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

Chapter 18

Chapter 18:

Their encounter felt like the universe’s cruel joke.

Clad in a pale yellow dress that accentuated her porcelain-like skin, Kyla epitomized deceptive innocence.

But behind that seemingly harmless facade, Sadie was keenly aware of the conniving spirit that dwelled.

“Hello, Sadie,” Kyla began, her voice dripping with feigned concern, a mocking smile curling her lips. “You look absolutely worn out. Didn’t get much sleep, did you?”

Sadie’s hand instinctively clenched into a tight fist, a sharp pain lancing through her palm.

She remained silent, casting a frosty glare at Kyla before trying to brush past her.

Kyla’s voice spiked with deliberate provocation as she called out, “Well, yeah. Any woman would be restless if they knew their man was in another woman’s bed, wouldn’t they?” Her words echoed with malice.

Stopping dead in her tracks, Sadie lifted her head abruptly, her eyes blazing as she met Kyla’s challenging gaze.

her, searing through her

like shards of ice. “In

Kyla’s confident smile wavered, but she quickly

hiss only the two of them could hear, “Talk all you want, but at

a foreboding feeling washing over her. Kyla’s words struck

bring herself to dwell on what Noah might be thinking or the

next on

pale, her

she sought—to see Sadie tormented, pushed to the brink of

flick of her wrist, Kyla declared, “I have things to do, so I’ll be

walked away, her heels clicking ominously against

her chair, a whirlwind of emotions leaving her

settled over her colleagues, their eyes darting away as if that could undo the whispers from

Sadie barely registered the shift in the office’s

and fidgety—made her way to her desk that Sadie snapped back to reality. With a hesitant cough, the colleague seemed to struggle with words, her discomfort