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

what?” she hissed, her words slicing through the tense air like shards of ice. “In the end, you’re nothing

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 day,

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

to dwell on what Noah might be thinking or the

what’s next

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

Sadie tormented, pushed to the brink of despair, compelled

of her wrist, Kyla declared, “I

and walked away, her heels clicking ominously against

chair, a whirlwind

silence settled over her colleagues,

of her thoughts, Sadie barely registered the shift in

her way to her desk that Sadie snapped back to reality. With a hesitant