Whats She Overheard in Her Own Marriage novel Chapter 157

Finnian clearly knew why Kaia was there. Noelle had already called him before she

arrived.

His expression was heavy, but he didn’t look away from Kaia’s accusing glare.

“Yes. I remember you saying that public statements, reports, and future revenue documents would permanently list you as the primary contributor for the core breakthrough and initial framework, and that all derivative intellectual property rights would belong to Veridian Future.” Finnian recited it perfectly.

“Exactly. Glad to see you don’t have amnesia,” Kaia mocked. “So what the hell is this resource integration notice with the corporate seal on it? I guess Mr. Sanders’s promises are as worthless as used toilet paper.”

Finnian flinched at the insult, a flash of irritation crossing his handsome face.

But he didn’t argue. He picked up his desk phone, dialed a number, and put it on speaker.

Without waiting for a greeting, Finnian demanded in a cold, authoritative tone, “Who signed off on transferring the Vitality Calm project to Aethelstan? When it reached my desk, why weren’t the original intellectual property records attached?”

A nervous, middle–aged man’s voice came through the speaker. “Mr. Sanders, the version submitted by the Strategy Department didn’t explicitly highlight that detail. We assumed it was a standard project handover, so we just processed it as a standard transfer between the giving and receiving parties…”

“Find out who drafted that proposal and who intentionally fast–tracked it. I want a name in thirty minutes.”

Finnian hung up, plunging the office into dead silence.

Kaia watched him coldly. His anger didn’t seem faked. It was highly possible someone had tried to guess his intentions and decided to serve up this massive project to Noelle on a silver platter, conveniently sweeping the inconvenient paperwork under the rug.

When Finnian looked back at Kaia, his eyes held a rare trace of sincerity. “Someone downstairs was trying to be clever and completely overstepped.”

Kaia was unimpressed. “And how do you plan to handle this, Mr. Sanders? Give them a slap on the wrist?”

Finnian looked as if she’d slapped him again, a slight flush rising to his cheeks. He quickly schooled his expression into something deadly serious. “Rest assured, I will personally oversee this. I will make sure the IP clauses are set in stone, and Veridian Future will retain final audit and retrospective rights. Is that acceptable?”

“I want a company–wide announcement,” Kaia stated flatly.

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Finnian frowned, looking at the fierce woman standing across from him. “Kaia, I know you’re angry, but this restructuring was a major corporate decision designed to balance multiple departments. It’s already been published. Revoking it now would tear the

company apart from the inside.”

Kaia just stared at him. A flash of utter exhaustion crossed her face, and she gave a bitter smile. “Fine. I ‘respect‘ your corporate balance and the ‘big picture‘.”

With that, she turned and walked out.

Finnian froze. For some reason, her last sentence felt horribly final, casting a heavy shadow over his heart.

Although Finnian refused to issue a full retraction, three days later, Kaia saw an amended corporate memo hit the system. It caused a massive uproar internally. Noelle, and Aethelstan by extension, became the butt of quite a few jokes behind closed doors.

Noelle was under immense pressure. It felt like a block of concrete was sitting on her chest, making it impossible to catch her breath.

Two days after that mess, Noelle walked out of a meeting room only to find her assistant carrying a massive bouquet of blue roses. “Ms. Lawrence, this is the sixth bouquet today.” Noelle barely glanced at it. “Just throw them out. Moving forward, just toss them immediately. You don’t need to ask me.”

The assistant and several women nearby looked on with pure envy. Ms. Lawrence was practically beating off suitors with a stick. Ever since she had been publicly recognized as ‘Miss Sanders,’ lavish gifts from wealthy men had been pouring in.

But no matter how expensive the gifts were, Noelle barely gave them a second glance before having them sent right back.

Sometimes it was rare imported roses or orchids, sometimes custom jewelry or exclusive concert tickets. The names on the cards were always impressive–trust fund kids or tech

billionaires.

On Sunday evening, The Sanders Family called. Since Brynlee was fully recovered, Josephine summoned everyone back to the estate for a family dinner. Brynlee was returning to school the next day, and this was meant to be a nice send–off.

Kaia drove over with Brynlee from the Chavez house. The moment they stepped inside, they saw a massive bouquet of pink roses sitting in the foyer.

Brynlee gasped. “Wow, these are so pretty! Who are they for?”

Just then, Giles, the butler, walked over with a warm smile. “Miss Brynlee, these were sent for your aunt.”

At that moment, Noelle descended the main staircase, dressed comfortably in

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loungewear. It looked like she had been staying at the estate for the past couple of days.

Seeing them, she immediately flashed a bright smile. “Kaia, Brynlee, you made it.”

“Miss Sanders, these flowers…” Giles held the massive bouquet, preparing to ask Noelle where to put them.

Noelle frowned slightly, glancing at the card before waving it away. “Just put them in the greenhouse. Don’t leave them out here.”

“Yes, Miss Sanders,” Giles replied politely, carefully carrying the flowers away.

Noelle crouched down to look at Brynlee. “Brynlee, are you feeling better? I was so worried about you.”

Brynlee blinked, looking confused. “Am I supposed to call you Aunt Noelle now? Not Auntie Noelle?”

“Yep, just Aunt Noelle. It sounds much nicer,” Noelle said with a sweet smile.

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