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

Chapter 441

Chapter 441:

A young teacher with a ponytail and a shy smile approached him. “Excuse me, sir. May I ask which child’s parent you are?”

“Averi Hudson,” Noah answered simply.

“Averi…” The teacher, Betsey Vargas, was stunned for a moment, then said, “Please, follow me.”

She led Noah toward a corner of the playground.

From a distance, Noah saw a small figure engaged in a heated argument with another child.

“Why didn’t your dad come? Do you even have a dad?” taunted a chubby boy, arms akimbo.

“My dad… My dad is just busy,” Averi insisted, his face flushing red as he stood his ground.

a dad. Maybe your mom…” The chubby boy’s taunt was cut off by his mother, a woman clad in a fur coat and dripping with jewelry, who said with a

fists clenched tightly, his eyes brimming with tears he refused to shed. “You’re lying! My mom isn’t like that,” he burst out, shoving the chubby boy with all his

and fell, bursting into dramatic

you lay a hand on my son!” the woman in the

quickly stepping between the two children. “What’s going on here? Why are you fighting?”

insulted my mom,” Averi explained, his voice

the chubby boy countered, his wails growing louder. Caught in the

escape begins with

saw him, his resolve crumbled. He ran to

Averi’s

say, “They… they said awful things about

he

say about your mother?” Noah’s voice was quiet but carried a commanding presence that seemed to weigh

boy was so scared by Noah’s imposing presence