Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 100

Afterward, he grabbed a couple of toys from the side and walked out the front door without a backward glance.

Madelyn enjoyed the peace, casually shutting the door behind her and leaving Nate outside.

Listening to the door slam behind him, Nate fiddled with the toy wand in his hands and pouted, muttering. “Natalie, I miss you. But you don’t like me anymore…”

With that, he reached up to clean his tears.

It had been days since he’d seen Natalie, and Nate missed her so much that he would cry at night. Natalie used to tell him bedtime stories, sing him to sleep, and help him brush his teeth, wash his face, get dressed, and put on his shoes in the morning.

But Brian said Natalie had been too busy to look after him lately, so Nate had to endure it.

He played with the wand one–handed, contemplating how to find an excuse to see Natalie again. when the wand suddenly flew out of his grasp and landed in a nearby dense rose bush.

“Aw, man!” Nate frowned, scanning the surroundings. There wasn’t a servant in sight in the garden.

the stairs and started searching for his wand among

but a crimson velvet box in the corner

that?” he whispered, making his

tripped over some tangled roots and

with worry, and Nate was crying so hard that his eyes were swollen. with dried blood on his

scooped Nate into his arms and gave his shin a quick look before turning and grabbing the family doctor by the collar, demanding in

leg open.” explained Dr. Benjamin Morales, unfazed by Brian’s intense concern for his son.

the cuts are

time?” Brian couldn’t help

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two servants were upstairs cleaning. Nobody saw how Mr. Nate fell in,” Sadie replied tearfully.

had transferred Sadie to this residence because she was meticulous and always

packed away his medical kit and shot Brian a meaningful look.

fault. Benjamin thought the issue lay with Madelyn.

and the other servants, only Madelyn and Nate were downstairs then, so. she must know