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

Chapter 281

Chapter 281:

Sadie let out a gentle sigh. “Really, Alex, I’m okay. There’s no need to worry.”

Alex started to speak, but Sadie cut him off, saying, “I need to get back to work now. I’m going to hang up.”

She ended the call before Alex could reply, setting her phone beside her sketches. Her eyes returned to her design, but her mind wandered.

Ding—

The abrupt ring of the doorbell jolted Sadie from her thoughts. Frowning slightly, she assumed it was just a servant and rose to answer the door.

Her fingers had just grazed the doorknob when she heard the distinct sound of a door card being used.

As the door swung open, she was surprised not to see a servant but Noah standing there instead.

dimmed the hallway light, and his gaze,

weighing down on her heart. “Why… why are you here?” she stammered, her voice shaking as she

of confusion as he seemed to wonder why Sadie was in “his”

silent, his intense stare

it was identical to the one he had often given her three years earlier—the fiery intensity in his eyes… Overwhelmed, she turned her head away,

Noah quickly closed the

he encircled her waist with his arm, drawing her

s . com holds

was a soft murmur against

push him away.

her voice filled with

contrasting sharply with the charged atmosphere inside the room, laden

attempt to

bent down and kissed her, forcing her onto the bed. The kiss was harsh, tinged with a punishing intensity, with biting and deep

he gripped her firmly, refusing to