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.

in,” he called out, his voice smooth and

to decline, the memory of Laura’s unsettling phone call earlier made

time, she deliberately chose the back seat instead of

you, but don’t think acting pitiful will make me feel sorry for you,” Noah

“Acting pitiful?”

irony of his words struck Sadie, and a laugh, sharp and devoid of any real amusement, escaped

she asked, her voice tinged with a brittle, hollow

puzzled by her laughter, replied, “Relax, there’s no need to rush—it’s not the right

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going now?” Sadie

to the family estate—Grandpa wants to see you,” Noah explained, his

stood as a pillar of

her family’s financial collapse in middle school and the mysterious disappearance of her parents, kindness had been a rare luxury in

once brightened

reverting to

After a long pause, her voice, barely above a whisper,

“One month.”