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

slicing through the tense air like shards of ice. “In the end, you’re

smile wavered, but she quickly masked her momentary

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

washing over her. Kyla’s words struck like a

couldn’t bring herself to dwell on what Noah might be thinking or the disaster that

next on

complexion turn ghostly pale, her lips curled into

sought—to see Sadie tormented, pushed to the brink

wrist, Kyla declared, “I have things to

turned sharply and walked away, her heels clicking ominously against the hard

into her chair, a whirlwind

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

whirlwind of her thoughts, Sadie barely registered

colleague—nervous 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 palpable in the thick