What She Overheard in Her Own Marriage novel Chapter 209

Finnian stood frozen in the doorway, staring at the velvet box for a long time. Finally, he bent down and snatched it off the floor, his eyes turning dangerously dark.

What was Kaia playing at?

She accepted it in front of their daughter just to coldly toss it outside his door the next morning?

Finnian felt a sudden, irrational spike of rage burning in his chest. Clenching the box in his fist, he marched over to the master bedroom, raising his hand to knock. But just as his knuckles were about to hit the wood, he stopped, terrified of waking Brynlee. He let his arm drop.

Ever since she brought up the divorce, Kaia had become colder and more unpredictable by the day. Was she really going to go through with this?

As Finnian stood there seething, the door suddenly clicked open. Kaia stood in the doorway, fully dressed in her workout clothes.

They locked eyes—one visibly uncomfortable, the other absolutely furious.

"Can I help you?" Kaia asked, keeping her voice low.

Finnian glanced past her at Brynlee, who was still sound asleep in the bed, and took a step back to give Kaia room to walk out.

Kaia began stretching her arms as she headed for the stairs.

Finnian caught up to her in three long strides. "Kaia, we need to talk."

Kaia paused at the top of the stairs. She turned to look at him. "Talk about what?"

Finnian was completely thrown by how calm and unfazed she was. Did she seriously have no emotions left for him at all?

"Talk about..." Finnian's handsome face darkened. "If I did something wrong, you can just tell me."

"We have nothing to talk about," Kaia said flatly. "And you don't need to try and buy me off with gifts anymore."

With that, she turned her back on him and continued down the stairs.

Finnian stood at the top of the landing, staring at her retreating figure. His jaw clenched so tight it ached. He suddenly didn't feel like talking anymore either.

Wednesday, 3:00 PM. Westwood Medical University.

A massive lecture hall built for three hundred people was quickly filling up with eager medical students and industry experts.

By the time the bell rang, there wasn't a single empty seat left.

This wasn't Kaia's first time being invited back to her alma mater as a guest lecturer. She walked through the side door with total, effortless confidence.

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