Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 196

She hesitated for a few seconds before responding. “Wasn’t Reid poking his nose into FireWing’s business lately? Of course, I’m in the loop.”

“Fair point.” Brian chuckled. “I thought you were a gamer and might dabble in some hacker forums, too.”

“Playing games and hacking are two different ball games.” Natalie retorted.

Pondering for a moment, she asked him, “What’s up? Why the sudden call about this?”

Brian chuckled again. “I’ve got my eye on poaching her.”

“Well, that’s beyond me, but I could hit up some contacts in the gaming world to see if anyone’s familiar with her,” Natalie replied nonchalantly.

At that moment, Rosie walked over to Natalie and asked, “Where’s your script? Have you seen it? The writer might want to make some changes.”

Overhearing Rosie, Brian whispered, “Go handle that. I’ll catch you later. With that, he hung up.

fetch the script for Rosie, only then noticing her heart was racing,

of her and hadn’t let his guard down.

Rosie, her fingers brushed Natalie’s, prompting a surprised comment, “Why are your

underdressed,” Natalie replied with

up again. It was a text from Uriah. [Both of you need to cool off. One wants out of the relationship, the other out of the hacking scene. I don’t think it’s the right move. I’ll talk some sense into him. Give it a few days, and he might come around. Also, take a break. If you’re short of cash, tell me.]

back before swiftly deleting

Natalie felt there was some truth to Uriah’s advice. Approaching Kellan at the moment would only add

things simmer down for a while.

showed up at the base

dinner out?” Gavin proposed over the phone, “My

wind of the fallout

a moment to change,” Natalie

a tranquil,

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They sat in silence,

glanced at Natalie and asked, “Are you sure you want to burn bridges