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.
Gracia might have played the part of the innocent well, but she knew how to keep
her nose out of his personal life. She never brought up anything about Madelyn
in his presence. That proved she wasn't as naive as she seemed.
He hadn't confronted her because she had never posed a real threat to him.
Perhaps Gracia had tried to set Natalie up the night before, but instead of the
hunter, she became the hunted.
Brian turned and sat on the couch opposite the bed, silently fixing Gracia with his
gaze.
“Brian, why are you staring at me like that?" Gracia felt a shiver run down her
spine under his gaze. She stopped crying and asked him cautiously.
“What were you doing in Natalie's room last night?” Brian paused briefly before
asking softly, “Don’t tell me it was sisterly love.”
“Brian...” Gracia fumbled for words, “I was just... curious about how she won that
award and what she’s been up to abroad all these years. I never expected that
she had invited that director over. I..."
“Really?” Brian cut her off, “What did you find out? I'm curious, too. Why would
Natalie appear on that award stage?”
“We barely exchanged a few words. I didn’t learn anything,” Gracia said, pouting
her lips in a show of injustice. “Suddenly, she knocked me out, and when I woke
up, that director was tearing my clothes!”
knew a be when he heard one. He had seen the unused bag of powder in her
purse. No wet she had intended for Natalie to drink it.
Or even more troubling perhaps it was Davis who had instructed Gracia to use it.
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didn't feel like pressing for more answers. She wouldn't tell the truth. She would
just keep en couung trouble, relying on Davis favoritism toward her.
“poet some rest. You didn't sleep at all last night,” he said softly.
Don't you believe me?” Gracia asked, her eyes searching Brian's for affirmation.
Brian paused a little and then replied indifferently, “I do.”
In the end. Gracia had failed. She was the victim, who was pathetic in his eyes.
Thinking he believed her, Gracia sighed in reliet and lay down at ease.
Brian listened to her breathing even out and pulled out his smartphone, opening
a chat with
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