Chapter 8

Chapter 8:

Isabel, visibly upset, bit her lip, holding back her words.

Noah bristled at the confrontation, loathing the sensation of being cornered, especially by Nigel.

“Then go ahead and donate your shares,” he retorted sharply, tugging at Kyla’s arm to leave.

“What did you just say, you ungrateful brat…” Nigel’s voice trembled with fury, his body shaking as he struggled to maintain his composure. Quickly, Sadie offered support as she guided him into the sanctuary of the study.

Once inside, she spoke, her tone low and filled with weary acceptance. “Don’t bother forcing him—his heart was never mine to begin with.”

Watching her composed demeanor, Nigel exhaled a heavy sigh, a mix of admiration and sorrow. “It’s truly Noah’s loss, not yours.”

He knew deep down that no matter how much he wanted to, he couldn’t steer the lives of the younger generation.

It pained him to see Sadie mistreated.

a document from his drawer and laid it

“Sadie, please, sign this.”

spotted the word “shares” on the contract, a sudden, piercing tension

“This isn’t mine to take. I married Noah knowing full well he had someone else in his heart.

then offered a bitter smile as she shook her head. “No, I don’t regret it,” she admitted, her voice tinged with a sorrowful

her love for Noah was something she

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had grown too burdensome, teetering on the brink

to

As she stood to leave, he told her that if it became unbearable, she had no

with the affection one might show a beloved

from the grandeur of the Wall Manor, Sadie didn’t return to the home

in a modest,

fully furnished, offering

to cherish this small,

presence and the excruciating memories

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