Whats She Overheard in Her Own Marriage novel Chapter 114

Watching her daughter make silly faces as she sang, Kaia couldn’t help

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de the smile in her eyes before their gazes met. oking down and pulling her daughter tighter into ustion from the tri

entire world.

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away. Holding Brynlee

cleared his throat and

looked into it. It was Walter ethelstan. You guys had a run–in broker. I have all the evidence. It’s

Finnian to move with such terrifying

e career to sabotage my deal with a partner e bumped heads a few times?” Kaia let out a on’t remember us having some deep, blood–feud ou think that motive sounds a little weak?”

rrowed heavily. “The conglomerate will handle the ion. You’ll b

decision.”

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CEO persona,

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Three days later, the conglomerate held its quarterly board meeting. The massive conference room was packed. When Kaia and Silas walked in, Noelle was standing right next to Finnian, reviewing some data points

with him.

Kaia took one look and looked away.

But Finnian’s eyes followed her as she took her seat.

e meeting proceeded systematically. When it was Veridian Future’s rn, Silas breezed through the quarterly metrics. Then, without warning, he completely changed the subject.

Before I yield the floor, I have an obligation to bring a critical security

each to the attention of executive management and the board.”

Silas’s tone was calm and flat, but it made the man sitting at the head of he table look up.

gnoring the sudden tension in the room, Silas continued, “Last Friday, ight before Veridian was scheduled to close the NorthStar Solutions leal, we were hit with an anonymous whistleblower complaint alleging evere IP infringement. Following an exhaustive internal and external udit, the allegations were proven to be entirely fabricated. It was an act f malicious corporate sabotage.”

ilas didn’t give anyone a chance to interrupt, He raised his voice slightly, etting the words echo across the boardroom. “Our internal investigation aced the source of this attack directly to Walter Keane, a project

anager at Aethelstan Biopharma. Let’s be clear–this was a highly irgeted strike aimed at crippling a subsidiary’s flagship project and conglomerate’s overall growth strategy.”

, Noelle’s stunning eyes turned icy.

a word in her own defense. She simply looked toward the Cable.

rk eyes met hers for a fraction of a second. His face remained

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an unreadable mask. He tapped his index finger lightly against the mahogany table.

“Silas, Aethelstan has already concluded its internal investigation and finalized the disciplinary measures. The manager in question has bee terminated and the matter has been handed over to legal. This was th

ion of a single disgruntled employee. It has absolutely

sol

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ne inflating an HP

s didn’t back down. anager had the resou recision strike again acquisition? Are we almost suffered ca

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erational integrity. Let’s not waste th

Get back to the agenda.”

ect us to believe a mid–level project intel, and the sheer audacity to execut subsidiary’s multi–million dollar etending this was a lone wolf? Veridian ic reputational and financial damage. Does transparent investigation to ensure this doesr

he room. Silas had barely been back in the coun was already taking a flamethrower to the CEO in ard. The executives were practically sweating

less questioning had effectively ripped the lid off the innian was trying to bury the scandal in.

tin Sanders, Silas’s father, finally spoke up to defuse the ian has already dealt with the perpetrator. This is an internal agging it out publicly only destabilizes the conglomerate.”

ked like he wanted to keep fighting, but before he could speak, turned his gaze directly onto Kaia.

Let’s hear your tak

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chair

slowly in her

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professional.

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“First, I want to thank Silas for backing me as my director. As the head o technology, my sole priority is ensuring our IP is clean and our data is bulletproof. The facts spoke for themselves, and the sabotage failed. As for the conglomerate’s internal HR protocols and disciplinary actions, th is above my pay grade, and I have no comment.”

Kaia paused, finally turning her eyes to meet Finnian’s. “I trust the

omerate’s judgment. I have no further demands. I simply expect

olated incidents‘ like this will not happen again.”

Man stared at her, genuinely surprised. For a few seconds, the room as perfectly still.

It was the flawless response of a seasoned corporate executive. Cold, diplomatic, and carefully setting boundaries without backing him into a

corner.

After the meeting, Kaia and Silas got into the car to head back to

Veridian.

Once they were back at the office, Silas personally brought a cup of coffee into Kaia’s office and closed the door.

Kaia took the coffee with a quiet thanks, but didn’t drink it. “Thank you for standing up for me in there today. But don’t publicly challenge him like that again. It won’t end well for you.”

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