Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 107

“Didn’t the studio give you some time off?” Brian retorted, his gaze challenging.

Natalie couldn’t help but frown, lifting her eyes to meet his.

So, he knew Natalie didn’t want him around, so what was the point of insisting?

“I have my dignity, you know. I have plans for the future, like getting married someday,” Natalie replied. Her voice was barely above a whisper as she inhaled deeply.

“And don’t forget we’re at a preschool where a hundred judgmental parents are watching. What would they think of you, Brian, a man of your stature, being with someone like me? Nate would be the target of every gossip.”

“You think they’d dare say anything?” Brian’s expression was unreadable as he locked eyes

with her.

“You have no idea. Some of the kids in the class have been taunting Nate. What makes you

think they wouldn’t?” Natalie’s mouth twisted in disdain.

a nearby kiddie stool, and firmly grasped Natalie’s right hand, striding

struggled to pull away but to no

the back of Nate’s class, grabbed another unoccupied stool set it beside the first, and gave Natalie

trying to make

other option, Natalie reluctantly sat down. Only after Natalie was seated did Brian turn around to fetch his son and sit

move her stool away, but when her bottom lifted a few inches off the seat, Brian’s

were even closer, their legs pressed together.

seconds, contemplating a move, when Brian lifted Nate into

atop their legs, swinging his little feet,

could feel the heat from Brian’s leg through the thin fabric of their clothes, and her mind inadvertently replayed the image of his

face away, looking elsewhere, when Nate’s voice brought her back, “Here, Natalie, have a lollipop,” Nate offered, pulling a strawberry–milk–flavored lollipop from

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yourself, she replied with a

unwrapping the candy and bringing

she was fond of strawberry milk?