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

Chapter 5

Chapter 5:

Noah had set the terms before their wedding—beyond the board of directors, it was best to keep their marriage under wraps.

He surely anticipated Kyla’s return, didn’t he?

Every step of the way, he had been silently working to make things easier for Kyla.

The moment she hung up was a blur, but one thing stuck—her promise to Laura that she’d bring her boyfriend home this Saturday. But just who was she supposed to show up with?

Sadie’s mind was in chaos as she hastily collected her things and exited the office.

As she stood on the curb, her eyes searching the street, a sleek Maybach slid to a stop before her.

The window descended slowly, unveiling the striking features of a man whose appearance never failed to draw admiring gasps from onlookers.

It was none other than Noah.

out,

of Laura’s unsettling phone call earlier made Sadie step into the car with

chose the back

think acting pitiful will make me feel

“Acting pitiful?”

struck Sadie, and a laugh, sharp and devoid of any real

asked, her voice tinged with a brittle,

by her laughter, replied, “Relax, there’s

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are we going now?” Sadie pressed, her

to the family estate—Grandpa wants to see

grandfather, Nigel Wall, stood as a pillar of warmth

school and the mysterious disappearance of her parents, kindness had been

once brightened

be reverting to a

After a long pause, her voice, barely

“One month.”