What She Overheard in Her Own Marriage novel Chapter 27

The notification chime echoed sharply in the silent car.

From this moment on, she no longer cared where Finnian's heart lay. She didn't care what kind of relationship he and Noelle chose to have, and she certainly didn't care about maintaining any 'family dignity.'

All her energy, all her calculating, would now be focused on a single goal.

How to execute a clean, ruthless exit, and secure a brand new, free future for herself and her daughter.

Her phone buzzed with a text.

Assuming it was her lawyer, Mr. Finch, replying, Kaia picked up her phone at the next stoplight.

Instead, she saw a message from Noelle.

"Kaia, I want to stay in the country and keep working for the company. Finnian agreed. Can you agree too?"

Staring at the incredibly manipulative text, Kaia actually wanted to laugh.

She used to think Noelle was a strong, gentle, optimistic woman who loved life. Now she realized she had been totally blind.

Noelle was playing the professional martyr, weaponizing her grief to paint herself as a fragile, broken flower in need of saving.

But now that she had lost her actual husband, she had ripped off that disguise herself, exposing the parasitic vines underneath. And this time, she was wrapping those vines straight around Finnian.

Since Brynlee was still at the main estate, Kaia had to spend the night there.

The Bentley trailing behind her was starting to seriously piss her off.

As she approached the next intersection, she abruptly yanked the steering wheel, merging hard onto the expressway. Caught off guard, the Bentley couldn't make the turn in time and was forced to continue straight under the overpass.

"Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Sanders just..."

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