Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 181

As Brian approached the door, he happened to overhear Davis bantering with the Wright family inside.

Davis saw Brian and said to Samuel and Lydia, “Here comes Brian. He’ll take good care of Gracia. You folks can stop worrying.”

Samuel seemed to understand Davis‘ hint. With a complicated look, he took Lydia’s hand and left first.

Brian listened to Davis‘ instructions about looking after Gracia’s feelings. He stayed silent, watching as the group filed out.

“Brian…” The hospital room felt suddenly quiet, leaving just him and Gracia. Tears welled up in Gracia’s eyes again.

“The doctor says it’s no big deal. Stay a few days in the hospital, and you’ll be as right as rain,” Brian said and put the medical report on the bedside table, his face betraying nothing.

Even if Brian wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed, he knew that director sneaking into Natalie’s room spelled trouble.

And Gracia lying in Natalie’s bed? Now, that was a whole different kind of interesting.

nose out of his personal life. She never brought up

a real threat to him. Perhaps Gracia had tried

the bed, silently fixing Gracia with his gaze.

are you staring at me like that?” Gracia felt a shiver run down her spine under his gaze. She stopped crying and

last night?” Brian paused briefly before asking softly, “Don’t tell me it

that award and what she’s been up to abroad all these years. I never expected that she had invited

out? I’m curious, too.

in a show of injustice. “Suddenly,

one. He had seen the unused bag of powder in her purse. No wet she had intended for Natalie

more troubling perhaps it was Davis who had instructed Gracia

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for more answers. She wouldn’t tell the truth. She would just keep en couung trouble, relying on Davis favoritism toward

didn’t sleep at

me?” Gracia asked, her eyes searching