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

with whom she had previously clashed. The colleague confessed

imposing

what she

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

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

rather than making their marriage public, simply to shield Kyla

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬.𝐜𝐨𝐦

fists at her sides, her nails digging crescents

more grievous than any cut could ever be. The realization pierced her heart like a shard of ice, chilling and sharp, drawing forth a silent, seething

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

was her bitter

her lips, tinged with the taste of

sun dipped below the horizon and the office buzz dwindled to a hushed stillness, Sadie lingered at her desk, lost in thought. The soft luminescence of her computer screen cast ghostly shadows across her features,