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.

on her track while her friend sent over Madelyn’s. She overlaid

the next listen, she couldn’t help

sounded like a backing track to her melody, matching it perfectly.

post had garnered nearly ten thousand comments within twenty minutes on Twitter. The notification

too soon

persistent knocking on her door woke her.

from her eyes, she shoved aside the empty bottles and stumbled out of the

up, for heaven’s sake!” It was her agent, Lily,

headache, Madelyn kicked her way

rented apartment again, a cramped space hardly big enough for her shoe collection.

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She yanked it open and blurted out, “Why’s your phone off? You’ve got to see

smile as she said, “Why bother turning it on? It’s not like I have any gigs

state, Lily grabbed her hand and pulled her inside.

her eyes, Madelyn muttered, “What could