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.”

brushed against the shell of her ear,

mind, however, was clearer than ever.

beyond measure. Even sharing a room with you suffocates

word came with a distinct

few seconds later, his eyes, filled with anger, met

a moment, he let her go.

much,” he

him enough to have accepted Kellan’s proposal and his ring.

Kellan,” Natalie replied without hesitation, her voice low. “Mr. Howard, what happens between you and me

as Mr. Howard, which forced a bitter laugh from Brian.

dangerous glint in his

had pushed him

outside the airport, his face pale at the sight of Natalie and Brian

the country, given that she had mentioned feeling unwell three days prior