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

department, one with whom she had

denouncing the colleague’s actions and imposing a strict penalty, while also

what she had

as if she had been slapped hard across the face. The sensation seared her, sinking claws deep into her

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

possible? Noah preferred pinning the blame on an innocent colleague rather than making their marriage public, simply to shield

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her sides, her nails digging crescents into her palms. Yet, she felt

a deep, throbbing wound far more grievous than any cut could ever be.

dreams

was her

her lips, tinged

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