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.

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