What She Overheard in Her Own Marriage novel Chapter 33

Rumor had it this guy had just returned from a top-tier overseas business school and had spent a few years cutting his teeth in international investment banking. He was known for being aggressive, unorthodox, and the undeniable rising star of the Sanders' extended.

Having married into the Sanders family, Kaia wasn't unfamiliar with the name. She had seen him a few times at family banquets.

He was only twenty-seven, young, rebellious, and carried the signature handsome arrogance of the Sanders bloodline.

Unlike Finnian, whose presence was heavy and coldly authoritative like a mountain, Silas was like a wild, untamed horse.

Just as Kaia sat down in her office, Laura knocked and walked in. "Dr. Chavez, Mr. Silas Sanders would like to meet you for coffee downstairs at three-thirty."

Kaia raised an eyebrow. Silas had just taken office. Instead of currying favor with the corporate veterans and senior partners running the major divisions, he was bypassing the entire chain of command to grab coffee with an R&D team lead?

"Got it. I'll be there on time." Kaia frowned. What was Silas plotting?

At 3:30 PM, Kaia arrived at the cafe right on time.

Silas was already there, sitting in a window booth.

He wasn't wearing a suit today. Instead, he had on a high-quality dark casual T-shirt and linen trousers, looking down at his phone.

Hearing footsteps, he looked up.

"Kaia..." Silas greeted her, a smirk playing on his thin lips.

Kaia looked at the face that shared a slight resemblance to Finnian's, though strikingly younger and more vibrant.

While Finnian was intensely stoic, Silas was like a freshly drawn sword—sharp-eyed and dangerously playful.

He stood up, shoving his phone into his pocket, his smile almost blindingly bright.

"Have a seat!" He gestured to the chair across from him.

Kaia nodded and sat down. The man across from her settled back into his seat, his posture relaxed and lazy, radiating a vibrant, aggressive, youthful energy.

"Of course. That's part of my job." Although Kaia was deeply immersed in academic research, she kept up with global market trends. The company had decided last year to make aggressive moves into this new market—it was actually one of the initiatives Finnian had championed.

Silas dropped his next bomb. "This project is going to be our main focus. We're spinning it off into an independent subsidiary. The paperwork is already filed; it's called Veridian Future. I'd like to invite you to join as the Head of R&D, overseeing all research operations for the new company."

A flash of genuine surprise crossed Kaia's face. Silas was offering her that kind of power? What was his real motive?

"You're asking me to step down from my position as R&D Lead at Aethelstan and move to a subsidiary?" Kaia was definitely caught off guard.

Silas nodded. "Exactly. I'll be running the new company myself. I'm very aware of... your current situation at Aethelstan. Moving to a new platform might help you shed some unnecessary constraints."

Unnecessary constraints?

Silas said it casually, but Kaia heard the subtext loud and clear.

He obviously knew something—whether it was about her stifled position at Aethelstan or her deteriorating relationship with Finnian.