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.

searing through her

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

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

her voice a venomous hiss only the two of them could hear, “Talk all you want, but at the end of the

chill ran down Sadie’s spine, a foreboding feeling washing over her. Kyla’s words struck like a dagger, twisting deep

what Noah might be thinking

what’s next on

Kyla observed Sadie’s complexion turn ghostly pale, her lips curled

was precisely the reaction she sought—to see Sadie tormented, pushed to the brink

wrist, Kyla declared, “I have things to

her heels clicking ominously against the hard

a whirlwind of emotions

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

Sadie

desk that Sadie snapped back to reality. With a hesitant