Whats She Overheard in Her Own Marriage novel Chapter 345

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Seventeen missed calls. Six were from Noelle.

There were also two frantic text messages from her, demanding to know why he wasn’t answering and when he was flying back.

Finnian typed out a brief reply, stating he would be back in a couple of days. No response came through. He frowned, wondering what was going wrong on her end.

Noelle was currently 30,000 feet in the air, her phone powered down.

Around eight o’clock, a light knock echoed through the suite. Brynlee had come to fetch him for breakfast.

Finnian offered her a soft smile. “Did Mom eat yet?”

Not yet. She said she wanted to sleep in and told me to get you.”

Finnian nodded and led her down to the hotel restaurant.

Midway through their meal, Dexter rushed over from a neighboring table, his face pale. “Boss, we have a crisis at headquarters.”

Finnian paused, his grip on his fork tightening.

‘Go on.”

‘It’s the Eastland Division M&A project. The target company was just exposed for massive financial fraud. Qur internal audits missed it completely, and now federal regulators are swarming the deal. The press s already running with it. PR is trying to contain the damage, but you

need to get back immediately to take control.”

Finnian absorbed the blow in silence. After a few seconds, he gave a curt nod. “Understood. Prep the jet.”

Brynlee rested her chin in her hands, blinking up at him “Are you leaving. Dad?”

Finnian reached out, gently smoothing her hair. “I have to, sweetheart There’s an emergency at work. Mom will take you to do all the fun things

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we planned, okay?”

Brynlee was used to this. Since she was little, she knew both her parents were deeply important people whose jobs frequently pulled them away.

But she also knew they were incredible at what they did.

“Okay! I’ll go find Mom after breakfast. You go save the day,” Brynlee chirped, always the sweetest, most understanding child.

‘You’re the best, Brynlee,” Finnian murmured. He felt more and more that having this daughter was his salvation. He swore he would do whatever it took to protect her bright future.

His eyes darkened for a fraction of a second before he forced a smile. ‘Eat up.”

After breakfast, Finnian walked Brynlee back to Kaia’s room. Kaia had just woken up and answered the door in comfortable loungewear, looking effortlessly stunning.

‘Kaia, I have to leave Brynlee with you. There’s a major crisis at the company. I’m flying back now,” Finnjan explained flatly.

Kaia had already seen the emergency alerts on the internal executive feeds. It was a massive disaster.

‘I know,” she said simply, taking Brynlee’s hand. “Say goodbye to Dad.”

Finnian watched her casually dismiss him before she shut the door in his face.

The rejection stung bitterly as he walked toward the elevators.

On the drive to the airport, a paranoid thought crept into his mind. With him gone, Simon Quinn would have unrestricted access to Kaia

“Dexter,” Finnian ordered coldly. “Hire someone here to keep an eye on Kaia. If she does anything inappropriate, I want hard evidence.”

Dexter nodded in agreement.

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Later that day, Kaia and Celine booked tickets to France. Before leaving Switzerland, Celine learned that Simon had already returned to work, ending his four–day vacation.

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