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

Chapter 418

Chapter 418:

Noah’s grip on the phone tightened.

His voice was low, steady. “Thank you.”

There was a brief silence on the other end.

“Eh?” Nanette’s tone shifted, confused. “Wait… Who is this?”

She blinked, momentarily thrown off by the unfamiliar voice.

Her lips parted to ask, but before she could get a word out, the call abruptly disconnected.

She pulled the phone away from her ear, staring at the screen in confusion. Who was that? Sadie had never mentioned a husband. Not once.

Noah exhaled slowly, slipping the phone back into Sadie’s pocket. His gaze returned to her, her delicate hand still enveloped in his own.

He didn’t know exactly what had happened to Laura. Not yet. But he would find out. And he would give Sadie the answers she deserved.

sharp, sterile scent

Her fingers twitched against the crisp

A hospital.

her all at once—shattered fragments piecing themselves together in

knife in her hand.

suffocating ache spreading through her

bed, her feet tingling from the cold, hard

on her shoes, she

g

alive with activity, filled with people moving in every direction. She grabbed a nurse by the arm, her voice trembling and barely audible. “Excuse me! How

urgency, the nurse paused before responding. “Co—what? Did you say Stewart?” She searched her memories. “You must be referring to Laura Stewart, right? She… she didn’t make it,” the nurse murmured, her voice dropping to a hushed tone.

nurse’s words blurred

legs give

A strong arm caught her just in time, and a familiar, crisp scent

It was Noah.

him triggered a flood of sadness and frustration. Tears that she had

of emotion, she struck him

the corridor. A vivid handprint marked Noah’s cheek. He didn’t flinch, nor did