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

Chapter 500

Chapter 500:

“Are you okay, Mom? You’re scaring me.” Alex had never seen his mother so overwhelmed or vulnerable.

Lamont, visibly shaken, tried to revive Susannah by gently tapping her face. His voice was urgent. “Alex, what do we do? Aunt Susannah has fainted.”

“Let’s take her to the hospital!” Alex responded instantly, lifting Susannah’s arms and heading for the door.

Before he left, he gave Sadie a deep, apologetic, and concerned look. “Sadie, I’m sorry… You should leave… I’ll take care of everything here.”

With that, he hurried out with Susannah.

Sadie remained frozen, watching Alex disappear, her emotions in turmoil. She longed to follow, to demand explanations, but found herself unable to move.

The crowd around her didn’t disperse with Susannah’s collapse; their chatter intensified.

“Oh my! Isn’t she the one involved with Mr. Wall three years ago?”

remember now. The newspapers had photos, accused her of wrecking Kyla and Mr. Wall’s relationship, branding her the other

She appears so innocent, yet she’s been involved in such

Mr. Wall, now Mr. Howe?

a way

TSK. How brazen! And to think she’d show up here, as if she can do whatever she

“I agree…”

Sadie

– check it

her lower lip

the accusations, to proclaim to all that she was not the other woman. Yet, her throat tightened,

was Aliza Perry, a secretary in the CEO’s office at Howe Group and a secret admirer of Alex. Additionally, she was an heiress of the Perry family, who had concealed her true identity

problems because of Sadie, fueling a fierce jealousy within her. Today, when she saw Alex defend Sadie against his own mother, resulting in Susannah’s collapse, her jealousy flared uncontrollably. She could not bear seeing the man she loved suffer for a woman she believed to

to someone

wrong, Aliza? You seem very upset,” a colleague, familiar with

seem to thrive on attention. Well,

her legs nearly giving way beneath her.