Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 144

Once upon a time. Natalie recalled being just like Nate, stubbornly waiting for Brian who hadn’t come home on time. No matter how much Sadie tried to convince Natalie, Natalie would insist on waiting just a bit longer for him to join us for dinner, to come to bed and rest together.

Back then, Brian was always busy.

Perhaps it was more accurate to say he was perpetually caught up in a whirlwind of work.

But in those days, even if Brian exchanged just a few words with Natalie at the dinner table, or said “Goodnight” and told her not to stay up too late with her book, she’d secretly be thrilled for hours.

Looking back, it was like searching for sugar in a pile of shattered glass.

A cool breeze wafted in, carrying the faint scent of wilting roses and the robust aroma of the gardenias, a surprisingly pleasant yet piercing fragrance.

“Nate, are you cold?” Natalie asked, breaking the silence.

Nate

e sprang up from the ground, dashed over to where Natalle was, and snuggled into her embrace, his little hands chilly to the touch.

inside? There’s pineapple shrimp on the menu tonight,” Natalie coaxed, a blend of fibs and enticement that finally got Nate to

Brian and Reid

to surprise them, so she refrained from calling to check in, but now it seemed they wouldn’t be

starving.” Natalie said to Sadie after a

so much

it’s all the same.” Natalie cut in before she could finish. “He must be busy. Let’s not wait up

Without both Mom and Dad, it just didn’t feel complete But thankfully, this was the

it was late. Natalie took Nate straight

sleep, Nate was still asking,

the time you wake up in the morning, he’ll be back,” Natalie

see Brian on the balcony, staring at his

and

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fallen for him when

say what was right or wrong. When

Madelyn was five or six, she had liked Brian, dreaming that one day she could marry him and become his wife. Now at twenty–eight, that belief hadn’t changed. Madelyn still wanted to marry him.