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

Chapter 479

Chapter 479:

With deliberate ease, she took a step forward—positioning herself directly between Sadie and Noah, as if staking her claim.

“Sadie, why are you staring at me? Don’t just stand there!” Vivi’s voice carried across the room, louder now, laced with an air of authority she had no right to claim. “Noah’s drunk. Help him to his room.”

She moved as if she owned the space, exuding the effortless confidence of a hostess directing a servant. In her mind, Sadie was merely an afterthought, a figure to be dismissed.

But Sadie didn’t budge. She remained still, her expression unreadable, her gaze resting on Vivi with unsettling calm—like a lake so still it became impossible to tell how deep it ran. For the first time that night, Vivi felt something shift, a barely perceptible crack in her certainty. Still, she pressed on, forcing a sweet, knowing smile.

“Sadie, you’re not mad at Noah, are you?” she asked, her voice coated in manufactured sympathy. “I know things might look bad, but you should trust him. He—”

“That’s enough from you.”

Sadie’s voice cut through the air like a quiet storm, stopping Vivi mid-sentence. Then, in a voice far softer but infinitely colder, Sadie spoke again. “Miss Quinn, please get out of my way.”

gaze steady, unwavering, and tinged with something Vivi hadn’t expected: impatience, as though this

Vivi faltered.

even quiet resentment. But

just like that, Sadie was done. Without sparing Vivi another glance, she stepped past her, moving toward Noah

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doesn’t love you at all. Do you really think he got drunk for

closer, her voice trembling with barely contained excitement, her

person he truly loves is me. And soon enough, he’s going to divorce you and make

slithered through the air,

quiver of Sadie’s lips, the sharp intake of breath, the flicker of devastation in her eyes. She

Sadie didn’t so much as

if Vivi’s venomous confession was nothing more than background noise, a passing

at Vivi. Her gaze