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.

her elbow caught a potted plant,

Sadie’s, locking onto her with a mixture of surprise

clumsiness and overwhelmed by

now overwhelming, and Kyla, quick as a

sharp, edged with clear displeasure at

long for Kyla to figure

fiction with

sugary smile as she asked, “Noah,

question that hung in the air, heavy and

know just where she stood in Noah’s

disdain in her expression was evident, and Noah’s features tightened, a flicker of displeasure crossing his face. He responded curtly, “She’s just an

Just an employee?

echoed mockingly in Sadie’s ears, amplifying her sense of

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

finished speaking than he