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.

blazed inside her, searing through her like

slicing through the tense air like shards of ice.

a fleeting moment, Kyla’s confident smile wavered, but she quickly masked her

venomous hiss only the two of them could hear, “Talk all you want, but at the end of the day, it’s

spine, a foreboding feeling washing over her. Kyla’s words struck like a dagger, twisting deep in her

Noah might be

what’s next

ghostly pale, her lips

the reaction she sought—to see Sadie tormented, pushed to the

the confrontation with a dismissive flick of her wrist, Kyla declared, “I

her heels clicking ominously against the hard

into her chair, a whirlwind of emotions

the office, an awkward silence settled over her colleagues, their eyes darting away as

her thoughts, Sadie barely registered the shift in

to her desk that Sadie snapped back to reality. With a hesitant cough, the colleague seemed to struggle with words, her discomfort palpable in the