Between Ruin And Resolve: My Ex-Husband’s Regret

Chapter 4

Chapter 4:

It wasn’t until after she had vomited nothing but bitter bile that Sadie felt the turmoil inside her subside slightly.

She splashed her face with cold water, each droplet a small shock to her system, helping her piece her composure back together.

With a deep breath, she steadied herself and left the restroom. The door to the meeting room was slightly open as she walked by, just enough for her to see Noah and Kyla sitting side by side.

Kyla tilted her body forward in a pose that spoke of elegance and deliberate grace.

Her voice was soft, almost a whisper, and her eyes glinted with a mix of allure and subtle seduction.

They were so close their shoulders almost touched, casting them in the intimate silhouette of a couple deeply in tune with each other. Watching from afar, Sadie felt like a forgotten shadow lingering on the edges of their world.

In her own marriage, she had always been the one on the outside, peering in, never truly part of the picture.

a silent path down her cheeks. As she turned to leave, her elbow caught a potted plant, sending it crashing to the floor with a clatter that sliced

Kyla. His eyes found Sadie’s, locking

her own clumsiness and overwhelmed by her feelings, Sadie

now overwhelming, and Kyla, quick as a flash,

doing here?” Noah’s voice was sharp, edged with clear

take long for Kyla

fiction with

not to know, flashing a sugary smile as she asked, “Noah,

was—the question that hung in the air, heavy

to know just

features tightened, a flicker of displeasure crossing his face. He responded

Just an employee?

in Sadie’s ears, amplifying her

reduced to nothing—a mere shadow within the cold, unyielding walls

Noah finished speaking than