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.

scent of disinfectant burned at Sadie’s

fluttered. Her fingers twitched against the crisp sheets.

A hospital.

all at once—shattered fragments piecing themselves together in a

knife in her hand. Pressed

caught, a sharp, suffocating ache spreading through her

of bed, her feet

put on her shoes,

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moving in every direction. She grabbed a nurse

“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

nurse’s words blurred

her legs give way, and she

caught her just in

It was Noah.

and frustration. Tears that she had been

surge of emotion, she struck him

handprint marked Noah’s cheek. He didn’t flinch, nor did he react. His eyes