Wife by Day, Boss by Night by Thalia Quillspeak

Chapter 232

Natalie stood by the window clutching her phone, watching Brian’s car pull away from the curb below.

“I need to compare that track by Madelyn with my own. Send me the mixdown of Madelyn’s audio track as soon as possible,” she spoke softly into her phone.

She knew this little episode wouldn’t go without consequences.

Brian’s attitude toward Madelyn showed he was thoroughly disappointed in her. If he stayed out of Madelyn’s mess, things would have been a lot easier for Natalie.

She casually logged into her “Annika” Twitter account. After a moment’s consideration, she fired off a tweet.

Once the tweet was live, she immediately played one of her original songs.

It was a melody she had scribbled down six months ago, a tune that had popped into her head during vocal practice. She recorded a demo of about a minute’s length and uploaded it online, clearly marked with a copyright warning.

Madelyn’s latest single sounded eerily familiar when she heard it last month.

It took her a moment to realize it clashed with her song.

while her friend sent over Madelyn’s. She overlaid the two audio tracks, listened twice,

next listen, she couldn’t help

a backing track

garnered nearly ten thousand comments within twenty minutes on Twitter.

too soon for

her door woke

the empty bottles and stumbled out of the bathtub.

for heaven’s sake!” It was her agent, Lily, calling from outside.

Madelyn kicked her way

at her rented apartment again, a cramped space

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been knocking for ten minutes when she finally heard the door unlocking. She yanked it open and blurted out, “Why’s your phone off? You’ve got to

bother turning it on? It’s not like I have any

in such a hungover state, Lily grabbed her hand and pulled her inside. “Wash your face. Wake

a roll of her eyes, Madelyn muttered, “What could