I Was His Wife, Then His Widow, Then No One's But My Own novel Chapter 210

He couldn't even pinpoint exactly why he was so furious. On paper, she was just his sister-in-law, and he was only supposed to be looking out for her as the eldest brother. Who she spent her time with was entirely her business.

But seeing her stand beside Xander, smiling like that, made his blood boil.

The very next second, he watched Xander step closer to Nora, reach out, and gently brush something out of her hair. His hand lingered for barely two seconds.

But to Finnegan, the gesture looked agonizingly intimate.

His face instantly darkened. Shoving past the crowd, he marched straight toward them with heavy, aggressive strides.

"Nora! What are you doing here?"

Nora was in the middle of wiping sticky cotton candy off Bonnie's cheek. Hearing that voice, she completely froze.

Turning around, she found Finnegan glaring at her, his face livid, his eyes storming with complex, chaotic emotions she couldn't begin to decipher.

Her good mood evaporated instantly. The smile vanished from her lips, replaced by a subtle frown. Her tone was completely deadpan. "Frederick, where else would I be?"

Finnegan practically choked on her freezing indifference. He knew he had zero authority to interrogate her about why she wasn't at the research institute, let alone demand to know who she was hanging out with.

He frowned deeply. "Shouldn't you be at the Vance Institute of Medical Science? It's not the weekend. Did you take a day off?"

Nora let out a long breath, forcing herself to be patient. "I took the day off."

But the moment the words left her mouth, she realized she didn't owe him an explanation at all. What she did, where she went, and who she spent her time with was none of his damn business.

Before she could say anything else, Seraphina pushed her way through the crowd, dragging Cassie tightly by the hand.

Cassie glared, her face a mask of pure displeasure. "Mom!"

Nora kept her voice remarkably calm. "Cassie, you didn't tell me today was the Spring Fair."

Cassie instantly went rigid. She pressed her lips together, her eyes darting nervously to the side.

She hadn't told her mom about the fair because Seraphina had promised to bring her, and Cassie hadn't wanted her mom tagging along.

She only wanted Seraphina and her uncle. Whether her mother showed up or not didn't matter to her in the slightest.

But seeing her mother doting on another girl completely set her off. That was her mother! What right did she have to be so nice to someone else?

Even if she hadn't said anything, her mom should have asked her!