Whats She Overheard in Her Own Marriage novel Chapter 428

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Priority partnership rights for new drug development, technical training and talent exchange programs, and a long term strategic partnership memorandum spanning five years–totaling 379 million Swiss Francs

Noelle gripped her pen so hard her knuckles turned white. Her eyes remained looked on those f

digits 370 million Swiss Francs, which equated to hundreds of millions of dollars.

She slammed her finger on the intercom and summoned her assistant, Wendy Vance.

“Ms. Lawrence…”

Noelle didn’t even look up. “Did Kaia secure the Veridian and Cytogene deal entirely on her own?” Wendy paused before reporting what she knew. “Cytogene liaised directly with Dr. Chavez the entire time. She handled all the technical details, and she personally locked down the partnership framework.”

Noelle refused to believe it. “Didn’t Mr. Sanders fly out there too? You mean to tell me he wasn’t involved in the negotiations at all?”

Wendy hesitated, offering an awkward chuckle. “I know what you’re getting at, and I did ask around. The Cytogene reps said… Mr. Sanders was strictly there as a chaperone. He didn’t participate in the talks.”

Noelle’s lips pressed into a bloodless line as she stared at the manifest. A seven–person team, a five–year strategic partnership–and all of it was Kaia’s triumph. Could she have achieved the same?

The last debacle proved she couldn’t.

This realization dealt a devastating blow to Noelle’s ego. It proved she was genuinely inferior to Kaia. She lacked Kaia’s raw technical genius and her innate ability to command a room and silence her critics.

A suffocating anxiety gripped her chest. Noelle suspected that by accompanying Kaia abroad, Finnian had witnessed her brilliance firsthand. Had his feelings for her deepened because of it?

Unable to calm her racing thoughts, Noelle snatched up her phone and opened her chat with Finnian. She typed out a few words, deleted them frantically, and finally settled on a probing text: “Finnian, do you have time for lunch today? I have a few work questions I’d love your advice on.”

She hit send.

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She expected hum to reply instantly, but ten agonizing maletes passe

through

“I’m busy for lunch. et’s do another day”

Noelle’s beautiful eyes widened in shock before she let out a hollow, bu

Grandmother Josephine’s harsh words had acted like a seed, taking root in Finniaris mind. He finally understood that the invisible wall between siblings required strict distance

Noelle lifted a hand to rub her throbbing temples. Just then, Wendy knocked on the door. “Ms Lawrence, the marketing meeting is starting soon.”

“I know.” Noelle instantly masked her frustration. She didn’t have time to wallow in self–pity right now.

During her absence, a mountain of messes had piled up at Aethelstan, and they weren’t going to clean themselves.

That afternoon, Finnian sat in on a Veridian meeting regarding the next phase of their R&D initiatives. Stepping off the elevator, his eyes instinctively drifted toward Kaia’s office, which sat right on the path to the conference room.

Finnian glanced through the glass partition, his steps faltering as he did a double take.

Sitting in a sky–blue glass vase was a massive, vibrant bouquet of red roses.

Against the sterile gray and white backdrop of the office, that splash of red was offensively gorgeous.