What She Overheard in Her Own Marriage novel Chapter 346

The rest of the trip was a joyful, uninterrupted mother-daughter vacation.

A full day had passed since Finnian returned to handle the corporate fallout. At nine o'clock that evening, Elaine summoned him back to the family estate.

Finnian had spent the entire day in endless emergency board meetings, but he had finally managed to stabilize the situation.

As his car pulled up the winding driveway, Finnian immediately noticed a familiar white Bentley parked near the entrance. Noelle was back.

Walking into the grand foyer, he found his mother pacing nervously.

"Mom, what's wrong? You look anxious," Finnian noted, instantly reading her expression.

"Finnian, is the company safe?" Elaine asked, rushing over to him.

"It's under control. We'll weather it," he assured her.

Elaine let out a breath, but her worry didn't fade. "Noelle just got back, and your grandmother immediately ordered her upstairs. I tried to go up and intervene, but Ava told me Josephine banned anyone else from the room. I have no idea what's happening."

Finnian's jaw clenched. He stared at the sweeping staircase.

"Mom, what happened while I was gone?" he demanded, his gaze turning somber.

Knowing she couldn't hide it, Elaine confessed everything about the disastrous blind date with Warren, concluding with Noelle throwing her drink in his face.

"Good for her," Finnian stated coldly.

Elaine flinched. "Finnian, be reasonable. Warren is technically your cousin. You can't just support her humiliating him like that."

"Are you and Grandma out of your minds? He's a divorced man with a kid, and he's seven years older than her. Setting them up is insulting," Finnian fired back, completely disgusted by the idea.

Elaine argued defensively, "He comes from money and owns a very successful business. And seven years isn't that big of an age gap for a man. I thought they might actually connect."

"Warren is a scumbag. If Noelle threw water in his face, he absolutely deserved it." Finnian didn't wait for a response. He was already striding toward the stairs.

Josephine continued ruthlessly, "Let me remind you of reality. Noelle is a widow. A divorced man is an appropriate match. Warren has a daughter, not a son. If Noelle marries him and gives him a male heir, she'll have total control over his estate."

Finnian's frown deepened. She was treating this like a brutal transaction. "A marriage built purely on strategy without any love is guaranteed to fail. You should know that better than anyone, Grandma."

Josephine's eyes narrowed dangerously. "Is that your way of telling me your marriage to Kaia is failing?"

Finnian remained silent, his jaw locked.

"Fool!" Josephine suddenly hurled the heavy silver bowl across the room, missing his feet by inches. "What kind of husband are you?! If you never loved Kaia, why the hell did you insist on marrying her? Your parents and I explicitly opposed the match, but you fought us all just to get her through that door! Have you forgotten your own vows? You promised to treat her properly! And now you stand here and tell me your marriage is over?"

Finnian's face flushed with shame. It was true. He was the one who had demanded the marriage.

"Grandma, I didn't say it was over. It's Kaia... she's the one who..."

"She is the one who finally gave up because she realized her husband is utterly incapable of loving her!" Josephine cut him off, striking the absolute core of the issue. "You are the one who needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror."