared from the speakers when her phone connected

look. “Even the best hackers get hit sometimes, Got a virus on your phone you didn’t notice?”

processes on her phone, spotting an unknown program pathway.