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

Chapter 953:

“Sadie! What catastrophe befell you? Is your condition stable? What in God’s name has transpired here?”

His grandfather’s repeated admonitions to safeguard Sadie’s well-being echoed accusingly in his consciousness. And now, following merely a brief professional excursion, she languished in a hospital bed? Should his grandfather discover this development, consequences of unimaginable severity would surely follow.

Sadie directed a meaningful glance toward Tina, who maintained a respectful silence nearby, and communicated her wishes through the subtlest inclination of her chin—a silent command for privacy.

Tina interpreted the unspoken instruction instantaneously. She retreated from the room with tactical discretion, easing the door shut with deliberate care, sealing the pair in complete isolation.

Sadie elevated her trembling fingers and rested them delicately across her still-flat abdomen. “I’m carrying a child.”

of an unexpected lightning strike from cloudless skies. The impact rivaled what he might

while his jaw worked

typically confident voice now fragile with disbelief. “This must be some elaborate jest, surely? Could

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reached his ears regarding Sadie’s alleged engagement to Nathan—that notorious libertine scion of the powerful Higgins family, ruling Beversea’s elite

had almost caused the tumbler to slip from his grasp when the

from Sadie’s own lips? What labyrinthine scheme had