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

Chapter 200

Chapter 200:

Sadie hesitated, gathering herself to calm the turmoil inside and maintain a composed exterior.

She knelt down, touching Averi’s head tenderly. “You haven’t done anything wrong, Averi,” she assured him, though her voice betrayed a hint of tension.

Sadie deliberately avoided meeting Averi’s searching eyes, not wanting him to notice the distress on her face.

What had Noah heard just now? What if he decided to come right over? The thought of him discovering Averi’s existence was too overwhelming for Sadie to entertain.

“Let’s go have dinner,” she suggested, gently guiding Averi by the hand to the dining table.

Steam rose from the dishes laid out. Sadie managed a forced smile while serving Averi, but her own meal tasted bland to her.

At Myrtlewood Estate, Noah was fixated on his phone screen where the call had just been cut off. His features hardened.

He was convinced he’d heard a child’s voice. He was just about to leave for Sadie’s place to seek the truth when the door quietly swung open. Isabel entered the room.

outfit was understated yet sophisticated, and she moved with poise, though her eyes

at this hour?” Isabel approached him, concern evident in

voice detached. “I need

from him with a

“Noah, Kyla has been waiting for a

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into a tight line. He said,

another word, his tall figure receding through the doorway, while Isabel remained in the study, her face etched with

hair tenderly, her face softening with affection. She got up, gently placed Averi into his bed, and snugly tucked the blankets around

came at the door, simultaneously with her phone ringing. It was Pierre calling, as she

the peephole,

there in a neatly tailored black suit that enhanced his tall frame, the dim porch light casting dramatic shadows across his chiseled features, underlining

doing here so

stepped inside,

hair freely draped over her shoulders,