Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 137

“Natalie…” His fingers gently tilted her chin up, his brows furrowed in concern.

“Brian!” Just then, a voice laced with sobs pierced through the silence from outside the front door. “Brian, are you there?! Can you come out, please?”

“The Coast Guard has news about Robert!”

The mention of Robert paralyzed both Natalie and Brian who were seated on the couch.

Brian quickly let go of Natalie and stood up, hastily throwing on his clothes.

Natalie grabbed a throw blanket nearby to cover herself, her gaze flitting between Brian’s retreating figure and the direction of the door.

Outside was Madelyn.

Natalie had just assumed Madelyn was upstairs, sleeping soundly.

The commotion had also roused Sadie, the maid who quickly got dressed. Upon seeing Brian standing in the living room, she jumped in surprise. Fumbling for the light switch, she blurted out, “Mr. Howard, where have you been? Why didn’t you…”

as she caught sight of Natalie sitting on the couch. Their eyes locked,

weak smile

stood dumbfounded for a moment before nodding and respectfully replying, “Miss.”

continued from outside,

cast a complex glance at

before Natalie looked away, focusing her

Brian instructed Sadie in a low voice, after a few seconds of thought, having slipped

Brian was out of sight, she planned to slip away. This place just wasn’t

the door and not hearing a response, hesitated, then turned

Majestic Meadows Manor,” he said. Without waiting for an answer, he strode out the door.

Clearly, this was not a choice but a

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and then turned to Natalie, adjusting

why Brian had suddenly brought Natalie home, but since she was back, she would be looked

bathrobe from the wardrobe and handed it to her, her eyes lingering on the red mark

Davis had said earlier, it was no wonder