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

Chapter 922:

Unshod and swaying, he padded forward and clung to Noah’s leg, resting his cheek against the fabric of his trousers, barely awake. Then, he tilted his head upward, his half-lidded eyes blinking slowly.

“Mr. Noel… Mom… can we all sleep together tonight?”

Sadie stiffened, her expression unreadable. Sharing a bed with Noah? That was unthinkable. She opened her mouth to protest.

But Averi let out a deep yawn. His lower lip trembled, and his words carried a fragile sadness.

“All my friends at school say their moms and dads sleep with them at night,” he whimpered.

His soft, innocent voice tugged hard at Sadie’s heart, and a pang of guilt washed over her.

Averi had never known what it was like to have a father around. And she—always caught up in obligations—had barely given him the love and closeness he needed. Even the comfort of her presence during the night had become a rare privilege.

pulled him close

whispered. “Whatever makes you happy,

in silence, quietly impressed by Averi’s

tiny ally of his had earned himself double dessert tomorrow—no

larger bedroom, with

up quickly. When they returned, Averi had already claimed the center of the mattress, fighting

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took the other side. The child lay

day, Sadie succumbed to slumber

an unfamiliar warmth

over and gently pulled the covers up

of breathing filled