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

Chapter 769:

“Compared to you, I’m honestly nothing. I don’t understand business at all. I leave all of that to my husband. He insists I don’t trouble myself with anything, and I suppose I’m just spoiled. All I do is stay home and enjoy a life of comfort.”

She gave a small, bashful laugh, her voice growing softer, more saccharine.

“He says I shouldn’t have to lift a finger for anything.”

It was a perfectly crafted jab—each word designed to flaunt her position, her relationship with Noah, and her supposed blissful life—all while wearing the mask of casual conversation.

Sadie’s grip on her wine glass tensed, her fingers going pale around the stem. Yet her expression remained as smooth as still water, her smile no less refined than before.

“Is that so?” she said evenly, her voice light and unbothered, betraying nothing beneath the surface.

occurred to her. Her voice lowered into

something I almost forgot to mention. Patrick and I are planning to hold our wedding ceremony

absurdity of it struck Sadie so suddenly, it

looked at Hailey—at that face that mirrored hers too closely. A familiar beauty laced with a foreign smugness, each word calculated,

Sadie could respond, a

current, his gaze sweeping over both women. There was a subtle tension in his posture—an alertness that hinted he already sensed the

he

hand around his arm with practiced ease. She looked up at him with soft, shining

asking Ms. Hudson to be the

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beneath his silver