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

Chapter 458

Chapter 458:

Nanette’s gaze locked onto the check, longing and desperation reflected in her eyes. To her, fifty thousand was an enormous sum. With that money, her mother’s medical expenses would be covered—no more humiliating pleas, no more borrowing from others. Yet, she knew generosity rarely came without conditions.

If Kyla was offering this, there had to be a catch.

“Miss Wade… what exactly do you want?” she asked warily, forcing down the flicker of hope in her chest.

Kyla stepped out of her car, pressed the check into Nanette’s trembling fingers, and leaned in, her voice a soft murmur in Nanette’s ear. “It’s simple. I need you to do something for me.”

Her voice was low, almost hypnotic.

“What is it?” Nanette’s pulse quickened, an uneasy feeling creeping over her.

“I want you…” Kyla deliberately paused, then enunciated each syllable with chilling precision. “To hand over Sadie’s design draft.”

face turned ghostly pale. She instinctively stepped

fear as she

one to believe in her talent when no one else would. How could she possibly betray that trust? Besides, taking the draft without permission wasn’t

“You might want to reconsider. Your mother is still in the hospital,

stood Sadie—the person who had given her a chance and placed faith in her.

torment. The deeper Nanette’s distress, the more

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bright as day. She rubbed her sore

curving her lips. With Carol looking after Averi, she could finally focus on her work, feeling a kind

door broke the silence. “Who could it be?” Sadie frowned, assuming it was her delivery, and rose to

called, pulling

had unexpectedly returned. Nanette stood there, her head lowered, her body trembling. Her face was pale, her eyes red and swollen as

Nanette like this. A sense of