Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 101

Brian’s gaze held a weight that made Madelyn squirm, her quilt making it impossible for her to meet his eyes.

“Why was he playing outside alone?” Brian’s voice broke the silence after a few seconds of contemplation.

Madelyn fumbled for words, her reply barely above a whisper, “I… I was preoccupied with Sofia’s trouble, and I just… I took my eyes off him, and he wandered off!”

As she spoke, her face was a canvas of remorse.” Sorry, it’s my fault. I should have watched Nate better!”

“You’re lying!” Nate’s little face flushed with anger as he accused.

Madelyn panicked and quickly turned to Brian for support. “Brian, you have to believe me. It was an honest mistake. Nate’s never gotten into trouble when he’s been with me before. It was just a lapse, I swear!”

Brian’s eyes held a complex mixture of emotions as he stared at her. After a moment’s pause, he spoke in a softer tone. “Don’t interrupt. Let Nate tell the story.”

struggled to get down until Brian bent over and scooped him up, cleaning

said I was noisy and annoying.” Nate wouldn’t even glance at Madelyn as he buried his face in Brian’s neck and mumbled.

gaze fixed on Nate’s small form, noticing how much more

because of that?” Brian’s brows furrowed as

She gestured frantically, “I had a bit of a migraine. You know I’m prone to them. I just asked him to keep it down. I didn’t say he was being annoying!”

Brian never tolerated deceit from any of

reason to

but she could see he was pissed and tried to explain more quietly,

it’s you, I believe this manor is no longer a fitting place for you,” Brian cut her off frostily.

down when she got pregnant

Chapter 101

in a plane crash and

abortion, Brian had pitied her. He’d paid for the procedure and offered her refuge to shelter from the storm until Robert returned, thinking that was what he could do for

stopped searching for Robert despite official declarations of presumed death. Madelyn always insisted that she felt