Whats She Overheard in Her Own Marriage novel Chapter 21

Noelle was in the middle of a business discussion with her team when she noticed Renee Wallace. She frowned.

“Mr. Sanders wants to fire me just because I gossiped about Dr. Chavez and their daughter in the breakroom this morning. I didn’t mean any harm, I just spoke without thinking…”

Noelle’s expression was freezing cold. In front of her subordinates, she said, “Renee, haven’t I warned you before to watch what you say in the office? Did you not listen?”

‘I…” Renee immediately stiffened.

‘Since it’s Mr. Sanders’s decision, I can’t help you. You should know that a child is a parent’s most precious treasure. You brought this upon yourself the moment you decided to gossip about his daughter.” With that stern dismissal, Noelle waved her hand. “Get out.”

Renee slumped to the floor, feeling an indescribable suffocation.

She had eavesdropped on a few of Noelle’s phone calls with friends and, thinking she had figured out Noelle’s true feelings, assumed she’d be rewarded for spreading rumors that made Kaia look bad. Now, her plan had backfired spectacularly, and Noelle was leaving her out to dry.

Noelle’s ruthless management style made the rest of her subordinates sit up a little straighter.

Renee had it coming, they thought. Dr. Lawrence was strictly

professional. Why would she break company rules for an employee like her?

Renee felt a wave of intense awkwardness and regret. She had tried to kiss up to the boss and completely humiliated herself instead.

In the end, she had no choice but to slink away.

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Around three in the afternoon, Kaia Chavez was at her computer

reviewing the data for Project Stargazer Phase III when a commotion broke out near the entrance.

Kaia stood up and walked to the door just as her assistant, Laura, rushed over. “Dr. Chavez, I think something happened over at the formulation

lab.”

“Let’s go take a look…”

Kaia and Laura hurried down the hall.

Along the way, they heard people whispering.

‘I heard Dr. Lawrence suddenly collapsed.”

‘Ugh, her husband just passed away and she’s being forced to come to work. The poor thing.”

‘Dr. Chavez is part of the Sanders family too. She really shouldn’t be so…”

‘Hey, what kind of garbage are you spouting?” Laura snapped angrily upon hearing the gossip.

The group immediately shut their mouths and scattered when they saw Kaia walking right behind her.

Laura was furious. “Why is it that every time something happens to her, they find a way to blame you? It’s ridiculous.”

Just then, a frantic shout echoed from the end of the corridor. “Mr. Sanders is here! Clear the way!”

At the mention of Mr. Sanders, Kaia stopped in her tracks. She looked through the glass walls of the open–plan office toward the corridor across the floor.

The crowd parted instantly, creating a path. Finnian Sanders’s tall, handsome figure appeared in the center of the chaos. He was moving incredibly fast, almost at a sprint…

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And there he was, Noelle swept up and cradled desperately in his arms.

Noelle’s eyes were closed tight, her face a sickly, fragile pale. The hair tie holding her long hair back seemed to have snapped, and her dark, silky strands cascaded freely, tangling against Finnian’s muscular arms. She was still wearing her white lab coat.

Finnian’s face was terrifyingly tense, his lips pressed into a thin line as he carried her toward the elevator.

His eyes were frantic, filled with a raw, agonizing desperation. While waiting for the elevator doors to close, he looked down at the

unconscious woman in his arms.

That raw, instinctual display of protectiveness and panic rooted Kaia to he spot. She couldn’t take a single step.

t all happened in a matter of seconds.

As the elevator doors sealed shut and began to descend, countless pairs of eyes turned in unison to look at Kaia, who was standing frozen in the niddle of the hallway.

Kaia stood there for a moment before turning around and calmly walking back to her office.

She sat at her desk. The data on the screen that had been crystal clear ust moments ago was now just a blur.

The looks of pity, mockery, and curiosity from the crowd outside felt like housands of tiny needles pricking her skin.

She closed her eyes, trying to force herself to calm down.

But the image of Finnian desperately carrying Noelle away refused to leave her mind.

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