Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 176

Natalie shuddered involuntarily. She hadn’t pored over every word when she signed that agreement. She’d merely skimmed through the clauses,

“Clause three is crystal clear. If you’ve had any intimate contact with another man, I’ll hurt him.” he said, his fingertips tracing gentle circles on Natalie’s back as if she were an unparalleled

treasure.

Perhaps his punishments had been too lenient, and Natalie kept making the same mistakes. So, he decided to show her what would happen when she truly pissed him off. He had a thousand ways to make her obey.

Natalie lay there, listening to his icy words behind her ear, lips pressed tightly shut, silent.

In this unequal agreement, he had merely set boundaries for her.

After Brian applied the ointment, his right hand moved forward, capturing her wrist as he leaned in close and whispered, “Natalie, I’ve told you that you must be completely mine for this year.”

his cold lips brushed against the shell of her ear,

however, was

from you repulses me beyond measure. Even sharing a

with a distinct loathing that was

later, his eyes, filled

he let her

that much,” he murmured, eyes

enough to have accepted Kellan’s

has nothing to do with Kellan,” Natalie replied without hesitation, her voice low. “Mr. Howard, what happens between you and me is private and doesn’t involve

Mr. Howard, which

he said, a dangerous glint in his

had pushed him to

deplaned, Reid was already waiting outside the airport, his face pale at the sight of Natalie and Brian

him. He had even thought she might still be in the country, given that she had mentioned feeling unwell three days prior and had wanted to rest at Prestige Penthouses, asking him not to disturb her. So, he