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

Chapter 398

Chapter 398:

Hope sparked within Sadie. She expressed her gratitude to the elderly woman and quickly departed from the area.

She flagged down a cab and directed it to the temple on the city’s edge.

As Sadie entered the temple, the air was dense with the aroma of incense, a ritualistic element of the temple’s practices. The scent permeated the ancient structure.

With each step toward the main hall, Sadie’s pulse raced.

She pushed the heavy wooden door open; a wave of sandalwood scent welcomed her. In the subdued light, the deities’ statues stood solemn and majestic.

“Excuse me. Have you seen this woman?” Sadie presented a photo of her mother to a monk mid-prayer.

The monk studied the photo, then slowly shook his head. “I’m sorry, but I have never seen this woman.”

Disappointment washed over Sadie, dousing her flicker of hope. Could her mother have vanished without a trace?

“However…” The monk hesitated, a memory surfacing. “A few years ago, a woman resembling her stayed here briefly. She left something behind.”

eyes again. “What did she

and returned with an old key. “This key. She mentioned it might be useful in the

cold and styled in an ancient design, lay heavy in Sadie’s hand. She turned it over, searching for clues yet

then, her phone rang,

you?” His voice was laced

now

at the temple on the outskirts,” Sadie replied, her voice

said, and

temple entrance, Sadie gazed out at

key her mother had left behind

pulled up. Noah stepped

asked, his voice full

this,” Sadie said, handing him

examining it intently as his

the car

Sadie into the vehicle

car pulled away from the temple, Sadie looked back at the receding structure, her

shadows, watched the car disappear into the distance, her

expected to run into Noah and Sadie