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.

to leave, her elbow caught a potted plant, sending it crashing to the floor with a clatter

His eyes found Sadie’s, locking onto her with a

own clumsiness and overwhelmed by her feelings,

outside, his presence now overwhelming, and Kyla, quick as

here?” Noah’s voice was sharp, edged

long for Kyla to

into fiction with

pretended not to know, flashing a sugary smile

that hung in the

to know just where she stood in Noah’s

evident, and Noah’s features tightened, a flicker of displeasure crossing his

Just an employee?

echoed mockingly in Sadie’s ears,

mere shadow within the cold,

speaking than he turned around and strode