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

they were penned by a colleague from the marketing department, one with whom she had previously clashed. The

swiftly followed, denouncing the colleague’s actions and imposing a strict

it wasn’t what she

sting as if she had been slapped hard across the face. The sensation

end of the day, it’s Noah’s feelings that decide

innocent colleague rather than making their marriage public, simply to shield Kyla from

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬.𝐜𝐨𝐦

her nails digging crescents into her

dwarfed any physical discomfort, a deep, throbbing wound far more grievous than any cut could ever be. The realization pierced her heart like

her own dreams

this was her

laugh escaped her lips, tinged with the taste of

the office buzz dwindled to a hushed stillness, Sadie lingered at her desk, lost in