What She Overheard in Her Own Marriage novel Chapter 427

Finnian was resting with his eyes closed in the back seat, holding his daughter. Brynlee had fallen asleep halfway through the drive and was now slumbering peacefully against his chest.

Dexter got out and opened the door. Finnian stepped out with the sleeping girl and walked toward Kaia's spot.

Kaia's private parking space had direct elevator access to her floor. Seeing Finnian approach with Brynlee, she naturally held her arms out. "Give her to me."

Finnian didn't move to hand the girl over. His dark eyes locked onto Kaia's face as he asked, "I thought you were working late tonight? I didn't realize you were putting in overtime with Mr. Quinn."

Catching the sarcastic bite in his tone, Kaia replied coldly. "Who I eat dinner with is my business. You don't need to worry about it."

Finnian's expression hardened, a deep, bitter jealousy darkening his gaze.

She was right. The agreement was signed. Even without the final decree, their marriage was functionally over. He had no right, no authority whatsoever, to police her actions.

"Are you... going to be with him?" The words slipped out before Finnian could stop them, his chest tightening painfully as he finally asked the question that had been burning inside him.

Kaia frowned, irritated by his blunt intrusion. "After the divorce, we stay out of each other's lives."

"Just tell me, yes or no." Finnian stared intently at her, as if trying to bore into her soul and read her mind.

Kaia fell silent for a moment, dropping her gaze to the concrete floor. Her voice was ice. "Finnian, it's none of your business."

Finnian flinched as if she had physically struck him. A wave of humiliation washed over him. She was right. Pushing the issue any further would just be pathetic.

"My apologies. I crossed a line." With that, he gently transferred Brynlee into Kaia's waiting arms. As he passed their daughter over, he caught a whiff of Kaia's familiar, delicate perfume.

That faint scent wrapped around Finnian's heart like an invisible thread, pulling it tight.

But at the same time, she couldn't help but wonder: if Noelle wasn't pregnant with those twins, the Sanders family never would have given Brynlee up. Even knowing how deeply Kaia loved her daughter and couldn't bear to lose her, they would have weaponized their top lawyers to rip the child away and keep her in the family.

Outside the window, the heavy clouds slowly parted, revealing a sliver of a crescent moon. Its pale light spilled into the room, but Kaia's mind remained a tangled mess.

Forget it. She was officially out of the Sanders family now; whatever happened to them wasn't her problem anymore.

Rumors about Finnian's crumbling marriage were swiftly suppressed. His PR team earned their exorbitant paychecks, burying the scandal before it could even spark.

Seeing the fire snuffed out so efficiently, Noelle decided not to fan the flames any further. The moment her pregnancy was stable, she couldn't wait to return to Aethelstan. She knew her time for causing drama had passed; now, she needed to redirect all her ruthless ambition back into her career.

Noelle managed to obtain a copy of the project manifest from Kaia's negotiations with Cytogene. The wins Veridian had secured were far more dazzling than anything Aethelstan had achieved.