Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 147

Guilt gnawed at her. Coupled with how pitiful her little guy had seemed today, she had planned to take Nate to the amusement park by herself. But as things stood, that was off the table.

Benjamin administered a fever–reducing shot to Nate, saying, “I’ll swing by around this time. tomorrow. He should be okay by then, but remember to give him a dose of the fever syrup every three hours until his temperature drops.”

“Will do.”

As Natalie stood up to show Benjamin out, Nate stirred awake and called out, “Sis…”

Benjamin did a double–take upon hearing Nate call Natalle ‘sister‘, visibly surprised.

He glanced back and asked, “Your dad is cool with you calling her sister‘?”

That would muddle the family hierarchy.

At the door. Sadie quickly gave Benjamin a meaningful look, urging him to step outside.

Once Nate’s door was closed, Sadie whispered to Benjamin, “Mr. Howard and Natalie are all twisted up inside. Directly calling her ‘mom‘ is out of the question, ‘miss‘ even less so, but ‘sister‘ is somewhat acceptable.”

to agree. Initially, it was Natalle who had lost the child, leading Brian to cut her off for three years, leaving her to

something that could be

their reconciliation lay

tended to Nate until the wee hours, finally getting his temperature stable below 37.8 before she allowed

morning, Rosie buzzed her early.

was about to explode from exhaustion

you forget you only booked a week off? You’re due back on set today,” Rosie reminded her kindly from the other

her. It

touched Nate’s hand, not as hot, no clammy sweat. She checked his forehead,

sit up and replied in a low voice, “I’ll be

was almost eight. Without

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was setting up breakfast and was surprised to see Natalie up so early. “Natalie, why are you

piece of toast

much, Sadie packed some more food in a Tupperware and chased. after her, “Eat

only a glimpse of the

table remained, with only Nate to eat.