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

Chapter 19

Chapter 19:

Sadie’s mouth fell open in shock. “What happened?” she asked, her voice tinged with disbelief.

“You should check the group chat,” a colleague said, pointing towards Sadie’s computer with a sheepish expression.

As Sadie turned to her screen, a cautious hope began to bubble inside her. Could it be that Noah had made their marriage public?

Was he ready to embrace their relationship openly, to declare their bond to the world?

Heart pounding with a mix of nerves and urgency, Sadie started her computer, clicking into the work group chat without hesitation. For a brief, hopeful second, her lips curved into a tentative smile.

But it faltered, then froze entirely.

The pinned message wasn’t the happy announcement she had longed for.

it was a somber

scanned the lines quickly; they were penned by a colleague from the marketing department, one with whom she had

imposing a strict penalty, while also issuing a stern warning against the spread of

wasn’t what she

wave, leaving a sting as if she had been slapped hard across the face. The sensation seared

it’s Noah’s feelings that decide everything.” Kyla’s words haunted her, tightening around her

blame on an innocent colleague rather than making their

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nails digging crescents into her

wound far more grievous than any cut could ever be. The realization pierced her heart like a shard of ice, chilling and sharp,

had given everything to this marriage, putting her own dreams on hold just to stand by Noah’s side, unseen but

was her bitter

her lips,

buzz dwindled to a hushed stillness, Sadie lingered at her desk, lost in thought. The soft luminescence of her computer screen