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.”

sparked in Sadie’s eyes again. “What did

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

cold and styled in an ancient design, lay heavy in Sadie’s hand.

phone rang,

was Noah. “Sadie, where are you?” His

live now on

at the temple on the outskirts,”

Noah said, and then

at the temple entrance, Sadie gazed out at the distant mountains,

her mother

Maybach soon pulled up. Noah stepped out and quickly approached

find anything?” he asked, his voice full of

this,” Sadie said,

the key, examining it intently

the

assisted Sadie into the vehicle and then

from the temple, Sadie looked back

the

expected to run into