Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 179

Gracia lay on the hospital bed, her wrist wound neatly bandaged, as pale as a ghost while the blood transfusion slowly replenished her strength.

Having sent the attending nurse away with a curt nod, Samuel closed the door quietly.

“Dad…” Gracia’s voice trembled as she looked up at him, her eyes brimming with tears.

Samuel stood at the bedside, his expression a storm of emotions, watching his daughter. Suddenly, his hand flew up, and he slapped Gracia across the face with a force that nearly sent her tumbling off the bed. “You’ve shamed us beyond redemption! Does the Wright name mean nothing to you anymore?”

Gracia was stunned, her head spinning from the impact.

“What has gotten into you? Gracia is already hurt, and you hit her!” Lydia caught Samuel’s arm, her heart aching for her daughter.

“What good has she done in the past few months, Lydia? Do I need to spell it out for you?” Samuel’s voice was tight with anger as he turned to face Lydia.

One scandal came after another, each more embarrassing than the last!

as his sensible, well–mannered daughter, never imagining she could be

did it for our family, Samuel! Without our daughter’s efforts, would the Howard family have ever given us the time of day?” Lydia’s voice

her! Did you ever consider the consequences when encouraging her to

things worse was that Gracia’s two

with the producers, sick as he was, and they had offered a stark choice to either cut Gracia’s scenes to a mere cameo or terminate her contract

lead.

turned out to have been blindsided by Gracia’s scandal

mouth to respond, but Samuel’s phone rang, cutting her off.

from the studio. Calming himself, he walked to the

could even speak, the voice on the other end cut in, “I’m sorry, Mr. Wright, but we have to terminate the contract. We’ll let Gracia Wright keep her pay out

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with forced politeness. “Is there no way to work this out?”

of your artists caused such a scandal, would you keep employing them?” The

can’t afford to be associated with someone caught up in tax evasion and award scandals. The regulatory board won’t approve Gracia. They say she’ll set

yourselves, and I’d suggest