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.

was a

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

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

it wasn’t what she had

had been slapped hard across the face. The sensation seared

day, it’s Noah’s feelings that decide everything.” Kyla’s words haunted her, tightening around her heart like a steel

on an innocent colleague rather than making their marriage public, simply to shield Kyla from the scandal of

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬.𝐜𝐨𝐦

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

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

dreams on hold just to stand by Noah’s side, unseen but

this was her

escaped her lips, tinged with the

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