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

Chapter 60

Chapter 60:

The door burst open just as she raised her hand to knock.

A disheveled woman was forcefully ejected, landing on the floor with a painful groan.

From inside, a man’s harsh, rough voice reached Sadie’s ears. “If you can’t handle the game, stay out of it. You’re just spoiling my fun!” A slight tension gripped Sadie’s frame as she pieced together the scene inside.

A wave of fear washed over her.

She was about to turn away when the man caught sight of her. “Hey there, pretty lady. First time here?” he inquired, eyeing her with evident predatory interest.

With quick thinking, Sadie said, “I’m sorry, I’m just passing by.”

The man’s gaze narrowed suspiciously on her. When he noticed the suit jacket she wore, his expression momentarily stilled.

and meticulously

she wasn’t alone. And the quality of

here for fun, not for

it hard for him to dismiss her. Finally, he shoved down his frustration and gave the woman on the

to assist the weeping woman, gently asking, “Are you

the woman said, “They’re just

Sadie soothed her, she simultaneously gathered

made me do things…” The woman’s voice trembled, each word a broken

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of gravity around which every sycophant swirled. Drink-sellers were coerced by these sycophants into

at me…” The woman sobbed, her anguish deepening. “They told me

she could

miss sight of Roy. The cool night wind whispered over her exposed skin, teasing stray

flirtatiously said, “My dear, would you care to join me for a drink inside? Just name your

merely shook her head, her voice cool and unyielding. “I’m afraid I must decline—I’m