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

Chapter 823:

Without pause, he stepped out, the door closing behind him with a soft but final click.

Hailey’s chest rose and fell with shallow, shaky breaths. Her fingers curled around the edge of the blanket, knuckles pale.

And yet… even as the sting of Noah’s rejection pulsed through her, Hailey couldn’t ignore one critical truth.

Cold as he was… he had accepted the child.

That alone meant the game wasn’t over.

Suddenly, the phone on her bedside table buzzed to life, its screen glowing in the dim room.

It was her father.

stared at it for a moment, then took a steadying breath and composed

She picked up.

“Hello, Dad.”

through the line—just a shade too eager, just familiar enough to be grating. A

how are things going? Everything

laughed. On schedule. Like she was a project. A

asked how she was,

smile, and lifted her voice

need to

“Excellent, Hailey. Absolutely excellent. I knew you wouldn’t

were honeyed, but they stung all

pregnant,” Forest said, his voice humming with anticipation, “it’s time for Noah to return to Wall Group and reclaim his seat. You’ll be his wife in the public eye, Hailey—the wife of Wall Group’s chairman. And

spoke like a man intoxicated by his own

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immediately. A slow, knowing smile tugged