Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 203

“Look at that cutie pie!” the actress cooed at Nate while slyly peering through the car window.

Sure enough, a man was sitting inside. It was Brian, though the interior was a bit dim.

Nate glanced at the actress, who was more interested in his dad than him, feeling a twinge of irritation inside.

These ladies were always flocking around his dad. And with his mom just a stone’s throw away, they still dared to come sniffing around!

His eyes darted with wisdom before he beamed at the actress and chirped, “Hello, old Ma’am!”

The actress froze, then looked at Nate with bewilderment, pointing at herself as if she’d misheard.

Natalie coughed in surprise.

She leaned down to Nate and whispered, “That’s a young lady, sweetheart. Say ‘hello, young lady.“”

head. “But she looks old! Daddy says we should respect our elders

their place, making it clear they were

to cause a scene and risk seeming unkind in front of Brian, the actress played along with a

is key.”

pondered, then asked Natalie, “Are you hungry, Natalie?” He eagerly explained, “Mr. Howard and I were just

understanding that Nate calling him “Mr. Howard”

gently at Natalie, urging her

“The young lady here hasn’t had lunch either. Maybe we should invite

her off

face soured.

who had dinner with Mr. Howard yesterday ended up with a black and blue face and then disappeared. The one before that got tied up with rope, and it was the same with the one before her. All the ladies who dine with Mr. Howard end up vanishing.” Nate was trying to say that Brian changed girlfriends like he changed shirts and had

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temper.

listened. Brian’s bad temper was infamous, and Nate’s insinuations were