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.”

and scooped him up, cleaning the tears on his cheeks. “Tell

wouldn’t even glance at Madelyn as

form, noticing how much more articulate he seemed than

you sent him out because of that?” Brian’s brows

prone to them. I just asked him

and Brian never tolerated deceit from any of

had no reason to fabricate stories about

with Madelyn. “Do you understand?” “Brian, I didn’t…” Madelyn began, but she could see he was pissed and tried to explain more quietly, “You know how I’ve been with Nate.

liar or it’s you, I believe this manor is no longer a

when she got pregnant out of wedlock. Her boyfriend

Chapter 101

Smith, had vanished in a plane crash and was still

child, and the Harris family, ashamed, turned her away. Alone and destitute, living in a company dorm without even the money for an abortion, Brian had pitied her. He’d paid for the

declarations of presumed death. Madelyn always insisted that she felt Robert was still with her and that she’d wait for him forever if