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

Chapter 43

Chapter 43:

Sadie cast her gaze downward, masking the bitterness and despair swirling in her eyes, and murmured in a hushed tone, “Understood, Mr. Wall.”

Observing her distress, Tina quickly closed the distance between them, tenderly grasping Sadie’s hand and whispering, “Sadie, it’s really okay to take a break. Don’t overthink it. Remember, your health comes first.”

With a strained smile, Sadie tightened her grip on Tina’s hand, expressing her gratitude. “Thanks, Tina. I appreciate your concern.”

With no further obligations at work, Sadie decided it was time to leave for her grandma’s place, where she would stay for a while. In a world that often felt lonely, Laura was her only family and the only light that kept her heart warm.

As she gathered her things, memories of the earlier confrontations haunted her—Noah’s aloofness, Kyla’s gloating, and the inquisitive stares from her colleagues felt like daggers to her soul, suffocating her spirit.

“Sadie?” Laura’s eyes widened in surprise as she saw Sadie. “What are you doing here?”

Laura entered her kitchen to find Sadie unexpectedly

she arranged the stir-fried vegetables on the plate, her movements deliberate, aiming to project calm. “Grandma, I

her palm fan beside her on the table. She hadn’t even touched her food when she pinned Sadie with a deep, penetrating stare, as though she

under Laura’s intense scrutiny, Sadie maintained her poise. She served a bowl of shrimp and grits—Laura’s favorite—and attempted to steer the

continued to study Sadie with a solemn expression, and her voice was slow and measured

a world

and her grip on the fork tightened imperceptibly. She conjured a

was, and there’s only so

hand and clasped Sadie’s, her fingers warm against Sadie’s chill. Her voice was soft

nose tingled as tears surged, blurring her vision, and

patting her back in a comforting rhythm reminiscent of Sadie’s childhood. Softly, she murmured, “Look at you, my dear, still so quick to cry just like