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.”

Vivi hadn’t expected: impatience, as though this entire exchange

Vivi faltered.

had anticipated meekness, hesitation—perhaps even quiet resentment. But this? This cool, detached

gaze, the words died before they could take shape. And just like that, Sadie was done. Without

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toward Noah, Vivi hurried after her, lowering her voice to a whisper, her words dripping like poison meant for Sadie alone. “Sadie, can’t you see it? Noah doesn’t love you at all. Do you really think he got drunk for no reason? That he asked me to bring him back

trembling with barely contained excitement, her breath warm and intrusive

truly loves is me. And soon

air, a

lips, the sharp intake of breath, the flicker of devastation in

happened. Sadie didn’t

if Vivi’s venomous confession

Vivi. Her gaze remained fixed on Noah,